Today, Canonical announced that the event is to raise funds for Ubuntu Edge has broken the record for fundraising by kraudfandinga. After collecting 10.3 million dollars, it broke the record for the previous leader “smart” watches Pebble Watch , which gathered on KickStarter as much 10,266,844 dollars.

However, there is one “but” – Canonical does not have to collect 10-plus and 32 million, and it is unlikely they will be able to gather up the remaining amount in just six days. Where do they get another 22 million dollars? May help the famous and big companies? Bloomberg, for example, last week made a considerable contribution to $ 80 million.

Also, Mark Shuttleworth himself, who founded Canonical and financed it for a long time out of his personal pocket, definitely can help us raise money for Ubuntu Edge. Whether it will save your project at the last minute?

In any case, no matter how much money will Canonical, the main goal was to increase certain interest in smartphone Edge. And it is a what-what, and with it the company handled perfectly.

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Canonical initiative to raise funds for the production of smart phone Ubuntu Edge has not found wide support among the users. During the first half of the period, the company collected only 25.9% of the required amount . And, after the first three days of fundraising pace has slowed significantly.

To remedy the situation, Canonical has decided to revise the price of the smartphone Ubuntu Edge. Recall the first sponsors can purchase the device at a discounted price of $ 600, the rest had to pay for $ 830. Now the price of the “all others” is set at $ 695. This change in the cost of Canonical Ubuntu Edge to explain the conduct of successful negotiations with suppliers of components, which made it possible to achieve better prices for some components. This, in turn, caused a decrease in the cost of the device and its end-user prices. It is not reported any changes in the specifications or functionality of the device.

Recall Smartphone Ubuntu Edge will get a 4.5-inch touchscreen display with a HD resolution of 1280×720 pixels, multi-core processor, 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB of flash memory. From wireless interfaces declared support LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4, NFC. The device provides 8-megapixel main camera, 2-megapixel camera on the front panel of the module GPS, accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, barometer, proximity sensor, stereo speakers, and dual noise-canceling microphone. It also reported the presence of MHL port and 3.5 mm audio jack. The dimensions are – 64x9x124 mm. Ubuntu Edge smartphone will be able to dual-boot operating system Ubuntu (mobile version) and Android. When connected to the monitor is able to function as a full fledged computer with Ubuntu.

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In June, the company Canonical has launched a project to raise money for the production of its smartphone Ubuntu Edge . This month to save $ 32 million, and the first day it seemed that the problem is feasible: the users already donated $ 3.45 million, but then the activity decreased sharply and investors this week barely reached the sum of $ 7.07 million

During the second week of wishing to support the production of this interesting device added to the common fund of about one million dollars, bringing the amount of donations up to $ 8.29 million, but if you type in the amount of $ 32,000,000 will not work, Ubuntu Edge will not see the light.

Last week, industry analysts have predicted that the maximum amount that can count Canonical – that’s $ 18 – 22 million, that is to the target is still not enough for at least $ 10 million

At the same time, there are instances when the project gets on services kraudfandinga missing funds in a short period of time immediately before the end of the campaign. However, the required amount is too high, such an algorithm may not work.

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Canonical’s this week attracted by resource Indiegogo more than $ 7000 on the issue of 00 own a smartphone Ubuntu Edge . Recall that the project involves the development of a powerful device which when connected to a monitor and input devices (keyboard, mouse) will be able to replace the entry-level PCs.

The smartphone should get a 4.5-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 × 720 pixels, 4-core processor, 4GB of RAM (assuming that this will be the first device with the amount of RAM), built-in storage of 128 GB, wireless adapters Wi-Fi 802.11n and Bluetooth 4.0, chip NFC, stereo speakers, a 3.5 mm audio jack, 8 megapixel rear and 2 megapixel front camera. Dimensions of the device are 124h64 × 9 mm.

On the device will be pre-installed mobile version of Ubuntu and Android operating system at the same time. When connected to a monitor the user can get a full desktop environment with shared access to all files.

Total production for the organization of new items Canonical required 32 million dollars. The project has been supported by several thousand volunteers, providing a total of 7.15 million dollars. The very first sponsors will have the opportunity to buy a smart phone “only” $ 600.

A record amount of all projects ever funded by the project kraudfandinga Indiegogo. Funds will continue to gather additional 23 days – up to and including August 21. The final cost of Ubuntu Edge at the time (it’s in May 2014) should be approximately $ 830.

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