more informations directly on http://developer.ubuntu.com/get-started/gomobile/ and more presentation for ubuntu for phones on http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/phone/design
Canonical announces Ubuntu for smartphones
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Re: Canonical announces Ubuntu for smartphones
#12This is a good thing, but having known Canonical and Ubuntu since the start (2004), I would really love to see them succeed in the desktop market first. This initiative will de-focus their efforts.
I admire them, and wish them good luck anyway.
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#13Here is the original Keynote -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpWHJDLsqTU
worth watching, Trust me.
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#14I really wish Canonical would focus on making the Linux Desktop/Laptop experience better but perhaps this will play out like Apple: bootstrap the company's growth on the success of a mobile device (iPod in Apple's case). Plus, Canonical can offer something Google really can't: a common interface across all devices (Chromebook hasn't really worked out).
> Chromebook hasn't really worked out
What?
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#15I hope that this and Firefox OS can borrow from each other liberally. I'm far from convinced that either will succeed, but I hope they do.
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#16We need unlocked phones ... not another screen manager and drivers ...
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#17Does it come with Amazon spying?
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#18This is a good thing, but having known Canonical and Ubuntu since the start (2004), I would really love to see them succeed in the desktop market first. This initiative will de-focus their efforts. I admire them, and wish them good luck anyway.
"Will de-focus?"
Anyone who was paying attention when they starting shoving Unity down user's throats knew where this was headed years ago.
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#19Edit: Here's the keynote video. Skip to about 6:35 sec for the new bits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpWHJDLsqTU
Direct link to 6:35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpWHJDLsqTU&feature=play...
First thoughts:
2014 is a long way away and a whole year is an eternity in mobile space.
It kind of looks like Unity in portrait mode but without the dock.
What does it bring new to developers that isn't there in Android? Firefox OS's USP is web apps with native bindings(same as WebOS').
It says it uses the Android kernel and drivers to be compatible with the hardware, so will OEM(s) shipping devices with this OSes fall foul of Google's anti-fork rules[1] for Android? Or does that apply only to the Android SDK/Dalvik VM?
[1] http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57512418-94/alibaba-google-...
Re: Canonical announces Ubuntu for smartphones
#20Edit: Here's the keynote video. Skip to about 6:35 sec for the new bits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpWHJDLsqTU Direct link to 6:35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpWHJDLsqTU&feature=play... First thoughts: 2014 is a long way away and a whole year is an eternity in mobile space. It kind of looks like Unity in portrait mode but without the dock. What does it bring new to developers that isn't there in Android? F…
I think having anti-fork rules on the Android kernel would violate the GPL, so that couldn't happen...