> Any opinions, anybody previewed this? There is already a "Ubuntu for Android" project ( http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android) which is different than recent announcement(http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/phone).
Ubuntu for Android ================ This was announced around Feb 2012. This promises to be able to run Ubuntu side by side with Android and "When docked, you get full desktop Ubuntu experience" I think this is much more promising than "Ubuntu on Phone". Unfortunately there is no end-user product available for "Ubuntu for Android" since the announcement. Both "Ubuntu for Android" and "Ubuntu for Phone" is currently aimed at device manufactures, rather than end users. (so it could be chicken-and-egg problem) Ubuntu for Phones =============== As you may have read on interwebs, first Ubuntu phones won't be available till late 2013 (best case/optimistic) or Early 2014 (most likely) So announcement sooooooo early without anything tangible doesn't mean much for anybody. In terms of being "third platform" I doubt Ubuntu has that chance, especially when iOS/Android (and WP) have another year to establish their leads. So I see this as very niche platform. Since canonical isn't interested in making this available directly for end users, it means if you are interested , you'll need to buy a new phone which comes preinstalled w/ Ubuntu (when available) iOS/Android are already mature, so by 2014, everyone and their grandma would have one of these (or WP) devices. So what is the USP of Ubuntu for Phone to the non-geek end user ? I don't see this as commercial success. As a geek, both these are exciting. If they had user installation ROM (or some such thing) I would like to try it. Especially "Ubuntu for Android" -Mandar _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
