Ubuntu For Smartphones

Canonical announces Ubuntu for smartphones as mobile ubuntu. Ubuntu for smartphones will can bring a desktop operating system into your smart phone. So you will be able to enjoy a new experience running Linux OS in your smart phone. Ubuntu for smartphones will come with a UI that is quite captivating in appearance to face your smart phone. So Ubuntu for smartphones will provide a memorable new experience for you lovers of ubuntu Linux os like on a computer. And interestingly presented ubuntu mobile operating system using drivers and kernel from android os. So it can be easily on any smart phone running Google's OS. On the other hand smart phone manufacturers will not need to change their hardware to support the new OS. 

Some features of Ubuntu for smartphones :

- Elegance, distilled
Designed to make all your phone content easier to access and your apps more immersive – every edge has a specific purpose, making all your apps, content and controls instantly accessible, without navigating back to the home screen every time. And the Ubuntu phone fits perfectly into the wider family of Ubuntu interfaces, alongside the PC and TV. It's a uniquely, beautifully converged experience.
- Everything at your fingertips
Ubuntu uses simple natural swiping gestures from the edges of the screen to make it easier than ever to access your content and switch between apps. Every edge of the phone is used, letting you move faster between apps, settings and content.
- Content, not controls
Swiping up from the bottom edge of the phone reveals app controls. You can hide or reveal them instantly, which means they don’t take up room on the screen, leaving you free to focus on the stuff that matters. Immerse yourself in your photos, web pages, music, messages and apps.
- A whole world of apps
Run local Ubuntu apps and remote Windows apps on a secure docked phone – the new thin client of choice. Your Ubuntu phone can be managed with standard enterprise Ubuntu management tools that also handle servers, cloud infrastructure and desktops. Secure your infrastructure using Ubuntu’s browser and email client, delivering your legacy Office apps from your data centre.
- Find anything, anywhere, instantly
Just tell your phone what you’re looking for and watch the results come in. If it’s a person, you’ll see data from your email and phone contacts alongside Facebook friends and followers on Twitter. Looking for music? Ubuntu doesn’t just search your phone. It also searches online retailers including Amazon and the Ubuntu One Music Store, putting the whole world of music at your fingertips, alongside your personal collection. Your phone will find it, let Ubuntu do the work.
- Everything you expect in a phone
Ubuntu includes native applications covering all the essentials you expect in a phone: telephony and voicemail, SMS and MMS, email, web browsing, photography, music and video.
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