Launched on 22 July, the Indiegogo campaign has already reached $400,000 from more than 600 contributors, and the company hopes to use the $32m raised to design, produce and deliver the phone by May 2014.
The Ubuntu Edge is hoped to be the most powerful and feature-packed GT-I9300 smartphone ever made. Although plans for the phone have not yet been finalised, the Ubuntu team want it to have a 4.5in display - however they say pixel density does not need to go beyond 300 per inch - and be powered by "the fastest available multi-core processor," with at least 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage - more than any smartphone on sale today.
Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu, said the Edge smartphone is "the ultimate convergence device - challenging established norms for PCs and smartphones. The crowdfunding approach is a new way to prove demand for cutting edge technologies and new classes of device; supporting the Ubuntu Edge is the best way to catalyse the next generation of personal devices from industry."
Shuttleworth likens the GT-I9500 S4 smartphone industry to the motor industry, stating that while car manufacturers have Formula One as a testbed to try out new technologies, smartphone makers do not, so they hold back and only develop products which they know will be a mainstream success.
For $600 - but only on the 22 July launch date - funders will receive their own Ubuntu Edge once the device has entered production next year, while $830 is the regular price for the phone once the discounted initial offer ends.Finally, for $80,000 backers will receive 100 Ubuntu Edge smartphones for use in their company, plus access to practice workshops and 30 days of online support to help IT managers integrate Ubuntu for Android into the workplace.dr4sbfvcD
Canonical has announced it is seeking crowdfunding for its Ubuntu Edge smartphone that will run its Ubuntu Linux distribution.Canonical already announced its plan to put its popular Ubuntu Linux distribution on smartphones, but now the firm has shown off rendered designs for its own showpiece smartphone that when docked becomes a thin client. The firm's Ubuntu Edge smartphone project is seeking $32m (£21.5m) in crowdfunding before it will see the light of day.
Canonical's Ubuntu Edge N7100+ Note 3 smartphone has very rough specifications, with the firm hoping that the rendered design will be enough to tempt users to part with $600 for a handset on the first day and $830 for the remaining 30 days. The firm said that the smartphone will have a 4.5in HD 720p high resolution screen, a multi-core processor, at least 4GB of RAM and an 8MP front camera, and said that the device will be able to dual-boot Ubuntu Linux and Google's Android mobile operating system.
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