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[Peter Bittner <peter.bittner@xxxxxxx>]

I have difficulties finding out the current status of convergence.

There have been a few videos and photos around on YouTube, Google+,
OMG!Ubuntu, Ubuntu Wiki, but I've found no official roadmap or release
date for an Ubuntu Touch release with convergence features enabled in
general (on any device). Even worse, on OMG!Ubuntu a commenter
mentions having been told by a Canonical representative that
convergence will never be available for bq Aquaris (4.5) devices:
"""
"The guy in charge of phone development at Canonical UK told me
recently that you won't be able to 'converge' your Aquaris. For one
thing the E4.5 isn't able to support MHL. It just doesn't have the
required hardware to run as a desktop."
"""
See below for some sources.

Also, I've just bought a MHL micro USB to HDMI adapter [1], which
works great for attaching USB pen drives, but when I try to attach
either a wireless keyboard and mouse [2], or an external monitor to my
bq Aquaris E5 Ubuntu Edition (latest OTA, 15.04, r6, VEGETEA01A-...)
nothing happens. Attaching a bluetooth mouse [3] to the phone isn't
supported yet either; same for the bluetooth keyboard of my kids' Kano
device. At least on the stock image updated over the air.

So,what is actually true? Will Ubuntu Touch on our devices be capable
to do convergence, say, with the next OTA update? When can we expect
convergence to work for all devices by default? Is there a status page
or roadmap somewhere?

(BTW, just noted that my phone runs 15.04; will the next OTA bring 15.10?)

Peter

-- 
Videos, images, posts on convergence:
- https://plus.google.com/+DanielWood/posts/BUTLNA7EpEA
- https://plus.google.com/+DanielWood/posts/9pxKKAsiz5w
- http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/02/new-video-shows-off-ubuntu-convergence-demoed-on-tablet-phone
- http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/06/first-ubuntu-phone-with-convergence-is-being-made-by-bq
- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TunisianTeam/Presentations?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=Ubuntu-touch-the-super-smartphone-convergence.pdf

[1] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=xcsource+5in1+AC148&t=canonical&ia=products
[2] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=rapoo+e9100p&t=canonical&iac=1
[3] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=logitech+ultrathin+toch+mouse&t=canonical&ia=products