If a free (libre) smartphone is your interest, the place to be is the GTA04 community (http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-main/).
On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 8:50 PM Fòram na Gàidhlig <f...@foramnagaidhlig.net> wrote: > Hi all, > > Canonical is axing the developement of the phone and tablet: > > > https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/05/growing-ubuntu-for-cloud-and-iot-rather-than-phone-and-convergence/ > > Same story as with what Mozilla did to us: We spent years developing a > phone, localizing and creating a keyboard and a couple 100$ on devices > out of our private purses for testing, only for the project to be axed > before it had a chance to take off, because the "Internet of Things" > seems to be more attractive. > > We can also forget about getting our languages on iOS or Android, > because the manufacturers will decide which language are allowed on each > phone, not the user. So, if you're not one of the big 10-20 who happen > to be living in the wrong country, tough luck. > > After Adaptxt was axed and we had to move to Swiftkey, iOS isn't even > allowing our keyboard locale. > > > So, this is another VERY BLACK day for our languages, and a sad day for > all those developers who spent so much effort into giving us a free (as > in freedom) phone. > > I hope this mail reaches the powers that be. > > GunChleoc > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss >
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