Ubuntu Edge has missed its one of the most important projects that targeted $32 million, by nearly $20 million. They by pledges won about $20 million and can only fund 17,215 phones out of 40,000 phones. They now have to return all the money; IndieGoGo is demanding for its money that they have lost from failed projects.
But the failure isn’t the end of the dream, said Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, who is heading the project. In his recent interview with the the Guardian he said, “ahead of the deadline that if it failed, it’s definitely set a record for the most money rose, but also for the most missed in a campaign. The total pledges were almost $2m ahead of those raised by the Pebble smartwatch on Kickstarter – which did, however, hit and exceed its funding goal.”
Despite the failures, the handset makers are consistently making handsets which will run the mobile Linux, said Shuttleworth, but these handsets are not superphones which the Edge project plan to manufacture. The Edge has plans to manufacture a smartphone with 128GB storage, running both the Android and Ubuntu, and has all the abilities to work as a desktop computer when plugged into a monitor. If the company gets a total of $32 million, it will launch the new smartphone in May 2014.
Shuttleworth said that they still have some hope to again start the project. But the reality is somewhat different. The amount is too high that it is difficult for the company to collect in this short period of time. Yet the company needs to cut some of the features as the project which they are aiming requires hefty investments.
Shuttleworth though is undaunted. Getting Ubuntu Mobile adopted by carriers and handset makers “is a challenging proposition. But I wasn’t made for the easy ones.”
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