Although the global smartphone market has been under an innovation-hindering OS duopoly for several years now, which Windows Mobile no longer seems capable of pressuring, a host of smaller platforms continue to walk the fine line between complete oblivion and relative relevance.One of these is
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Times have been tough for the forces behind some of the alternative mobile platforms out there, and projects like Firefox OS and Sailfish have failed to find big commercial success. While those two may be on particularly rough ground, not every new platform is struggling to stay afloat, and over the past few months we’ve heard a surprising amount from Canonical about the new hardware coming out running Ubuntu. That’s included ...
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This was a big show. Rolling 360° video bots roamed the crowded grounds of Barcelona. Windows had a blitz of new products and they all didn’t come from Microsoft. Alcatel loses its (One)Touch while Sony puts the Xperia Z line to snooze. Oh yeah, there are those two big phones we’re talking about in the headline. You read it, didn’t you? Or have you been hiding under a rock from the rumor surge leading up to the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and the LG G5.Well, whatever the case, ...
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This was a big show. Rolling 360° video bots roamed the crowded grounds of Barcelona. Windows had a blitz of new products and they all didn’t come from Microsoft. Alcatel loses its (One)Touch while Sony puts the Xperia Z line to snooze. Oh yeah, there are those two big phones we’re talking about in the headline. You read it, didn’t you? Or have you been hiding under a rock from the rumor surge leading up to the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and the LG G5.Well, whatever the case, ...
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Today’s mobile OS duopoly doesn’t do anyone any good, except for Apple and Google obviously, and even iOS and Android’s most hardcore fans would probably welcome competition from a strong third platform.Unfortunately, Windows continues to struggle with system instability, adoption and ...
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A few years back, it seemed like being ahead of the curve with mobile gadgets meant carrying as many as your pockets would allow: you had your phone, maybe a tablet, and packed your bag with a laptop, camera, and no shortage of accessories. And while we still love being packed to the brim and ready for whatever the day throws at us, there’s a new focus on simplifying our mobile lives, and moving to devices that do double (if not more) duty. Microsoft’s stirred up such interest with Continuum on Windows 10 ...
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Ubuntu-based mobile devices have been a bit of a swing and a miss: following the failed effort to crowdfund the Ubuntu Edge handset, we saw other OEMs arrive to attempt their own take on Ubuntu handsets, and despite the arrival of two such models last year, we failed to see the alternative mobile platform make a lot of headway. But will a changing market offer Ubuntu new hope?
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Canonical is on a roll this month. We started June off learning about the second commercial Ubuntu-running smartphone, another effort with Spain’s BQ, which also made the first Ubuntu phone earlier this year. But long before this BQ hardware ever arrived, we were talking about Meizu. Canonical confirmed the manufacturer would ...
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The path to a Ubuntu smartphone has been a long one, beset by many disappointments along the way. The scope of the project feels a bit less grand than it once did, dropping elements like Ubuntu for Android. And efforts by Canonical to deliver its own Ubuntu-running phone fell apart after its crowdfunding effort failed to secure the necessary support. But despite all that, Ubuntu on phones is still happening, and last year we heard ...
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Canonical has not had the easiest time breaking into the smartphone market, maybe most publicly failing as it attempted to crowdfund the Ubuntu Edge handset. But even with the dreams of Canonical’s own Ubuntu phone on ice, we had hope that other manufacturers might arrive to bring the platform to market, and earlier this year heard about plans to do just that with the help of OEMs like Meizu. Thing is, we haven’t seen ...
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Canonical’s work on Ubuntu Touch continues ahead, and earlier this year we got confirmation of the first hardware partners that will build handsets specifically designed to run the upstart platform. But while this smartphone OS has been the major component of Canonical’s mobile interest, it hasn’t been the only project it was working on, and before we had Ubuntu Touch system images we ...
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Even at launch, there was nothing humble about the HTC HD2. With the largest screen ever grafted onto a smartphone, the first-of-its-kind Qualcomm Scorpion SoC, and the heaviest skin ever crafted for a Windows Mobile device (here called “HTC Sense” for the first time), the HD2 was a behemoth – the biggest spec beast ever devised. It married the touch-and-go simplicity of the iPhone with the power of WinMo 6 to produce the best Microsoft-powered smartphone anyone ...
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Last year’s failed campaign to crowdfund a Canonical-made Ubuntu smartphone left a vacuum of sorts in the company’s plans to present Ubuntu for phones as a viable mobile platform. Sure, we’ve seen the release of installation packages for certain Nexus-series devices, but if this project was ever to get off the ground, it needed some phones of its own. Late last year, Canonical confirmed that one OEM had signed-on to produce Ubuntu handsets, and last month we heard that
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Our apologies for the late upload due to technical difficulties. Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Google’s acquisition of Nest, and what this means for the rumored EnergySense project. Motorola also makes the news with its update to the Motorola Assist that’s famous on the Moto X. We then come across more leaked photos of the Nokia Normandy, which is a possible Android phone. Ubuntu Touch is next as the OS has surprisingly dropped support for most Nexus devices. We end today’s show talking about how HTC has just confirmed that it won’t update ...
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We’ve been cautiously optimistic about Canonical’s chances for really seeing Ubuntu Touch take off this year, especially with the promise of relationships with OEMs bringing us the first commercial hardware intentionally designed for use with Ubuntu. But thus far, if you’ve wanted to experiment with the platform, that’s meant flashing a Ubuntu ROM to one of several Nexus devices. Unfortunately, your options going forward are going to be a lot more limited, as Canonical announces that support for the ...
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