Ubuntu on a tablet... Is there one?

[Ken Springer]

On 8/13/13 4:38 AM, Jared Norris wrote:
>
> On 13 August 2013 11:36, Ken Springer <snowshed1 at q.com
> <mailto:snowshed1 at q.com>> wrote:

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Hi, Jared.

> I personally am unaware of any tablet that comes preloaded with Ubuntu,
> if it does exist though, please let us konw.
>
> What I think you might have found is a reference to the very beta Ubuntu
> Touch [1] that is currently being trialled by developers and testers.
> This software is not meant for general use at this stage so proceed with
> caution. It is however, the only way I know of getting Ubuntu on a tablet.

No, I didn't find that link.  This is one page that I read... 
http://www.ubuntu.com/tablet/operators-and-oems and 
http://www.ubuntu.com/tablet

> As for e-reading, I just use the the Amazon Kindle application on my
> Android phone (Samsung S4) as it means one less device to carry around.
> I'm yet to be sold on a device that is between my phone and my laptop,
> sure I'd use it, but at the expense of stuff I already have and I'm
> happy with.

Many of the books I'm finding for my history project have photos, so the 
small size of a phone would leave out many needed details, especially 
when trying to determine exactly where the photo was taken, and the 
contents of the photo.  I recently was trying to determine where a 
particular building was located.  Even on this iMac, 24", I was having 
no luck until I zoomed way in and could see details in the background. 
There is no way a phone's screen size would have let me do that.

I don't have the "ball and chain" effect of a cell phone.  They don't 
work at my house anyway, regardless of the provider.  No line of sight 
to the cell towers.  I rarely have it even turned on, and at the moment, 
it's living in my car!   LOL   So my first generation smartphone has 
been cut back to just basic cell service.  I found it fun to use at 
first, but when I came back down to earth, I realized it was a pretty 
useless form factor for doing anything really serious for any length of 
time.


-- 
Ken

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