Ubuntu Touch OS to Release Smartphones in 2014

Ubuntu Touch finally scores its first smartphone customer. Canonical founder and product strategy leader Mark Shuttleworth revealed that the Ubuntu Touch OS will be offered on high-end phones in 2014. This means that Ubuntu Touch OS has to battle it out with juggernauts like Google' Android and Apple's iOS. It will also face some tough competition with Microsoft's Windows Phone, Samsung and Intel's Tizen, and Mozilla's Firefox OS.

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Shuttleworth believes that "with a flexible programming foundation beneath and an immersive services-first interface on top, (the Ubuntu Touch OS) will find a place, though." Ubuntu Touch has already partnered with companies like LinkedIn, Baidu, Facebook, Evernote, and Pinterest. The Ubuntu Touch OS is also open, which would appeal to some business partners. Furthermore, the Ubuntu Touch OS has been endorsed by telcos such as Vodafone, 3, EE, KT, SK Telecom, Verizon, Deutsche Telecom, T-Mobile, PT, etc. Lastly, software written natively for Ubuntu Touch will also work on Ubuntu-based PCs and, someday, Ubuntu-based tablets and TVs.

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