Ubuntu for Phone & Tablet

[jwonno]

What do you guys think about Canonical's upcoming Ubuntu 13.10 supporting smartphones and tablet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h384z7Ph0gU

Will it find a place in the market? Can Microsoft, Apple and Google compete with what Canonical claim to be a single, unified system?

 

[thesilentman]

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Escapist Linux Users Group [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Escapist-Linux-Users]. You may be interested in considering dropping in on us. :-D

OT- Well, there are some issues in making Ubuntu for smartphone. The biggest issue is making itself relevant. In a world with Android, iOS and the Windows Phones, Ubuntu is going to have a very hard time staying afloat. If it diverges and offers it's own thing, however, for me it's a "goodbye Android" sort of deal.

 

[Waaghpowa]

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Escapist Linux Users Group [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Escapist-Linux-Users]. You may be interested in considering dropping in on us. :-D

OT- Well, there are some issues in making Ubuntu for smartphone. The biggest issue is making itself relevant. In a world with Android, iOS and the Windows Phones, Ubuntu is going to have a very hard time staying afloat. If it diverges and offers it's own thing, however, for me it's a "goodbye Android" sort of deal.

As I've said before, I don't see it as competing with the other phone OS's. I for one see Canonical simply giving people more choice and alternatives rather than making an attempt to dominate an already over saturated market.