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		thezilch on Aug 2, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: T-Mobile backs Ubuntu smartphone I don't get it; there seems little upside to that venture, when they could fund a designer and manufacturer that has a record (Re: Google and Asus, LG, etc). You should be able to slap the OS in anything.

timdorr on Aug 2, 2013 [–]

They will do that if they fail:

> If we don’t reach our target then we will focus only on commercially available handsets and there will not be an Ubuntu Edge.

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