Ubuntu shows off a hybrid handset

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Post by jessecred » Thu, Feb 25, 2016, 9:05 AM UTC

Ubuntu shows off a hybrid handset
bbc.com

Re: Ubuntu shows off a hybrid handset

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Post by tmikaeld » Thu, Feb 25, 2016, 10:22 AM UTC

So they are still showing it off on a Nexus 4?

Meizu are just about to release Meizu Pro 5 Ubuntu Edition that have top of the line hardware, but it's missing MHL so it can't be used for convergence... WHY DO THAT!?

Re: Ubuntu shows off a hybrid handset

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Post by StavrosK » Thu, Feb 25, 2016, 1:13 PM UTC

> BBC's Chris Foxx asked Ubuntu's founder Mark Shuttleworth whether the firm would be playing catch-up with HP which announced a hybrid handset running Windows 10 at the Barcelona tech show.

"Playing catch-up" because... they were announced at the same show?

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Post by swiley » Thu, Feb 25, 2016, 1:26 PM UTC

How hard is compiling an Ubuntu phone kernel compared to android?

Re: Ubuntu shows off a hybrid handset

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Post by zyx321 » Thu, Feb 25, 2016, 1:30 PM UTC

StavrosK wrote: post #3

> BBC's Chris Foxx asked Ubuntu's founder Mark Shuttleworth whether the firm would be playing catch-up with HP which announced a hybrid handset running Windows 10 at the Barcelona tech show. "Playing catch-up" because... they were announced at the same show?

HP aren't using their own OS. MSFT demoed their continuum technology at the Surface event back in October, so there's a good chance HP will beat Canonical to the market.

Re: Ubuntu shows off a hybrid handset

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Post by erikb » Thu, Feb 25, 2016, 2:07 PM UTC

The whole world moves to putting out different devices for different usecases and integrating them with protocols and APIs. Why is Canonical moving in the other direction?

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Post by broodbucket » Thu, Feb 25, 2016, 2:12 PM UTC

zyx321 wrote: post #5

StavrosK wrote: post #3

> BBC's Chris Foxx asked Ubuntu's founder Mark Shuttleworth whether the firm would be playing catch-up with HP which announced a hybrid handset running Windows 10 at the Barcelona tech show. "Playing catch-up" because... they were announced at the same show?

HP aren't using their own OS. MSFT demoed their continuum technology at the Surface event back in October, so there's a good chance HP will beat Canonical to the market.

Is the HP one running x86? I'd imagine Linux would be hugely preferred to Windows on ARM since so much more of the software ecosystem is available.

Re: Ubuntu shows off a hybrid handset

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Post by ergo14 » Thu, Feb 25, 2016, 2:21 PM UTC

erikb wrote: post #6

The whole world moves to putting out different devices for different usecases and integrating them with protocols and APIs. Why is Canonical moving in the other direction?

Because right nowe we have more devices that we can handle I think.

Re: Ubuntu shows off a hybrid handset

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Post by tcfunk » Thu, Feb 25, 2016, 2:30 PM UTC

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Re: Ubuntu shows off a hybrid handset

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Post by zyx321 » Thu, Feb 25, 2016, 2:48 PM UTC

broodbucket wrote: post #7

zyx321 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

HP aren't using their own OS. MSFT demoed their continuum technology at the Surface event back in October, so there's a good chance HP will beat Canonical to the market.

Is the HP one running x86? I'd imagine Linux would be hugely preferred to Windows on ARM since so much more of the software ecosystem is available.

It's ARM, using a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820. You're effectively limited to Windows store universal apps (which are usually pretty terrible), plus MS Office.