I would downvote you if I could. I'm pretty tired of seeing snark like this and thinking how many people get discouraged of trying something new and bold for fear it would be met with an attitude like yours. Piss off.

Except it's not "new and bold", it's literally Ubuntu on a smartphone for far above the market price. Add some marketing buzzwords about how it will revolutionize computing and people start seeing clothes on the emperor.

I don't know if they'll pull off the desktop integration, but meanwhile can you recommend a phone I can put into a dock and work on as a desktop PC. That seems pretty new and bold to me.

In February, i-mate announced a Windows 8 Phone (not Windows Phone 8) http://blogs.seattletimes.com/brierdudley/2013/02/25/new-win...

A decade or so ago, a Pocket PC would have done the job. I think it was Toshiba who offered a $25 adaptor so you could plug in your PC's USB keyboard.

It looks like the money is for building the hardware too, not just the software.

That's no excuse for an $800 price tag. It just means they're charging customers for their bad decisions (as in not using others' hardware).

It's meant to be cutting edge new hardware, which will not be found in preexisting smartphones (Because it's a hardware project.)