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#16 nw2001

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 22:44

Looks sweet but going by that video I'm slightly disappointed by how some of it works. It'd be nicer if the information it got from android. (Texts/contact info) opened up in native ubuntu apps instead of opening a very wonky android view which wrecks the flow of the ui altogether.


#17 Syanide

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 22:53

^ I'm sure it'll get improved, this is fresh out the oven.

#18 nw2001

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 23:07

View PostSyanide, on 21 February 2012 - 22:53, said:

^ I'm sure it'll get improved, this is fresh out the oven.
I hope so cause it looks pretty fun. I do wonder if you'll be able to use other DEs/WMs. (I'm rather partial to Gnome 3 of the current generation though unity isnt bad, I also like some tilers.)

#19 Syanide

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 23:12

^ Well, it's Linux, it depends on when the source code gets released and if anyone's willing to do the work.

Btw, just how awesome was the end of the video when he plugged it in the TV and it switched to the Ubuntu TV interface? On a side note, that's how it should be done, similar interface, not the exact thing on all devices *cough* Windows 8 *cough*

#20 ichi

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 23:49

Awesome! That's definitely the direction personal computers should go.

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 23:51

Sounds like windows 8

#22 Syanide

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Posted 22 February 2012 - 01:01

^ Except not at all. Windows 8 looks and behaves simple on both phones and desktops, but so far the option to dock your phone to a screen and use a full Windows 8 hasn't been announced.

Btw, The Verge has a hands on: http://www.theverge....ndroid-hands-on

Really awesome.

#23 Syanide

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Posted 22 February 2012 - 19:43

Just realized they took down the video from Celebrate Ubuntu's channel. Luckily, someone re-upped it. In case you missed:



#24 simplezz

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Posted 22 February 2012 - 23:44

View PostSyanide, on 22 February 2012 - 19:43, said:

Just realized they took down the video from Celebrate Ubuntu's channel. Luckily, someone re-upped it. In case you missed:


OMG! I want :D

This really is the future of computing.

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Posted 23 February 2012 - 01:02

OMG this is neat. I want it!

#26 ThePitt

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Posted 23 February 2012 - 02:36

View PostSyanide, on 22 February 2012 - 19:43, said:

in case you missed:
A dual-core processor @1GHz phone for this?. Give me a break.
I thought that you could actually install ubuntu in your phone and then run app in there.

#27 Syanide

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Posted 23 February 2012 - 10:42

View PostThePitt, on 23 February 2012 - 02:36, said:

A dual-core processor @1GHz phone for this?. Give me a break.
I thought that you could actually install ubuntu in your phone and then run app in there.
Why the hell would you want to do that?

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Posted 23 February 2012 - 12:33

View PostThePitt, on 23 February 2012 - 02:36, said:

A dual-core processor @1GHz phone for this?. Give me a break.
I thought that you could actually install ubuntu in your phone and then run app in there.


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