Ubuntu for Android turn any Android device into a full Ubuntu Desktop
Canonical just recently announced that they will be bringing Ubuntu to your Android phone. What they are doing is pretty much identical to what Motorola is trying to with Webtop, but with a full featured operating system. Basically your docked Android device will have a full version of Ubuntu on it ready to use at any time. Since Android and Ubuntu share the same kernel it will very easy for the two to share running processes and Applications. Built in apps include Chromium (open source version of chrome), Google Calendar, Google Docs, Phone Dialer, ability to handle text messages from desktop, and more.
“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.”
Personally, I am really excited about this and can’t wait to see where it goes. Webtop sounded like a good idea, but was just so limited it wasn’t a “desktop” experience. You can head over to Canonical’s website highlighting the benefits of Ubuntu for Android, but right now only manufactures and network operators can sign up to receive more information. Hopefully they will open source this effort like Ubuntu so we can get to hacking this on without the need of manufactures and carriers.
via [Ubuntu for Android]
The Gadget Gurus Podcast Ep 149 – I Haz no Name
This week the Angry Guru takes over as host and invites Joe form iOSDocked to join in on the fun. The guys talk about tech and stuff…….oh OK! They discuss Google taking iOS Safari Data, Apple’s latest laptop/desktop OS Mountain Lion, and some miscellaneous Android news! Enjoy the show!
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Swype Updated for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Swype updated there latest beta with support for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Also in the new beta is Swype Add-ons with DragonGo downloadable languages for tablets and accuracy improvements.
Dragon’s dictation is still WAY behind Android’s 4.0 voice dictation. I would have much rather them use the stock method instead of teaming up with Dragon.
Visit Swype’s beta site to download and get yo Swype on!
Editorial: Can RIM Save This Ship
Dear Reader:
Let me first introduce myself by a name that most of you haven’t heard in a long time. I’m Nic Ball the “Berry Guru”. Before there was a Gadget Gurus, before there ever was an Angry Guru and much before I secured my doctorate, I was simply a blackberry junkie. I walked around with my head held down and my thumbs busy typing away on a keyboard as I weaved through pedestrian traffic. It was the best of times. The smartphone market was on in it’s early childhood. We’d finally crossed over the threshold of Windows Mobile and the world was ours to take. Then the iPhone came along and started the downward slide. Android came on the scene and it was as if all the air in the room had been let out. Now here we are only a few years later but it seems like forever ago. Now here we are, RIM, the former king of the market is now the ugly red-headed step child of smart phones. What, if anything, can RIM do to save this ship?
The most obvious problem with RIM has been the total consumerization of IT. No longer are system admins able to keep everyone on an easy to manage and easy to control system without justification for that granular control. Now days CEO’s are demanding the use of an iPhone or iPad and the notion of using a BlackBerry is quickly fading away. RIM has missed out on consumer market in belief that there would always be a rock solid business market. As this layer starts to fade away we have to look at other solutions at RIM.
Google Publishes Android Style Guide for Ice Cream Sandwich
In yet another effort to streamline Android’s look and feel, today Google introduced guidelines for design within Ice Cream Sandwich. The guide is aimed to help developers and manufactures by giving them a point of reference when creating apps for Android Ice Cream Sandwich. Things like themes, patterns, typography, color and icon design can all be found in the guide along with instructions and samples to get you started. Hopefully OEMs and app developers will get to cracking with this guide and start making some really beautiful apps modeled after ICS. I’m so tired of seeing shit like this.
via [The Verge]
