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[Chris <cyber.druif@xxxxxxxxx>]

Seeing this also concerns tablets, I've added them to my reply.

I've said this before (on the IRC channel it was I think), but I think
Ubuntu is already capable enough for tablets. It only needs some more fine
tuning for them, but we're there for 99% (maybe little less). That's why
I'm not focusing on tablets. We DO need to work on a functional UX or GUI
for tv and phone, reason being their differences from using a "normal"
computer.

First the phone: in normal use it's in portrait orientation. The second
obstacle is screen size. How we can give that a good functioning Unity
experience is not yet clear to me. I still need to give it some thought,
that will hopefully come this weekend.

Secondly the tv: we're not used to using a pointing device like a wiimote
for selecting things. It's generally not used as a multitasking device,
it's a leisure device. Designed for making things easier, not harder.

I agree on the switching from phone UI to desktop UI when you dock it, I
was thinking about it. You could even use it as a second our third monitor
for controlling Banshee for instance.

I think I've ranted enough for now, let's get this bandwagon going start on
those storyboard.

With metta, Chris

P.S.: I've written this in the middle of the night (1:30 AM) on my mobile.
I hope I didn't exclude anything in my response ^_^
On Dec 10, 2011 1:03 AM, "Omar B." <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  We have now the following hybrids:
>
> Asus transformer (laptop / tablet hybrid)
> Motorola atrix (phone / desktop / laptop / tv-media center); The jack of
> all trades.
>
> And in the possible future:
> To compete, Apple may be working on hybrid mobile devices with ios and
> full osx included (ipod/iphone that when docked turns into a desktop like a
> mac mini).
>
>
> Now, the current hybrids are great concepts, and these devices will get
> more and more powerful, but what are their weakness ? their desktop
> experiences. They don't offer as good experience as a real desktop OS like
> ubuntu would offer.
>
> As you can see from the Asus transformer review:
> http://www.androidcentral.com/asus-eeepad-transformer-review
>
>
> "This is what the ASUS EeePad Transformer really comes down to, isn't it.
> It's a perfectly capable Honeycomb tablet. But it should be, given Google's
> close watch over it's latest baby. But it's not enough for the Transformer
> to merely look like and pretend to be a laptop. We've tried that with with
> Motorola Xoom and a Bluetooth keyboard, and it's a pretty disconnected
> experience. Work a little on the keyboard, then you have to reach up and
> touch the screen. Type, reach. Type, reach. That's no good."
>
>
> Similarly the moto atrix:
> http://www.engadget.com/motorola/atrix-4g-review/
>
> Awesome concept, super powerful phone, but the desktop experience is
> mostly limited to just a browser... which disappoints.
>
>
> This will be the next trend in mobile computing and ubuntu will have quite
> a good number of advantages, so imo the announcement of a mutildevice
> ubuntu experience was on good timing but there's not much more time to lose.
>
> Will be hard to compete directly with established platforms like
> ios/android on lone devices, so we have to look for newer areas in which
> they're not so strong yet. But in areas you can't compete, some type of
> partnerships would be an option too.
>
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