[ubuntu-uk] Microsoft Surface Release, Will there be something similar from Ubuntu?

[Jon Farmer]

On 25/06/12 12:18, David King wrote:
> Now that Microsoft have announced they will release a new tablet running
> Windows 8, this would be a good time for Canonical to put together a
> tablet running Ubuntu.
> 
> Does Canonical have any plans to do this? So long as it was
> competitively priced, it could do really well, and especially if it can
> run Android apps as well. (The Blackberry PlayBook can run some Android
> apps even though its OS is QNX-based.)
> 
> 

Define competitively priced?. If it is around the price of some of the
generic Android tablets then it is likely to be let down by inferior
hardware. If it is the price of an iPad or Galaxy Tab why would an
average user go for an Ubuntu variant?

Microsoft is effectively trying to challenge Apple in this space and
many commentators see it as a high risk strategy.

Regards

Jon



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