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  Ubuntu on phones: Canonical thinks it looks great RS Wood  <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-23 09:42 +0000
    Re: Ubuntu on phones  Canonical thinks it looks great "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-23 07:58 +0000
      Re: Ubuntu on phones  Canonical thinks it looks great RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-23 15:18 +0000
        Re: Ubuntu on phones  Canonical thinks it looks great "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-23 17:47 +0000
      Re: Ubuntu on phones  Canonical thinks it looks great Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-02-23 17:35 +0000

#766 — Ubuntu on phones: Canonical thinks it looks great

From the "my kid is better looking than yours" department:
Title: Ubuntu looks stunning on phones and tablets at MWC 2014
Author: Canonical
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:00:21 -0500
Link: http://insights.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-looks-stunning-on-phones-and-tablets-at-mwc-2014/

The latest development of Ubuntu for phones and tablets is on show at this
year’s Mobile World Congress – including the visually stunning “scopes”, a
new mobile UI paradigm.

Ubuntu has announced partnerships with Meizu, a hot manufacturer of phones in
China, and BQ, a specialist European phone manufacturer, to bring the first
range of Ubuntu devices to market in 2014. The industrial design of those
devices is on show at MWC for the first time.

Ubuntu’s scopes are at the heart of its content-centric interface. They
enable users to find content directly in the home screen.  This gives
industry partners extensive opportunities to customise the core interface of
Ubuntu around their services and content.

Ubuntu’s tablet experience has also made substantial progress, its amazing
multitasking fluidity has come to the fore and makes a great impression on
devices between 7” and 10”.

Interested developers can join the GSMA’s WIPJam for a Web Tech Hack session
on writing HTML5 apps for Ubuntu, and on integrating them with native devices
using Apache Cordova. Look out for the Nexus 7 prize Canonical is giving away
as part of the associated hackathon.

Ubuntu is in the App Planet Hall 8.1, on stand 8.1E49.
(http://mwc.eventfloorplans.co.uk/hall-8-1)

Explore further:

Canonical announces first partners to ship Ubuntu phones around the globe[1]

Growing app ecosystem for Ubuntu phones[2]

Vodafone joins Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group[3]

Smart joins Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group[4]

Links:
[1]: http://insights.ubuntu.com/news/canonical-announces-first-partners-to-ship-ubuntu-phones-around-the-globe/ (link)
[2]: http://insights.ubuntu.com/news/growing-app-ecosystem-for-ubuntu-phones/ (link)
[3]: http://insights.ubuntu.com/news/press-releases/vodafone-joins-ubuntu-carrier-advisory-group/ (link)
[4]: http://insights.ubuntu.com/news/press-releases/smart-joins-ubuntu-carrier-advisory-group/ (link)

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#784 — Re: Ubuntu on phones Canonical thinks it looks great

One trick Ubuntu have really missed is being able to switch smoothly between the 
desktop and the phone.
For example suppose you're writing an email on your phone on the train. When you 
get to work you'd like to carry on writing it on your PC. 
So you put your phone in a holder, and the same screen pops up on your desktop so 
you can carry on seamlessly except with a bigger screen and keyboard.
Or suppose you're browsing the web on your phone. When you get home, you put your 
phone in it's cradle and the web browser pops up on the screen with the same tabs 
open at the same place on the monitor.

Phone OS and app developers spend a lot of time working on 'sync'ing between phone, 
cloud, and desktop. Despite this most apps don't sync and you have to have separate 
copies on your PC and phone, each set up differently, or use a web-based system 
like google docs.
For some apps like Evernote the main selling point is that it syncs between your 
devices.
OTOH if your desktop was just your phone, that happened to be using a full screen, 
keyboard, hard disc, etc, there would be no need to 'sync' , all your apps would 
have the same settings on both.
People would be willing to spend more on a phone alone than a phone + PC, so phone 
makers should love this.  
Ubuntu is in a unique position to do this, and if they don't then eventually apple 
will.

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#786 — Re: Ubuntu on phones Canonical thinks it looks great

On 2014-02-23, tdk <forum.tdk@squte.com> wrote:
> One trick Ubuntu have really missed is being able to switch smoothly
> between the desktop and the phone.  For example suppose you're writing
> an email on your phone on the train. When you get to work you'd like
> to carry on writing it on your PC.  So you put your phone in a holder,
> and the same screen pops up on your desktop so you can carry on
> seamlessly except with a bigger screen and keyboard.  Or suppose
> you're browsing the web on your phone. When you get home, you put your
> phone in it's cradle and the web browser pops up on the screen with
> the same tabs open at the same place on the monitor.
>
> Phone OS and app developers spend a lot of time working on 'sync'ing
> between phone, cloud, and desktop. Despite this most apps don't sync
> and you have to have separate copies on your PC and phone, each set up
> differently, or use a web-based system like google docs.  For some
> apps like Evernote the main selling point is that it syncs between
> your devices.  OTOH if your desktop was just your phone, that happened
> to be using a full screen, keyboard, hard disc, etc, there would be no
> need to 'sync' , all your apps would have the same settings on both.
> People would be willing to spend more on a phone alone than a phone +
> PC, so phone makers should love this.  Ubuntu is in a unique position
> to do this, and if they don't then eventually apple will.
>

Agree.  In the same vein, though slightly different (maybe that's as far
as the technology has gotten so far) is an Android device by ASUS:
basically a smartphone that is in my opinion just like the bulk of the
Android phones on the market.  But the phone slides *into* a tablet,
providing the CPU to run the Android tablet.  Then the tablet slides
into a decent keyboard, and you've got a laptop.  Mind you, when sitting
at the laptop you're still limited by whatever constraints provided by
the original device (the phone).  But it would allow you to keep going
on the same activity/document while moving from one form factor to
another.

I didn't buy one (was seduced by the Note 3 instead) but I considered
them strongly when I was looking for a new toy.

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#822 — Re: Ubuntu on phones Canonical thinks it looks great

>  But the phone slides *into* a tablet, providing the CPU to run the Android tablet. 
I found a link here:
"http://androidandme.com/2012/02/news/asus-teases-padfone-hints-at-phone-tablet-dock-and-keyboard-accessory/comment-page-1/"
But it's not for me, no ability to add a HDD and not a big enough screen to replace 
a PC.

regards
~tdk

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#800 — Re: Ubuntu on phones Canonical thinks it looks great

On 2014-02-23, tdk <forum.tdk@squte.com> wrote:
> One trick Ubuntu have really missed is being able to switch smoothly between the 
> desktop and the phone.

I think in Ubuntu-world, your phone is your desktop. You just dock the phone
when you're at home, a tiny bit like this (except this is a BB Z10, but the
principle is the same);

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPJkfZq_hbY

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