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 will be very
reluctant to upgrade it to Ubuntu as it is a top of the range item
unless there is a thoroughly tried, tested and proven upgrade path to
take.
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Regards,
Andy
I have an HTC Desire-Z running Android 2.3, and saw something the
Android Market to run Ubuntu on my phone, although it requires the phone
to be rooted and the specs to be high enough. I am not sure if mine
would work or not.
However, it does seem that it would be a good idea to have an
alternative to Android with more flexibility, power and compatibility
with my desktop OS, which does not require me to use Microsoft or Apple
products.
The real success will be when Ubuntu phones become mainstream and
desired by the general public as a valid alternative to Android,
although I suspect that a lot of users will want something that will
still run their Android apps as well as running Linux software that runs
on Ubuntu.
I am also looking forward to see tablets with Ubuntu, same as for
phones, but obviously with bigger screen, far more suited to the usual
Linux desktop programs we might be used to running.
Has anyone here actually managed to get Ubuntu working on any smartphone
or tablet?
David K
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