
Motorola Photon Q
I used to have Nokia’s Maemo phone: N900. Maemo is a Linux-based OS. Traditionally Linux has had rich multitasking capabilities and Maemo is not an exception. Multitasking on N900 was the best I ever had on a mobile phone. The hardware QWERTY keyboard was great too. I enjoyed using the N900, but unfortunately Nokia stopped supporting it and I had to move on. I went with the stream and both an Android phone. I’ve been an Android user for a year now, but I always missed the user experience of Maemo and the hardware keyboard of N900.
Ever since Ubuntu started working on Touch I wanted to try it out, because I think that it can be a good replacement for the aging Maemo platform. Unfortunately the developer preview is available only for Nexus devices. I wanted to try Ubuntu on a phone with hardware keyboard, but they are not popular and there are just a few available devices. That is why, when I came across Motorola Photon Q, I did not hesitate and bought it.
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