alakazam said:
A smartphone without apps is pretty useless when it comes to keeping in touch with friends. Nobody uses email to send photos from their smartphones when you have Snapchat and Kik and Skype.
I'm really confused about what demographics this smartphone will target.
Ubuntu Phone can probably run Android apps like
Ubuntu for Android OS which is a version of Ubuntu which can run Android apps like Snapchat, Kik, and Skype. Most likely, the Amazon App store will work on this phone if it supports Android since the Amazon App store is based on Android. The Amazon App store has apps like Snapchat, Kik, Skype, Netflix, and many other apps which you can install from Google Play.
There is also a
Linux version of Skype which work for Ubuntu. Ubuntu can also run the large library of
Ubuntu compatible programs/apps like Firefox, Libreoffice, Mplayer, Pidgin Instant Messaging, Evolution Mail, etc. Ubuntu is based on Debian Linux, so you can also run a lot of
Debian programs which run on Debian OS.
Ubuntu also supports JavaScript, Python, Adobe Flash Player, and Oracle Java plug-in, so you can use tons of programs and games which are made for Flash, and Java like Minecraft, and Facebook flash games like Farmville, or use a web browser like Firefox to run the web version of Facebook Messenger, AIM, YIM, Google Talk/Hangouts, and other online chat programs.
Ubuntu also supports HTML5 web apps like Firefox OS, and you can install Web Apps from
Firefox's App store to Ubuntu with Firefox for more apps.
I still think people use e-mail to send pictures from a mobile device like a phone or tablet since e-mail is one of the most private, and secure forms of online messaging where you can password protect individual e-mails, or send pictures in a password protected ZIP file, or file container file like TrueCrypt File container. E-mail is also easiest to use for most people who use e-mail for many years compared to social networks and apps which are newer.
E-mail will probably be my first choice in sending pictures since I am not active on Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, Kik, and Skype. Plus, I already have the e-mail address of my family members and friends in my address book, so I don't need to send a friend request or make a new account to send a few pictures.
I think Ubuntu Phone will mostly target Ubuntu Linux fans, people who are not fans of Android and iOS, and budget smartphone users who just need an affordable smartphone for texting, calls, and using a apps like Skype, Pidgin instant messaging, Firefox, and Android compatible apps.
