Friday, February 22, 2013

Ubuntu OS for tablets announced - Video

Source: Daily Mobile - February 19th, 2013 

Canonical today unveiled its Ubuntu OS for tablets. Check the video of the Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth explaining the Ubuntu OS for tablets.
Ubuntu OS for tablets features:
  • Real multitasking: Uniquely, Ubuntu allows a phone app on the screen at the same time as a tablet app. The Ubuntu side stage was invented both to enable efficient multitasking and to improve the usability of phone apps on tablets.
  • Secure multi-user: Multiple accounts on one tablet with full encryption for personal data, combined with the trusted Ubuntu security model that is widely used in banks, governments and sensitive environments, making it ideal for work and family use.
  • Voice controlled HUD productivity: The Heads-Up Display, unique to Ubuntu, makes it fast and easy to do complex things on touch devices, and transforms touch interfaces for rich applications, bringing all the power of the PC to your tablet.
  • Edge magic for cleaner apps: Screen edges are used for navigation between apps, settings and controls. That makes for less clutter, more content, and sleeker hardware. No physical or soft buttons are required. It's pure touch elegance.
  •  Content focus: Media is neatly presented on the customisable home screen, which can search hundreds of sources. Perfect for carriers and content owners that want to highlight their own content, while still providing access to a global catalogue.
  •  Full convergence: The tablet interface is presented by exactly the same OS and code that provides the phone, PC and TV interfaces, enabling true device convergence. Ubuntu is uniquely designed to scale smoothly across all form factors.

The Ubuntu tablet interface supports screen sizes from 6-inch to 20-inch and resolutions from 100 to 450 PPI.  Commercial tablets running Ubuntu will be released sometime in 2014 but installable image of the Ubuntu Tablet OS for the Nexus 7 and the Nexus 10 will be available on February 21.

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