How US$169.90 BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition will unseat Google Android with Pure Open Source, HTML5 Goodness

Ubuntu launched their Ubuntu Snappy Core for IoT (Internet of Things) development as noted in my blog article entitled “Ubuntu Snappy Core for IoT – Why Ubuntu is excellent for Girls Who Code Developing Drones and Robots for IoT”.

Now they're getting ready to debut their first Ubuntu smartphone, the BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition at MWC (Mobile World Congress) that starts on Monday March 2nd 2015 and runs until Thursday March 6th 2015 as stated in the article “First Ubuntu phone will be sold in a limited-run flash sale”, published February 6, 2015 6:35 AM PST by Rich Trenholm, CNET News.

Made by Spanish manufacturer BQ and Chinese company Meizu, the BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition to be sold in a series of Flash sales on Tuesday 10 February 2015 in Europe for US$169.90 as noted in the article “The Ubuntu phone is real and going on sale next week”, on February 6, 2015 09:30 am By Vlad Savov, The Verge.

This a strategy of Flash sales, where sales are announced suddenly and only last a few hours, sometimes minutes, is similar to the one employed by Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi as noted in my blog article entitled “Xiaomi in India after success in China - Xiaomi Looks to the West as the World is theirs for the Taking”.

Sorry Americans, but no plans for an American launch as yet, as after all, Ubuntu is British! Coming out in all its unlocked glory, there'll be SIM (Subscribed Identification Modules) bundles with the following Telecom Providers that have partnered with Canonical:

1.      Portugal Telecom

2.      GiffGaff in the UK

3.      Three in Sweden

4.      Amena in Spain

So what can our European cousins expect on Tuesday 10 February 2015? An Open Source extravaganza!

US$169.90 BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition - How Ubuntu, Tizen and Firefox OS will unseat Google Android with Pure Open Source Goodness

Developed by  British company Canonical, the BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition originally made its debut back at MWC 2014 where Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth promised a Fourth Quarter of 2014 debut as noted in the article “First Ubuntu phones go on sale in fall, Mark Shuttleworth reveals”, published 26 February 2014 6:17 pm GMT by Rich Trenholm, CNET News.

It's certainly come a long way since MWC 2013 along with Tizen OS and FireFox OS as stated in my blog article entitled “MWC 2013 reveals Firefox OS & Tizen OS launching Second & Third Quarter 2013 respectively - Samsung's Despicable Me 2 & Mozilla practices The ABC's of Death”.

Now some two (2) years later, Samsung is finally launching Tizen OS in India in January 2015 to counter the advances of Google Android One and Xiaomi as noted in my blog article entitled “US$90 Samsung Z1 Launches in India - Xiaomi Redmi and Google Android One competition with Tizen OS and Samsung Galaxy S5 stylings”.

The Mozilla Foundation, touting their Firefox OS, has finally cemented their deal with Panasonic that was announced at CES 2014 involving Firefox OS being used in their HDTV's and other appliances as noted in my blog article entitled “Panasonic and Mozilla Foundation form Partnership to bring Firefox OS to Smart TV's - Big boost for Open Web and HTML 5 Platforms making Firefox OS a possible Google Chrome OS Competitor”.

This as they're not the official Operating System for Panasonic's Viera line of 4K UHDTV's as reported in the article “Panasonic Taps Firefox OS for Its 4K TV”, published Jan 7, 2015 5:49 pm ET, the Wall Street Journal and “Firefox OS gives Panasonic TVs the makeover they desperately needed”, published January 7, 2015 01:41 pm By Chris Welch, The Verge.

Great expectations from Ubuntu OS – True Open Source with HTML5 Support and Google Android Porting for Developers

I expect great things from these three (3) musketeers in the smartphone OS world.

After all, with support for more LiMo (Linux Mobile) which is true Open Source and porting web-friendly HTML5 based programs, they'll at least be able to run Google Android Apps for the moment of launch.

Maintained by the Open Source Community, Ubuntu OS will be more robust and guarantee Developer interest avoiding the fragmentation-laden problems of Google Android, such as security flaws that they refuse to fix so as to force people to upgrade to their latest OS, Google Android 5.0 Lollipop as predicted in my blog article entitled “Android Browser Security unfixed as Google Wants you to Upgrade to Lollipop”.

Folks, can't wait until Tuesday 10 February 2015

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