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Philippines’ Biggest Mobile Network Joins Ubuntu Phone Group

At 57 million subscribers strong, Smart Communications are the latest big name addition to the Carrier Advisory Group for Ubuntu for Phones.

13 February 2014

Samsung To Preview ‘New Tizen Devices’ Ahead of MWC In February

Samsung is to preview a selection of new Tizen-powered devices later this month, just days before the 2014 Mobile World Congress kicks off.

27 January 2014

Shotwell Development To Be Picked up By Elementary

Development of Shotwell is to be taken over by the team behind Ubuntu-based Linux distribution elementary OS.

24 January 2014
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Video Demo of New Ubuntu Touch Content Picker Transitions

A new visual approach when calling the 'content picker' in Ubuntu Touch been previewed by the Canonical design team.

20 January 2014

New Video Shows Multi-Tasking Improvements Coming to Ubuntu Touch

An Ubuntu Touch developer has demoed a new multi-tasking effect aimed at making app switching on the mobile OS faster and more precise.

17 January 2014

Don’t Expect Ubuntu Phones from Major OEMs Before 2015, Says Jono Bacon

Mark Shuttleworth recently stoked hopes of "household brands" shipping Ubuntu-powered phones, but Canonical's Community Manager has poured cold water on it happening any time soon.

15 January 2014
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Ubuntu Touch Nexus 5 Support On Hold, Other Nexus Devices Dropped

The new Google Nexus 5 handset will not become a reference device for Ubuntu Touch development, Canonical's engineers have confirmed.

13 January 2014

How To Dual Boot Android and Ubuntu Touch on Nexus Handsets

Trying Ubuntu Touch on your smartphone or tablet was made much easier recently, with the launch of a new dual-boot mode that enables Canonical's mobile OS to be installed alongside Android.

9 January 2014

Multiple Ubuntu Phones To Launch in 2014

The coming year will see a 'number of Ubuntu phones hitting the market', says Canonical community manager Jono Bacon.

8 January 2014

Ubuntu Will Reach True Convergence Before Microsoft, Says Shuttleworth

Mark Shuttleworth has expresses his belief that Ubuntu will deliver true mobile/desktop convergence ahead of Microsoft.

29 December 2013

The Biggest Ubuntu News Stories of 2013 – Part Two

If I had to choose one word to describe 2013 for Ubuntu it would be "exhausting". We covered the first half of the year yesterday, but what did the rest of the year hold for Ubuntu?

17 December 2013

Cordova Will Support Ubuntu Touch In Next Release

Canonical has announced that the next version of Apache Cordova, 3.3, will support Ubuntu.

11 December 2013