Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

On 04/01/13 09:06, Alan Pope wrote: > On 03/01/13 21:48, Bruno Girin wrote: >> Very interesting! It would be even better if Richard Collins didn't >> sound like a politician and actually answered the questions though. >> > > Harsh. Some questions are not easy to answer right now, a year before > we

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

On 04/01/13 09:06, Alan Pope wrote: On 03/01/13 21:48, Bruno Girin wrote: Very interesting! It would be even better if Richard Collins didn't sound like a politician and actually answered the questions though. Harsh. Some questions are not easy to answer right now, a year before we predict th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

On 03/01/13 10:49, Andy Braben wrote: There is a 20 minute video by SABDFL here: http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/phone which is well worth making time to watch. He says that any phone which runs the Android kernel will run the Ubuntu kernel. I also have a Samsung Galazy S3 Android phone and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

On 3 January 2013 18:08, SuperEngineer wrote: > > tact ~ nounvery rare > 1. consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense > > ;) That's why it said "please"! :¬) -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/F

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

On 03/01/13 21:48, Bruno Girin wrote: Very interesting! It would be even better if Richard Collins didn't sound like a politician and actually answered the questions though. Harsh. Some questions are not easy to answer right now, a year before we predict these things will hit the shelves. For

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

On 03/01/13 13:57, Alan Pope wrote: > On 03/01/13 09:09, Andy Braben wrote: >> The Ubuntu operating system has been adapted to run on smartphones. >> >> Article at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20891868 >> > > Here's an interview recorded a few minutes ago by Simon Phipps with > the Product

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

On Thu, 2013-01-03 at 13:15 +, Liam Proven wrote: > [1] Please do not top-quote. > > [2] Please also fact-check before you post. Your description is > completely wrong tact ~ nounvery rare 1. consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense ;) -- Cheers, Bill B. [Supe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

On 3 January 2013 13:27, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > On 3 January 2013 13:15, Liam Proven wrote: >> >> On 3 January 2013 10:49, Simon Greenwood wrote: >> > The concept for Ubuntu on Android is essentially an Android phone with an >> > Ubuntu disk image stored on SD card/in memory that allows the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

On 03/01/13 09:09, Andy Braben wrote: The Ubuntu operating system has been adapted to run on smartphones. Article at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20891868 Here's an interview recorded a few minutes ago by Simon Phipps with the Product Manager for Ubuntu Phone, Richard Collins. Shoul

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

On 3 January 2013 13:15, Liam Proven wrote: > On 3 January 2013 10:49, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > The concept for Ubuntu on Android is essentially an Android phone with an > > Ubuntu disk image stored on SD card/in memory that allows the phone to be > > used as a boot device for a PC based syste

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

On 03/01/13 12:10, Alan Bell wrote: not really, it was demonstrated on a Motorola Atrix that had virtualisation built in and a webtop operating system running in the VM which was swapped out for Ubuntu. The Ubuntu image is an ARM image that is running on the phone processor alongside the android

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

On 3 January 2013 10:49, Simon Greenwood wrote: > The concept for Ubuntu on Android is essentially an Android phone with an > Ubuntu disk image stored on SD card/in memory that allows the phone to be > used as a boot device for a PC based system. [1] Please do not top-quote. [2] Please also fact

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

Ah, that's very interesting - the customer site doesn't go into much detail about the technology. I didn't even know the Atrix ran like that - quite fancied one of those but they weren't taken up much in the UK and I believe Motorola have killed off the line now. s/ On 3 January 2013 12:10, Alan

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

No worries :) On 3 January 2013 11:54, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: > Sorry for coming off so snarky. I would like to know more about it. From > what I've seen from previous Google phones, and their unwillingness to lock > the platform (yay!), I doubt they're particularly interested in partnering > w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

On 03/01/13 10:49, Simon Greenwood wrote: The concept for Ubuntu on Android is essentially an Android phone with an Ubuntu disk image stored on SD card/in memory that allows the phone to be used as a boot device for a PC based system. not really, it was demonstrated on a Motorola Atrix that had

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

On 2013-01-03 10:49, Simon Greenwood wrote: > ... the reason that Google are > selling the Nexus 4 directly and unlocked is that they had difficulty in > getting the US carriers to accept it, so they decided to go around them. [cite needed] Regards, Tyler -- "[...] freedom is kind of a hobby wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

On 3 January 2013 10:33, alan c wrote: > On 03/01/13 09:09, Andy Braben wrote: > >> The Ubuntu operating system has been adapted to run on smartphones. >> >> Article at: >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/**technology-20891868 >> > > I am confused by the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

The concept for Ubuntu on Android is essentially an Android phone with an Ubuntu disk image stored on SD card/in memory that allows the phone to be used as a boot device for a PC based system. Ubuntu OS for phones is an ARM based distribution of Ubuntu that is designed to run a phone - in the firs

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

On 03/01/13 09:09, Andy Braben wrote: The Ubuntu operating system has been adapted to run on smartphones. Article at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20891868 I am confused by the difference - if any - between the 'Ubuntu on android' and the proposed Ubuntu (OS) phone? I have a Samsung

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

i cannot wait for this! I hope this is done well! On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Andy Braben wrote: > > The Ubuntu operating system has been adapted to run on smartphones. > > Article at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20891868 > > -- > Regards, > Andy > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

The Ubuntu operating system has been adapted to run on smartphones. Article at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20891868 -- Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/