Canonical plans to introduce something next week, and there’s a good chance it’ll be a phone-related announcement about something called Edge. While we’ll have to wait a few days for all the details, some folks did a little sleuthing around the Ubuntu website and found a series of pictures with “Edge” in the name. And […]
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Canonical announces Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group, first 8 telecom partners
Canonical hopes its Ubuntu Touch software will be ready to ship on smartphones in the coming year. Right now you can download and install a preview build on dozens of Android-powered handsets, but it’ll likely be a while before you can buy a smartphone that comes with the OS from your wireless carrier. But Canonical […]
Ubuntu Phone OS now supports cellular data, social sharing, more
Ubuntu Phone OS is a Linux-based operating system for smartphones and touchscreen devices such as tablets, and it’s still very much a work in progress. When the developers at Canonical started showing off Ubuntu Phone OS in January, it didn’t support phone calls, cellular data, or much of anything else. It didn’t even really run […]
Ubuntu Touch preview images now based on Ubuntu 13.04, include some apps
Canonical has released the first builds of Ubuntu Touch for phones and tablets based on the upcoming Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail operating system. The new builds are also some of the first to include actual apps. There are still early test builds and they’re not designed for daily use. So if you’re hoping to turn […]
Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail beta now available
Canonical is set to release Ubuntu 13.04 later this month, but if you just can’t wait you can take an early build for a spin. The first (and last) beta version of Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail is ready to go. This is still pre-release software, so don’t be shocked if you find some features tha […]
Ubuntu Touch Preview daily builds now available for phones, tablets
Just a few days after Canonical released the first builds of Ubuntu Touch for Google Nexus phones and tablets, there are new builds available. And there will continue to be updates made on a regular basis — you can download the latest versions of the touch-friendly, Linux-based operating system at the Ubuntu 12.10 Touch Preview […]
Ubuntu 12.10 Touch Preview on the Nexus 7 (video)
Now that you can run Ubuntu 12.10 Touch Preview on your Nexus phone or tablet, should you? That depends. Canonical has released a preview build of its touch-friendly version of Ubuntu so that enthusiasts and developers can get a sense of how the operating system works on phones and tablets. But the build released on […]
How to install Ubuntu on a Nexus phone or tablet
Canonical has released tools for installing a developer preview version of Ubuntu 12.10 Touch on the latest Google Nexus phones and tablet. If you have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus or Google Nexus 4 smartphone, or a Nexus 7 or Nexus 10 tablet, you can download and install a touch-friendly version of Ubuntu on your device. […]
Canonical unveils Ubuntu for Tablets
Ubuntu is already one of the most popular Linux-based operating systems for notebook and desktop computers. Canonical is also working on a smartphone operating system called Ubuntu Phone OS. And now Ubuntu is coming to tablets. Canonical added an Ubuntu on tablets section to its homepage today, plans to showcase the new touch-friendly version of […]
Canonical to announce a tablet, or tablet OS?
Canonical plans to release an early build of Ubuntu Phone OSÂ on February 21st. But that’s not all the company plans to do this week: on February 19th, Canonical is preparing to announce something related to tablets. That’s about as specific as we can get at the moment, but Canonical has posted a countdown timer on […]