A Preview of the Ubuntu Smartphone OS from CES

A promising contender in the smartphone OS space.

Even with the continued strength of iOS and the growing dominance of Android, there's still room for innovation in the smartphone OS space. Just as how Ubuntu finds its place among Mac OS X and Windows, Canonical has revealed a version of its Linux-based OS for smartphones.

We were fortunate enough to go hands-on at a demonstration at CES. Overall, we were extremely impressed with the polish of the OS. It manages to do something different from both iOS and Android, and while those systems are tried and true, there's still plenty of room for innovation.

Check out the video below for what we saw:

Ubuntu Smartphone

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tuch92 , January 15, 2013 10:19 AM

I got rid of Ubuntu on my desktop in exchange for Fedora because I didn't like the way Ubuntu was heading with the Amazon connection and Unity (I use Gnome 3). However, even with having tried out plenty of Android ROMs on my Galaxy S 4G, this looks more of what I want out of a phone than anything I've played with thus far (including Windows Phone 7.5 & 8 and iOS).

I am a linux user through and through and while I would love this as is, I hope this also helps other linux developers to get into the phone OS. Having the option between say a Ubuntu, Fedora, Puppy( for old phones) and even a few new comers, would be great.
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aicom , January 15, 2013 5:02 AM

Heh, reminds me of Windows 8 with all the gestures.
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burnley14 , January 15, 2013 4:55 AM

It's nice to have competition, but this interface looks a little clumsy. Even in the demonstration she had trouble swiping to the left without pulling out that "launch menu." I'm sure it will be more polished before final launch, but this video wasn't enough to make me abandon the old phone OS's.