Seeing this also concerns tablets, I've added them to my reply. I've said this before (on the IRC channel it was I think), but I think Ubuntu is already capable enough for tablets. It only needs some more fine tuning for them, but we're there for 99% (maybe little less). That's why I'm not focusing on tablets. We DO need to work on a functional UX or GUI for tv and phone, reason being their differences from using a "normal" computer.
First the phone: in normal use it's in portrait orientation. The second obstacle is screen size. How we can give that a good functioning Unity experience is not yet clear to me. I still need to give it some thought, that will hopefully come this weekend. Secondly the tv: we're not used to using a pointing device like a wiimote for selecting things. It's generally not used as a multitasking device, it's a leisure device. Designed for making things easier, not harder. I agree on the switching from phone UI to desktop UI when you dock it, I was thinking about it. You could even use it as a second our third monitor for controlling Banshee for instance. I think I've ranted enough for now, let's get this bandwagon going start on those storyboard. With metta, Chris P.S.: I've written this in the middle of the night (1:30 AM) on my mobile. I hope I didn't exclude anything in my response ^_^ On Dec 10, 2011 1:03 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-ph...@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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