Ubuntu and the Smartphone....its coming as a desktop!

A full Ubuntu desktop, on your docked Android phone

• Complete desktop solution for full productivity on docked Android phones
• Easy to integrate with existing Android phones in development
• Certified apps for business users from Adobe, Citrix, VMWare and more
• Drives sales of multi-core phones with faster CPUs, more cores, more RAM and high-end graphics
• Drive adoption of 4G handsets since office apps shine with low latency and higher bandwidth
• Canonical is the leader in ARM Linux support and a major partner in Linaro, alongside ARM
• Target the enterprise thin client, and emerging market first-PC markets
• Ubuntu and Android share the same kernel, running at the same time, accessing data and applications
• The world’s favourite free desktop fully integrated with the world’s favourite open phone

Your next desktop could be a phone

Why carry two devices, when you could carry only one? Your next high-end smartphone has far more horsepower than you’ll need on a phone, and more than enough for a laptop. So we’ve brought Android together with Ubuntu, the world’s favourite free operating system, to give you a full productivity desktop that fits in your pocket. Android for the phone experience, Ubuntu for the desktop, all on one device, running at the same time.
So forget the office PC. Just dock your corporate phone and enjoy Ubuntu. Anywhere. One address book. One set of bookmarks. One place for your text messages and email. No more typing on a tiny screen when all you want is a keyboard and a mouse. Seamless integration of your desktop and mobile worlds. Brilliant.
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Just cause for more cores

Ubuntu for Android gives mobile workers a compelling reason to upgrade to multi-core handsets with more RAM, more storage, faster GPUs and CPUs. It’s not just a phone they are buying, it’s a desktop too. While mid-range phones can deliver a perfect Android experience, it takes high-end horsepower to drive a phone and a desktop at the same time. Newer multi-core processors are up to the job, and Ubuntu is the killer app for that hot hardware. It’s the must-have feature for late-2012 high-end Android phones.

A built-in desktop is also a driver of LTE, which offers higher bandwidth for productivity apps and lower latency for business users. Cloud apps like Google Docs are best used with a full desktop, and shine with LTE. The phone has traditionally been a slower, less productive tool. When you’re at a desktop, you want to get things done, quickly. So you appreciate the difference between 3G and 4G. Adding a desktop to the phone justifies the extra cost of newer network technologies for business customers.

“Ubuntu is the killer app for multi-core phones in 2012”

New markets, new opportunities

For phone manufacturers eager to expand their audience, Ubuntu for Android gives access to entirely new markets.
Enterprise IT departments currently support a PC and at least one phone for every desk-based worker. Our solution reduces their burden to a single device for every user. So Ubuntu for Android helps you tap into the lucrative corporate PC replacement and thin client markets. Ubuntu is already the most popular replacement for Windows on the corporate desktop, with deployments of tens of thousands of desktops in multiple institutions.
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In developing economies, where there is little historical PC penetration, the phone can define personal computing for an audience that has no legacy attachment to the desktop. For the next billion knowledge workers, their first PC could be their first smartphone, but they’ll need a device that can do more than just be a handset, if they really want to shine.

Ubuntu ships pre-installed on millions of PC’s from major manufacturers in China, India and Brazil today. It’s easy, it has an amazing range of software on tap, and it’s totally integrated with our personal cloud service, Ubuntu One. Pure 21st century goodness.

Easy to integrate to your Android phone

Ubuntu for Android drops in cleanly alongside the rest of Android, so it is easy to integrate into current production roadmaps. The hardware requirements are straightforward and, with a broad range of ARM and x86 hardware supported, it can realistically be added to phones already in development.
Of course, your phone needs the docking capability and hardware support for HDMI and USB. But that’s standard for high-end models in the current generation of devices in development.