Ubuntu for phones image will be available in late February

0. phoneArena posted on 07 Jan 2013, 16:38

Last week, Canonical announced its plans to move into mobile by creating a converged computing platform that spanned from traditional PCs to mobile devices. The plan is expected to come to fruition with Ubuntu 14.04 in early 2014, and be highlighted by the release of Ubuntu for phones. One of the most exciting parts of the announcement was that, true to open source form, there would be an early build image released so anyone can test out the new OS. Today, Canonical announced that image will be ready and available by late February...

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1. gazmatic posted on 07 Jan 2013, 16:42 0 0

My trusty n9 will get this

2. gwuhua1984 posted on 07 Jan 2013, 16:50 0 0

Oooh... I'm looking forward to this.

3. jibraihimi posted on 07 Jan 2013, 17:06 1 0

Will love to try this on HTC HD2..........

4. Igneel posted on 07 Jan 2013, 18:23 0 0

Can't wait to try it on my Nexus!

5. yyuu1000 posted on 07 Jan 2013, 19:28 0 0

Can you down grade it back to android after you install it

6. shuaibhere posted on 07 Jan 2013, 20:51 0 0

Loving ubuntu in desktop....
And will be loving ubuntu mobile too....
Will there be a file manager????
That is one of the main reason for me to stick with android...

7. rpankaj posted on 07 Jan 2013, 22:02 0 0

i will love to use it on my LG optimus one n LG optimus L9.. gr8 tech

8. blackice214 posted on 08 Jan 2013, 03:38 0 0

cant wait to try this on my iphone

9. jroc74 posted on 08 Jan 2013, 06:58 1 0

"and while the only phone we've seen running the OS is a Galaxy Nexus, Shuttleworth made it clear last week that it should be relatively easy to load up the OS on any Android device."

Even a phone with a locked, encrypted bootloader?

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