On 01/12/2012 09:20 PM, [email protected] wrote: > On Thursday 12 January 2012 21:40:30 Swapnil Bhartiya wrote: >> On 01/12/2012 03:35 PM, Rony wrote: >>> On 01/10/2012 05:02 PM, Rigved Rakshit wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Reading all the online articles about Ubuntu TV, it is clear that it >>>> will ship by the end of the year and will be available in US, China and >>>> UK (mostly). Even though Canonical are not saying much about other >>>> countries, what are the chances that we will get to see a Ubuntu TV in >>>> India any time soon? >> Check this out: >> >> http://www.muktware.com/news/3190/lets-watch-ubuntu-tv-right-now >> >> The question is available on what? Who is going to put Ubuntu TV on >> their hardware? People buy TV by brand and features. We have a 3D >> Samsung Smart TV and when we go to the market we see LG, Panasonic, >> Toshiba, Philips, Sony and Samsung. All these are putting Androids on >> their TVs (Samsung is using Bada I guess). Canonical has failed with >> Music, Cloud and Tablets. I doubt Ubuntu TV will succeed. The company is >> ignoring what real users want and is overjoyed by the the fans which is >> OMGUbuntu and is making all the wrong moves. Unless the company cracks a >> deal with all of these major players, I don't see a future of Ubuntu TV. >> Who is going to by XYZ china made TV? > Chinese android mobile clone sales outstripped all other phone sales > combined. > Google never signed up any of these manufacturers. > Who is going to but china tvs?. The same guys who buy unbranded desktops, or > shirts, or whatever. The guy who looks for value rather than a T & A show.
The same guy will buy branded products when his economic compulsions ease away. -- Freedom is a shared resource. Take some, leave the rest for others. Please trim your replies. Avoid cross posting to other lists. Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. Regards, Rony. http://ronybill.blogspot.com/ -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
