Ubuntu smartphone OS could arrive this year

At the Computex trade show Canonical officials didn't provide a specific release date for the smartphone OS

The Ubuntu smartphone OS is getting closer to release, with Canonical officials hinting the release of the mobile operating system will possibly come as early as later this year or sometime next year.
Canonical will make announcements on the Ubuntu OS for smartphones later this year, said John Barnard, global marketing manager at Canonical, at the Computex trade show in Taipei. He said development was continuing on the smartphone OS, and couldn't say if the announcements were tied to the release of the smartphone OS.

The version of Ubuntu is using the same kernel to run Android, Barnard said. When connected to a dock, the version of Ubuntu that fires up from the smartphone provides a full experience also found on the desktop version of the OS, which also includes access to Ubuntu Software Center to download applications. The Ubuntu OS loaded from the smartphone also has the Unity user interface, which is found in desktop versions of the OS.
There is commonality between the Android and Ubuntu versions as users can access contacts and can continue to receive texts and notifications when the smartphone is in Ubuntu mode.
The dual-OS will take advantage of multicore ARM CPUs and graphics processors that are being included in smartphones today, Canonical officials said. Barnard hopes the Ubuntu-Android OS combination will be found on smartphones later this year. There is a lot of interest from device makers to load the dual-OS on smartphones, Barnard said.

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