Ubuntu comes to Android-smartphones and tablets

The company Canonical has officially announced that it plans to work his open-source-platform Ubuntu on mobile devices running Android, that is, smartphones and tablets. Apparently, it will work much like an application Webtop, Motorola smartphones, some transforming to a docking station in the likeness of laptops with this desktop, not mobile interface. To ensure that the device supports Ubuntu, it should be multi-core processor and operating system - Android 2.3 Gingerbread and above. Also, you must have HDMI ports and USB (for connecting a monitor and keyboard), but for the most advanced smartphone is not the problem will be.

Ubuntu to Android, according to developers, will offer a traditional desktop user that the operating system, desktop browser, the default applications for E-mail, calendar, multimedia and other applications for Ubuntu. However, it will be possible to access the contacts and SMS, to answer calls and make them - and all of the interface Ubuntu. Moreover, the tools Windows virtualization will also be available. Canonical Ubuntu to showcase Android-devices in the next week at the Mobile World Congress.