On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Kenny Lussier kluss...@gmail.com wrote:
Sprint is a mix of both CDMA and PCS. In not sure what their Nextel phones
are using these days.
I think PCS is/was Sprint's brand name for a GSM-based offering,
which they've since discontinued. They're now a strictly
So, funny conversation with my wife, last night...:
I said, Hey, look at this--tell me what you think of this `Ubuntu Edge'
thing?, and I wandered off to get the toddler ready for bed.
When I came back, she said: *I* want one *to*! Can you get *two*!?
I said, Er..., maybe? If they actually
Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com writes:
Just in case not everybody saw this on Slashdot already:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge
The Ubuntu Edge is the next generation of personal computing:
smartphone and desktop PC in one state-of-the-art device.
I was
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Subject: Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)
Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com writes:
Just in case not everybody saw this on Slashdot already:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge
The Ubuntu Edge
smartphone (right now)
Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com writes:
Just in case not everybody saw this on Slashdot already:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge
The Ubuntu Edge is the next generation of personal computing:
smartphone and desktop PC in one state
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 7:54 AM, Kyle Smith askr...@gmail.com wrote:
It's LTE only, that's part of their future phone strategy. I believe LTE
only works on Verizon and ATT these days (others?).
LTE is used on all major networks - VzW, ATT, T-Mo, and Sprint. Also,
Sprint was just bought out and
I really wanted to be interested and excited about it, but a phone with its
UI coming from the folks who gave us Unity and it's $800? Uh, no thanks.
- Chris
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 7:33 AM, David Rysdam da...@rysdam.org wrote:
Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com writes:
Just in
Chris Linstid clins...@gmail.com writes:
I really wanted to be interested and excited about it, but a phone with its
UI coming from the folks who gave us Unity and it's $800? Uh, no thanks.
Exactly. Plus, I have not been impressed with the *computing* available
in handheld devices. Input seems
I'm interested in it purely as a mobile computer that you can dock in
multiple locations but still access on-the-go. I don't use my phone either.
While I agree that Unity isn't my favorite UI, it's not a bad UI for
getting people up to speed quickly, and the phone UI looks decent, as far
as
On 07/30/2013 07:33 AM, David Rysdam wrote:
Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com writes:
Just in case not everybody saw this on Slashdot already:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge
The Ubuntu Edge is the next generation of personal computing:
smartphone and
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Kenny Lussier kluss...@gmail.com wrote:
But LTE is the data network, not the telephony network. VzW is still a
CDMA network, ATT and T-Mo are still GSM, and Sprint is still
PCS/GSM. So, unless the phone is data-only, and uses no telephony
protocol, it needs to
FYI: $50+ sponsorship now gets you a T-shirt! Someone heard me!?
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge?c=activity
Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com writes:
Just in case not everybody saw this on Slashdot already:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge
The
Sprint is a mix of both CDMA and PCS. In not sure what their Nextel phones
are using these days.
But the use of LTE has nothing to do with the telephony transport. There is
also TD-LTE, but that is mostly APAC.
On Jul 30, 2013 10:30 AM, Thomas Charron twaf...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Jul 30,
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Kenny Lussier kluss...@gmail.com wrote:
Sprint is a mix of both CDMA and PCS. In not sure what their Nextel phones
are using these days.
But the use of LTE has nothing to do with the telephony transport. There is
also TD-LTE, but that is mostly APAC.
Might
David Rysdam da...@rysdam.org writes:
Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com writes:
Just in case not everybody saw this on Slashdot already:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge
The Ubuntu Edge is the next generation of personal computing:
smartphone and
Just in case not everybody saw this on Slashdot already:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge
The Ubuntu Edge is the next generation of personal computing:
smartphone and desktop PC in one state-of-the-art device.
~$800 gets you one, if the fundraiser meets its goal of
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