Wasn't the original idea behind Ubuntu OS to be able to plug your phone in and use it as a mini-desktop? Did that ever get anywhere? I guess I would just expect the phone to be tied into Ubuntu's services (do they still have that cloud thing?) and so wouldn't be as good an experience if using other distros -- though I imagine some effort would be put into Windows and Mac. I am happy with sub-standard functionality if it fit my ethos and I was potentially able to work to improve the system, like early Android -- it felt a lot easier to get an app out there that people would use, now it seems almost impossible with so many big players in.
Very interesting, thank you! I may well look into this later in the year then, I just hope there would be support for the UK. I know that being able to take your work anywhere with you in your pocket and just sit down and connect instantly over your 4G data connection is appealing for me, I guess the gamble is would it be for the public in general?