Plasma mobile and Fairphone

[Sebastian Kügler]

On Thursday, October 15, 2015 02:34:34 PM Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 26. Juli 2015, 20:08:04 CEST schrieb Sebastian Kügler:
> > > We were in contact with Fairphone last year about participating in the
> > > Randa  Meetings which in the end didn't happen because of too many
> > > events
> > > on their side. I can try and get in contact this year again. Or I can
> > > introduce somebody here?
> >
> > me! I'm living in the Netherlands and was already planning to contact them
> > and  visit their office for a coffee.
> 
> Did you talk with Fairphone people meanwhile?
> 
> At least it seems they have obtained licenses to the software the are 
> currently using. And they are evaluating to prolong the life of the phones
> by 
> using something else than Android:
> > A second path we are exploring is the possibility of replacing the Android
> > software by alternative operating systems (Ubuntu OS/Firefox OS/Sailfish
> > OS) in an effort to prolong the life of the device (as that software is
> > more cost-effective to maintain). While we’re still in the exploratory
> > phases along these tracks, we do hope it’s clear that we’re committed to
> > supporting our Fairphone 1 owners in the future. Thanks for sticking with
> > us on this path to improve our phone’s longevity.
> 
> https://www.fairphone.com/2015/09/16/long-term-software-support-fairphone-1/
> 
> Of course, I expect with Fairphone 2 being a Qualcomm device the software 
> support may be better in terms of being free software friendly.

We have been in contact, but it has been slow-going. Since we're still a year 
or so away from being even an option on a real device for end-users, that's 
not really a problem. Perhaps we should prove first, that our software is a 
viable option.
-- 
sebas

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