I've been tardy to report that Ubuntu has been ported to ARM with much help from Nokia. It seems clear that the Nokia Internet Tablets will be getting at least some code base in the future from Ubuntu.
There is nothing I can say about the news item that has not already been said by the link above. However, it leads me to think a bit further into what the future software platform will be on the Nokia Internet Tablets.
If the Internet Tablets take a normal Ubuntu route, they will be more "desktop-like" and turn into more utility machines than consumer electronic devices. This is the opposite direction from the Nokia-stated goal to make these normal consumer friendly devices. What's the alternative to "Normal Ubuntu?"
We know darn well that Ubuntu Mobile uses a lot of the open source code from Hildon, well developed by Nokia's maemo team. With this latest news, the code can be flowing both ways. Ubuntu Mobile developers may well be working on porting their existing interface to the Nokia Internet Tablets! And why not? It's an interesting interface and has common goals with Nokia. Hop over to this article to see what I have learned of Ubuntu Mobile so far.
Here's a video done by my good friends JKK Mobile and UMPC Portal.
I think the Ubuntu Mobile user interface is just fine for the Nokia tablets to make them more consumer friendly. Maybe I'll harass my friends at Nokia to see if they'll give me more information on this.
HEY FRIENDS AT NOKIA! I KNOW YOU READ THIS! ;)
6 comments:
why not nokia 770?
It's about time to port Ubuntu to the N810. I miss the mouse pointer so much, because I don't like to use the touchscreen. The Navkey would be perfect as a mouse pointer controler.
I don't like to take out the stylus when I already have my hands on the N810's keyboard.
Hopefully Ubuntu Mobile can offer that. It makes me quite happy yet for years on my laptop.
Weren't you looking to port Android to your N800, is there any progress on that project?
My N800 is fine but I am very frustrated that the GPU is still not put to good use because Nokia doesn't want to pay the PowerVR licensing fees for the GPU to support advanced features.
I love the functionnality on my N800 but the experience is just subpar compared to say an ipood touch which is muchmore fluid.
I am ready to ditch maemo for some mobile ubuntu or android.
Thoughtfix can you please keep us posted about any how-to that will show up on Android or Ubuntu mobile to install on teh n800/n810?
Please have a review of functionnality versus maemo as well!
The thought of all those Python programs trying to run on a 400MHz processor scares me.
Wow, that's cool. I just picked up an N810, maybe Ubuntu is in its future. (I've turned into an Ubuntu nerd; running it on my Asus Eee and my Mac Mini.)
any chance you will take the plunge and install, if so, please post video of preformance and boot time?
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