Canonical announces plans for Ubuntu Mobile

Canonical has posted some more details and a bunch of pictures of Ubuntu Mobile, a version of the popular Linux distribution designed for mobile computers using Intel's Silverthorn processor like the Samsung Q1U Ultra. We've known for a while that Ubuntu Mobile was in the works, but it looks like the operating system is coming closer to an official release. Source code is available now, but we wouldn't recommend installing it on a unit you use regularly unless you're willing to risk erasing all of your data.

Ubuntu Mobile will include touch-screen support and large icons so you can navigate with your fingers and no stylus. The interface is designed for 4.8-inch through 7-inch screens with resolutions from 800 x 480 pixels to 1024 x 768 pixels. The default web browser is based on Firefox and supports Flash 9, Java, and pretty much everything you'd need to access modern web sites.

Some of the applications will include:

• Skype with Video support
• Audio and video players
• An email client with support for POP and IMAP
• An RSS Reader
• PIM software

You can check out sample pictures of some of the applications, but there's a chance the application interface could be redesigned before the final release.

[via Canonical]

Tags: opensource, osupdates, ubuntu, ubuntu-mobile