On Fri, 4 Jan 2013 11:55:38 -0500 Jay Kramer <[email protected]> wrote:
> The Ubuntu phone looks interesting > http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/phone Canonical has been targeting touch devices with Unity for some time, now. Looks like they will finally have hardware that can actually use the UI. I foresee problems with it commercially. Cell phone generational cycles are a study in planned obsolescence. A top of the line device will be trailing edge within 9 months and obsolete within 18 months. Service contracts are designed to encourage users to "upgrade" (read: buy a new device) every year with a contract with the new device. Desktop obsolescence runs on much longer cycles, typically 3 to 5 years for the top of the line to substantially fall behind and 5 to 8 years to become genuinely obsolete. These two disparate hardware life cycles are going to be a challenge to maintaining parity for applications in Software Center. -- Rich P. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
