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The Ubuntu Edge was a proposed "high concept" smartphone announced by Canonical Ltd. on 22 July 2013. Canonical was seeking to crowdfund a production run of around 40,000 units through Indiegogo. It had the highest target of any crowdfunded project to date, $32,000,000 over a one-month campaign. The Edge was not intended to go into mass production after the initial run, but rather to serve as a demonstration for new technologies for the industry. The Edge fell short of its funding goal, raising only $12,809,906, with 5682 pledges to purchase the standard model of the handset.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Indiegogo )〕 The Edge was designed as a hybrid device, which would function as a high-end smartphone (with both Ubuntu Touch and Android), or—when used with a monitor, keyboard and mouse—be able to operate as a conventional desktop PC running Ubuntu. The Ubuntu Edge was also designed to support dual boot, and was to run along with Android.〔(Ubuntu Edge : Bringing Magic To the Smartphone ). Top Net Tools, Retrieved 28 July 2013.〕 == Fundraising campaign == Reaction to Canonical's announcement was mixed; while it raised over a million dollars in the first five hours, one commentator has noted the unclear market for the device, with a large number of smartphone operating systems already available, and no precedent showing demand for a "single device" combining the phone with the user's primary computer.〔 The first devices were offered for $600 against a main cost of $825; following the initial launch, this was revised to offer $625, $675 and $725 tranches as earlier ones were filled. Further revisions to the pricing came on 8 August, making it a flat $695 per unit. The first major company to make a pledge was by Bloomberg LP, which pledged $80,000.〔(Levine, Barry "Ubuntu Edge Smartphone Raises Millions, Falls Short CIO Today, 22 August 2013 )〕 On 14 August, with 8 days until the deadline, the campaign passed the $10 million milestone.〔Koetsier, John. (14 August 2013). "(Glorious failure: Ubuntu Edge passes $10M on Indiegogo. )" Retrieved 14 August 2013.〕 This milestone put the Ubuntu Edge as the second highest funded crowdfunding project at the time, behind Star Citizen, a space trading and combat simulation video game which had raised $15 million that year. The campaign ended on 21 August with a final sum of $12,809,906, but was not able to meet its goal of $32 million to start the project.〔https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ubuntu Edge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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