Where can I buy the Ubuntu phone to start developing apps?

Question

Is the Ubuntu Phone available anywhere yet? I want start developing apps.

I am very impatient to start to develop on real ubuntu phone.

Answer 1

The dev preview is coming out on the 21st February. Be patient young Padawan. See:

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TouchInstallProcess

This will be a flashable install to overwrite Android on a Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4. If you don't have one of those, I suggest you grab one.

Canonical will also be offering to flash phones at the Mobile World Congress later in the month. If you're scared of flashing your own hardware, this might be a good opportunity for you. (See the link above).

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If you just want to get going writing apps, you can play around with the SDK already. That's available from here:

• http://developer.ubuntu.com/get-started/gomobile/

Note that this is a technical preview. It's liable that the API will change and that might mean you need to do more work down the line.

Answer 2

You can't buy an Ubuntu phone at the moment, though Ubuntu(Canonical), have said they hope there will be one out later this year.