Ubuntu Going Mobile

Canonical recently showed the new OS they are working on.. for phones. Apparently it will replace android OS from phones such as the Galaxy Nexus and actually plan on competing against other phone OS like Android. it seems it will be released early 2014.Canonical - Ubuntu for Phones Online Keynote | Youtube

As already teased and promised, today Canonical is taking the wraps off the mobile version of Ubuntu, which is built around the existing Android kernel and drivers, but doesn't use a Java Virtual Machine and promises to use "the full power of the phone." Supporting both ARM and x86 processors, the Ubuntu phone OS will be compatible enough to let Android phone makers run it on their devices with minimal adaptation.Ubuntu for Android, announced in February of last year, will be the first step to getting this new ecosystem out to shipping devices, which Canonical chief Mark Shuttleworth says will definitely arrive at some point during this year. While no carrier or manufacturer support has yet been announced, the first Ubuntu for Android handset should be provided by a "high-end" Android device maker.

Canonical - Ubuntu for Phones Online Keynote | YoutubeSource:
http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/phone
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/2/3827922/ubuntu-phone-os-announcement

Well this is interesting. Very interesting.
I like the interface a lot. The first image brought memories if Windows 8 but it looks a lot better than Windows Phones.Would like to see a BETA version released sometime this year hopefully.

it does look very interesting. specially since they plan on taking out all buttons and just using the screen to move around, hopefully we do see a beta and 2014 seems a long time to release it, specially if it is intended to be used on the galaxy nexus

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Oohh. No buttons. That's pretty cool. Is there a phone that doesn't have any buttons?
Yeah, 2014 does seem like a while. They probably want to fix out everything in iOS and Android that was wrong.I'm a pretty big fan of the Galaxy Nexus. It's a Google phone and I've always being an admirer of Google's work. :)

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lol, was that sarcasm? i cant tell. but yeah, in that keynote i added they dont even use virtual buttons to move through the UIthe galaxy nexus is a nice phone, but by that time, it will be more than outdated hardware-wise

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Dunno. Might've been.
I do like no buttons. But all the figermarks will be sideways and vertical now.I'm not so sure.
The Nexus stood ahead of it's time, that's for sure. Whether it will stay there or fall behind by 2014, that's up for debate.

Sounds cool ;D

better late than never .this move is good but will Ubuntu be able to come up to android or Ios ?

pretty hard to tell. ubuntu on pc is pretty good, so we might just wait and see, hopefully more devices get support soon after release. and more dev support aswell if it wants to compete to android and IOS. i really like it though, it looks sleak and elegant