Ubuntu for tablets officially connects Canonical's convergent dream

2. lilhart posted on 19 Feb 2013, 11:35 3 0

I guess the days of idiotic patents are coming to an end and people are trying to come up with real innovation and b'ful design.

3. TheCellX posted on 19 Feb 2013, 11:35 2 0

Really interesting. I like the UI... some fresh and needed air..

4. tusshharish posted on 19 Feb 2013, 11:40 4 0

i love ubuntu do you??????

5. pokharkarsaga posted on 19 Feb 2013, 11:44 5 5

More elegant than Windows phone & more functional than android

7. NateAdam8 posted on 19 Feb 2013, 12:06 3 0

Android could always be replaced

8. rusticguy posted on 19 Feb 2013, 12:06 1 0

Great. If i were to chose between Ubuntu and Android i would rather take the former on all devcies.

9. hltechie posted on 19 Feb 2013, 12:12 1 0

Awesome!

10. ilia1986 posted on 19 Feb 2013, 12:17 3 0

Now *THAT* is how one competes with Android. Well done, Canonical. Very very very well done.

Now it's up to Google to provide a similar experience in Android 5.0 :D

11. jove39 posted on 19 Feb 2013, 12:38 4 0

Ubuntu may deliver where winRT failed...perfect combination of productivity and entertainment

12. Valdomero posted on 19 Feb 2013, 12:40 1 0

I can't wait for this OS to be released.

I wonder who will be their hardware manufacturers and how much will these devices cost?

I hope these beauties won't cost over $400 unlocked

13. archangel9 posted on 19 Feb 2013, 12:57 2 0

Proud to be a user of Ubuntu and Android.You just combined the two because after all it's Linux altogether. Ubuntu for Android on desktop,Ubuntu phone ,soon to be on all Android phones and now for tablets. GAME CHANGER

14. valapsp posted on 19 Feb 2013, 13:33 1 0

minimum RAM of 2 GBs? Nexus 7 has 1 GB but is supported. How come?

15. Techboi posted on 19 Feb 2013, 13:43 1 0

If Nokia choose to use another OS, Ubuntu is the one they should take a creak at it not Android.

16. Techboi posted on 19 Feb 2013, 13:44 0 0

crack*

17. yero789 posted on 19 Feb 2013, 14:25 1 1

Ok so the truth for me is-I always tried using Ubuntu on my netbook,because Windows 7 Starter was so slow on it(my netbook has Intel Atom N455 1,6Ghz,2GB of RAM).But whenever I installed Ubuntu,it was running just like Windows 7,even worse,it was slow and laggy.But when I upgraded to Windows 8,my netbook started to work so fast,I know I have an issue with Windows 8-whenever I want to use Metro apps I need to change the screen resolution,but that's not a problem for me.So in my opinion Windows 8 is better than Ubuntu!

19. rusticguy posted on 19 Feb 2013, 17:56 0 0

Nexus tablets may see a jump in sales as there are quite a big number of users who use Ubuntu on Desktop so they may want Ubuntu on their Tablets too.

20. MC1123 posted on 19 Feb 2013, 18:14 0 0

they better bring this fast!!! im waiting for sailfish as well!!

25. cheeseaddict posted on 20 Feb 2013, 02:51 0 0

is ubuntu and android somehow related? i'm feeling a threat for an droid, the ui is smooth and clean like what is said on the vid, hoping to see it soon in action

28. alexvoda posted on 20 Feb 2013, 13:34 0 0

I think the ideal OEM for Ubuntu would be Asus.
Asus are the only ones who make a phone-dockable-in-a-tablet-dockable-in-a-notebook
with the Padfone and that would suit this concept perfectly.
Asus also doesn't have a big market share on phones or even on tablets.
So with Android they compete with hardware against other Android OEMs.
With Ubuntu they would bring a whole new kind of product.
The best move Asus could pull would be to ship unlocked boot loaders and have the exact same hardware in both Ubuntu and Android variants.
They have the Transformer (robot themed) line for Android.
They could add the Morpher or Shapeshifter (more human themed) line for Ubuntu (which is actually Southern African for "humanity towards others")