Canonical: Ubuntu tablets due early 20112010-06-14 09:44 by DanielaTags: Ubuntu, tablet
Ubuntu-based tablets could hit the market as early as the first quarter of 2011, says a Canonical exec. "The devices world is a really exciting space right now and we're really bullish on it," Canonical VP of alliances and OEM services told Network World. Kenyon's comments jibe with what he told The Reg last month: that Canonical was prepping Unbuntu for in-car systems, tablets, set-top-boxes, and what Kenyon called "the digital home or something you carry around". But you can wipe smartphones off that list: "We're not thinking about the phone base," Kenyon told us. Kenyon said that the Ubuntu OS for tablets would be a slimmed-down Linux with a touch-screen interface, and the development is underway for on-screen keyboards and compatibility with multitouch drivers. In the tablet space, the Ubuntu OS will compete with Apple's iOS, Google's Android, and the Intel-Nokia-Novell mash-up, Meego. Read more -here-
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