[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu Mobile Announced

[Amit K Saha]

The BBC has up an article detailing the 'Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded'
project which was announced by Matt Zimmerman, Ubuntu's CTO, on the
Ubuntu developers mailing list. Zimmerman stated that 'These devices
place new demands on open-source software and require innovative
graphical interfaces, improved power management and better
responsiveness.' According to the article, Intel will have their finger
in the pie too, as they've recently announced a prototype device running
Ubuntu. Part of the project's goal is to maximise the power saving
abilities of a planned low-energy chip codenamed Silverthorn. The chip
will be just one-seventh the size of normal chips, and consume only 10%
of the power of existing processor. What does this mean for projects
such as OpenMoko? Healthy competition, or the beginning of the end?" 

Read on at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6634195.stm


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Amit K Saha 
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