Ubuntu was set to release a surprise product on their website with a countdown going on earlier today and to our surprise, it turned to be a super sleek smartphone OS.
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Ubuntu is one of the many different assortments of Linux, and is renowned as being one of the easiest to use, especially for those accustomed only to Windows or OS X. Having gained a great deal of traction at desktop level during the course of the last eight years, offering services to mobile users is a part of natural progression, and Canonical has duly obliged here.
Launched a while back, and demonstrated by Canonical / Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth in a dedicated event, it’s fair to say that the OS looks impressive, as noted in the video embedded at the end. At this point; no smartphone manufacturers have signed up to run with Ubuntu, and Shuttleworth also adds that an Ubuntu-toting handset is still the best part of a year away.
There’s been a clear rise in the utilization of voice and text commands on mobile in the past 18 months, and the Ubuntu OS allows voice and text commands within any app. The support for HTML5 on the Web, as well as native apps, means many of those online games and services will already be at your fingertips, and from a developer’s perspective, the SDK is said to do "most of the work” in offering a “unique Ubuntu look and feel.”
Nevertheless, things looks very promising at this early stage. The UI isn’t crowded out by widgets and icons, but instead has windows and menus available at every edge of the display, just a swipe away. The controls and icons only appear when needed, keeping the look clean, minimal, and necessary.
(via Redmondpie)
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