It’s the moment Ubuntu fans have been waiting for. Canonical, the company behind the open-source operating system, finally revealed its first Ubuntu tablet on Thursday. The promise of convergence has never felt closer. The 10.1-inch tablet, which is actually just a modified version of the pre-existing Aquaris M10, runs the latest version of Ubuntu software. That includes a touch-based...
It’s only been a few weeks since Canonical unveiled a new Ubuntu phone, but the company is already back with another handset for the European market. This time the hardware comes from Chinese firm Meizu, packing a slick design and some pretty nice specs. MX4 Ubuntu Edition is really just Meizu’s Android phone with new software. It offers a 5.36-inch display with a resolution of 1152 x...
The Ubuntu phone has been a long time coming. Canonical, the company working to push Ubuntu phones out to the masses, originally hoped to sell some of the first devices in 2014. However, late last year, the company pushed the launch until 2015. Now, the first devices are set to go on sale in Europe next week, The Verge said Friday. Part of the delay was apparently attributed to the...
There isn't much time left in 2014 so we suppose it comes as no surprise that Canonical, the parent company behind Ubuntu, recently confirmed that the first Ubuntu-powered smartphones have been delayed until "early" next year. The first Ubuntu-powered devices were originally scheduled to launch sometime in 2014. "Canonical continues to work closely with its first selected hardware...
Canonical's Ubuntu for Android project has always had our eye. The goal of the project was to create a smartphone that dual-boots Android and a full version of Ubuntu – and that was basically achieved and released more than a year ago to developers. However, somewhere along the way Canonical also started work on another project, Ubuntu for Phones, which aims to create an Ubuntu-powered...
The first smartphones running Canonical’s Ubuntu Touch OS are expected to launch later this year, and according to company CEO Mark Shuttleworth you’ll be able to pick one up for relatively cheap. Speaking at the CeBIT 2014 technology conference in Germany, he revealed that the upcoming devices will target the “mid-higher edge” with a price somewhere between $200 and $400, though that...
Last month, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth claimed the first high-end Ubuntu Touch smartphones would launch in 2014, but it looks like it could take at least another full year before any major carriers or device-makers get on board with the operating system. In a recent Reddit AMA interview, Ubuntu Community Manager Jono Bacon said the company likely won't release a flagship phone...
Earlier this year, Canonical released a version of Ubuntu Touch OS that you could run on the Nexus 4 or Galaxy Nexus. It originally came with the warning that it couldn’t replace the full feature set offered by Android and might even brick your device. Now, a dual-booting Android Ubuntu OS is available to download from the company, and it lets you easily jump back and forth between the...
Canonical has signed its first deal to secure Ubuntu Touch OS on an upcoming smartphone, company founder Mark Shuttleworth told CNET during a tech conference in Paris, France this week. Though he wouldn’t say which company had agreed to use Ubuntu, Shuttleworth teased that the Linux-based software would launch on at least one high-end smartphone next year. Shuttleworth went on to claim...
After a long testing process and a failed crowd-funding campaign, Canonical officially launched its Ubuntu Touch OS on Android today. The Ubuntu UI is only available to download on the Nexus 4 and Galaxy Nexus for now. Canonical warns the software could potentially brick your device and does not currently offer the full set of features and services needed to replace Android. Still, for...