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Ubuntu is heading to phones and tablets

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The Ubuntu Developer Summit, an biannual event at which members of the Ubuntu development community gather to lay out a road-map for the next version of the Linux distribution, will take place next week in Florida. As usual, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth will start the event with a keynote.
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Ubuntu’s new Unity shell will play a key role in Canonical’s plans to bring the Ubuntu user experience to smaller screens. The platform already has preliminary tablet support, including experimental functionality for touchscreen-based window management. It seems likely that the Qt-based Unity 2D experience will serve as the mobile implementation. The Qt Quick user interface design framework is well-suited for building touch-friendly mobile experiences.

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This would make interesting for users who choose a simple platform and not being bombarded by big players OS

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Be interesting to see who partners with them, obviously Apple won't be one of them. Nokia have just started a long term relationship with M$, Samsung with Android... who's left? HTC?
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HTC is also with Google winknudge.gif

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