Not an Apple fan? Don’t like Google Play? Windows not enough? Fear not – Ubuntu is on the way this October.
That’s right the Wall Street Journal has reported that the first new devices running Ubuntu’s mobile operating system will hit the market in October.
Developers however, will gain access to the beta versions of the operating system as early as late this month, with a variant that is designed to run on Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus device. CEO Mark Shuttleworth said the company will be targeting two geographically large markets at launch, while no other specifics were given, one might anticipate this would be US and UK.
The new Ubuntu mobile OS is capable of being connected to a monitor and wirelessly connected to a keyboard, where it will function like a desktop computer. In this configuration, it will also be able to support Windows applications remotely served over corporate networks. The UI is said to have a similar approach to Microsoft’s new Windows 8 interface (where actions are initiated by swiping in from each edge of the device’s screen). Users will be able to multitask, while not leaving the current app they might be in.
Although it is likely that there will be a range of hardware variants with various levels of processing power, Canonical has set a minimum performance specification of a dual-cor Cortex A9 processor clocked at 1GHz and matched with at least 512MB of RAM. Upon its launch in October, Canonical promises to simultaneously debut an app store as well.
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