Just offering my unqualified opinion here: when docking a hybrid device, it doesn't become more powerful, so a desktop experience would have to be just as light as a portable one. That's why OSX or Ubuntu won't work in anything close to a full fledged form on such devices. Rather, the experience would have to be *emulated* by slightly altering the UI to fit the needs of a keyboard+trackpad input rather than a touch input.
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 5:33 AM, Omar B. <estela...@hotmail.com> wrote: > We have now the following hybrids: > > Asus transformer (laptop / tablet hybrid) > Motorola atrix (phone / desktop / laptop / tv-media center); The jack of > all trades. > > And in the possible future: > To compete, Apple may be working on hybrid mobile devices with ios and > full osx included (ipod/iphone that when docked turns into a desktop like a > mac mini). > > > Now, the current hybrids are great concepts, and these devices will get > more and more powerful, but what are their weakness ? their desktop > experiences. They don't offer as good experience as a real desktop OS like > ubuntu would offer. > > As you can see from the Asus transformer review: > http://www.androidcentral.com/asus-eeepad-transformer-review > > > "This is what the ASUS EeePad Transformer really comes down to, isn't it. > It's a perfectly capable Honeycomb tablet. But it should be, given Google's > close watch over it's latest baby. But it's not enough for the Transformer > to merely look like and pretend to be a laptop. We've tried that with with > Motorola Xoom and a Bluetooth keyboard, and it's a pretty disconnected > experience. Work a little on the keyboard, then you have to reach up and > touch the screen. Type, reach. Type, reach. That's no good." > > > Similarly the moto atrix: > http://www.engadget.com/motorola/atrix-4g-review/ > > Awesome concept, super powerful phone, but the desktop experience is > mostly limited to just a browser... which disappoints. > > > This will be the next trend in mobile computing and ubuntu will have quite > a good number of advantages, so imo the announcement of a mutildevice > ubuntu experience was on good timing but there's not much more time to lose. > > Will be hard to compete directly with established platforms like > ios/android on lone devices, so we have to look for newer areas in which > they're not so strong yet. But in areas you can't compete, some type of > partnerships would be an option too. > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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