The road to Canonical's Ubuntu Touch smartphone has been a long one, and now it's stretching even further as the open-source software company makes a play for the major leagues.
In a recent Reddit Ask Me Anything, Canonical's Community Manager Jono Bacon admitted that the first Ubuntu Touch OS smartphone for major OEMs and carriers is unlikely to appear until next year.
Swing for the fences
As for what an Ubuntu phone will actually be able to do, Bacon did not confirm many features. Instead, during the course of the AMA, there were more items that we can expect to be missing.
Bacon responded to a question about to CDMA support on the Ubuntu Touch OS that it is not on the current Ubuntu phone plan; meaning customers of US carriers Sprint and Verizon won't be able to jump on board with Canonical in the foreseeable future.
Similarly, there aren't any extra touches to add integration between Ubuntu computers and phones on the docket. As Bacon explained, "[t]he primary integration will be getting content and syncing it [with] Ubuntu One, which syncs across devices."
