In a recently release video demo of Ubuntu for Android from canonical, Ubuntu for Android looks even more promising than a converged Mobile Phone and a Desktop PC.
It can also be transformed to the Ubuntu TV once docked to a TV through HDMI port. So your Smart Phone is not only a full fledged desktop inside your pocket but a Media center too.
Here is the Video demo of the Ubuntu for Android concept.
Mark Shuttleworth also confirmed on his blog that Ubuntu for Android is not the Ubuntu Phone announced last year in October and is a separate project altogether.
Ubuntu for Android! Well this could be a the next game changer for both Mobile Phones and PC market, latest of the innovations which could change the way we do our computing, at a time when Mobiles and Tablets are out numbering the sales of Desktops and Laptops. And it seems that desktop would be dormant and obsolete in few years fighting and competing with Mobile Phones and Tablets.
Even thought the concept is not much different from Motorola Aetrix 4G docking Phone, but if your smartphone can boot with the Ubuntu on a desktop we can expect much more.
Ubuntu for Android is the beginning of the convergence of Mobile devices and Desktop PCs in a real sense. Something, I would call a Personal Thin Client, though not a thin client in a real sense.
In simple terms Ubuntu for Android is a full Ubuntu desktop, on a docked Android phone. In terms of Hardware requirements, your Android phone should be equipped with a dual core processor.
Ubuntu for Android provides a full desktop experience, including office software, web browsing, email and media applications, on Android phones docked to a screen and keyboard. Thanks to tight integration with the Android service layer, the transition between the two environments is seamless, making it easy to access the phone's services from the desktop when docked.
With Ubuntu on Android you can enjoy full featured Web Browsing with your favorite desktop browser with your smartphone but on a much larger screen real estate. Ubuntu for Android also integrates data access such as contacts, messaging, calender & making calls etc., in both Phone and Desktop modes.
Currently, Ubuntu for Android is only a prototype and Just like recently announced Ubuntu for TV, Manufacturers and interested parties are being encouraged to speak to Canonical if wanting to take advantage/learn more about the technology.
Ubuntu TV project is a new project from Canonical (Ubuntu) which inspired by a Smart TV, Canonical comes with a passion to provide a fully entertainment to user and enter the Smart TV market without any costs and complexities, Ubuntu TV combine a broadcast, time shift, online box office, personal cloud, apps and disk media experiences in one package.
The Ubuntu TV is planned to initially target in the US and China (will changed if there is a deal with local content provider) and is said it will be available by the end of 2012. Google and Apple, who are expected to unveil prominent TV products this year, apparently Cononical will compate with Google and Apple to unveil prominent TV products this year.
Ubuntu TV Architecture at a glance, the interface is not much different from Ubuntu current release (Unity interface), The layered architecture of Ubuntu TV is Hardware -> Ubuntu Core (Linux Kernel) -> Applications -> Lenses -> Scopes ->Unity.
Ubuntu TV Architecture
Ubuntu One Packed in Ubuntu TV Ubuntu One will built-in to the Ubuntu TV, so you can connect to your photos and videos that saved in your personal cloud.
Ubuntu TV Features And Advantages Taken from its official site, Ubuntu TV contain of some features as follows :
The official ‘Ubuntu TV’ site lists a features to be found in the OS.
Easy integration of broadcast, online services and applications
Modern broadcast TV experience – search , watch, record and play
Millions of movies and TV shows streamed over the web on demand
Shared-screen experience with iOS, Android and Ubuntu devices
Pause on one device, resume on another
Ubuntu One integration
App framework
More closely to Ubuntu TV This screenshoot and video may give you brief visualization of Ubuntu Tv (screenshoot and video taken from ubuntu.com).
Get Closer with Ubuntu TV
Ubuntu TV Guide
Search and play your favorite
Ubuntu TV Specification Here are Hardware specification of Ubuntu TV taken from its official:
Support for ARM and x86 boards1
Local storage support for DVR functionality2
Minimum disk space: 2GB
Minimum memory: 1GB
Minimum video memory: 512 MB
HDMI
CEC support
Digital audio out
Hardware accelerated video capable of displaying content at 1080p3
