And now Ubuntu is heading to the tablet devices. An exciting move that canonical whose founder happens to be South African born Mark Shuttleworth have taken their time in developing what he describes as the following
"Multi-tasking productivity meets elegance and rigorous security in our
tablet experience," “Our family of interfaces now scales across
all screens, so your phone can provide tablet, PC and TV experiences
when you dock it. That's unique to Ubuntu and it's the future of
personal computing."
The full release, for users, will be available in Ubuntu 13.10 in October. The full, ready-for-anyone version will be out in Ubuntu 14.04 in April 2014. Shuttleworth also said in today's conference call that Canonical has just signed a deal with "a very large supplier of silicon to mobile industry [who] will be optimizing Ubuntu on their chips." Further details on this partnership will be revealed at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in late February.
In addition, Shuttleworth said that major phone carriers in the North
America, Europe and China will be shipping Ubuntu phones in 2014.What will Ubuntu bring to the tablet that Apple's iOS and Google's Android don't? Canonical makes the following claims:
- Unique 'side stage' multi-tasking puts phone and tablet apps on a single tablet screen
- Secure enterprise tablets: with full disk encryption, multiple secure user accounts and standard management tool that covers Ubuntu server, PC and touch.
- Real multitasking: Uniquely, Ubuntu allows a phone app on the screen at the same time as a tablet app. The Ubuntu side stage was invented both to enable efficient multitasking and to improve the usability of phone apps on tablets.
- Secure multi-user: Multiple accounts on one tablet with full encryption for personal data, combined with the trusted Ubuntu security model that is widely used in banks, governments and sensitive environments, making it ideal for work and family use.
- Voice controlled HUD productivity: The Heads-Up Display, unique to Ubuntu, makes it fast and easy to do complex things on touch devices, and transforms touch interfaces for rich applications, bringing all the power of the PC to your tablet.
- Edge magic for cleaner apps: Screen edges are used for navigation between apps, settings and controls. That makes for less clutter, more content, and sleeker hardware. No physical or soft buttons are required. It’s pure touch elegance
- Content focus: Media is neatly presented on the customizable home screen, which can search hundreds of sources. Perfect for carriers and content owners that want to highlight their own content, while still providing access to a global catalog.
- Program convergence: Users won't need to worry about which version they'll run on a device. A Ubuntu program will run on all Ubuntu platforms
- Full convergence: The tablet interface is presented by exactly the same OS and code that provides the phone, PC and TV interfaces, enabling true device convergence. Ubuntu is uniquely designed to scale smoothly across all form factors.
- Unique convergence across all four form factors: a phone can provide tablet, TV and PC interfaces when docked to the appropriate screen / keyboard / remote.
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http://www.zdnet.com/canonical-reveals-ubuntu-tablet-plans-7000011508/
http://www.ubuntu.com
http://developer.ubuntu.com/
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