ubuntu tablet coming today?

**Nr90** · February 20th, 2013

Originally Posted by ceti331

Why bother with the Java nonsense.
This is superior to android.

There are quite a few apps that need to be available for people to consider an Ubuntu phone/tablet. For example whatsapp and skype. I doubt they'll be available natively any time soon. Therefor the Java interperter is very desirable imo!

**iponeverything** · February 21st, 2013

that

Java nonsense

is why android is where it is.

It was actually a stroke of genius -

insulating the application developers to large degree, allowed for the OS to evolve much more quickly.

**Danny1234** · February 21st, 2013

I have noticed it and I just want to try it.

**OldGaf** · February 21st, 2013

Anyone try this yet?
I know it's just a dev release but I am interested in how functional it is.

**Nr90** · February 21st, 2013

Originally Posted by OldGaf

Anyone try this yet?
I know it's just a dev release but I am interested in how functional it is.

Don't think it's here just yet

Maybe this can give you a bit of an idea of the functionality:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/02/u...et-too-excited

**3rdalbum** · February 21st, 2013

Originally Posted by OldGaf

Anyone try this yet?

It's not available yet. Unless we've got some Canonicalians in our midst, the answer so far is no.

I'd love to get a Nexus 7 and play around with it, but I can't. We've just taken out a loan to partially pay for a semester of education.

**OldGaf** · February 21st, 2013

Originally Posted by Nr90

Don't think it's here just yet

Maybe this can give you a bit of an idea of the functionality:

I guess they only said the date.... not the time zone

**OldGaf** · February 21st, 2013

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/02/u...et-too-excited[/QUOTE]

Oh... I am not expecting to have it work like the video... I just want to have a look under the covers so to speak and see that is there so far.

Also want to see what the install / uninstall process is like....

**Nr90** · February 21st, 2013

Originally Posted by OldGaf

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/02/u...et-too-excited

Oh... I am not expecting to have it work like the video... I just want to have a look under the covers so to speak and see that is there so far.

Also want to see what the install / uninstall process is like....[/QUOTE]
Have a look here for the install / uninstall process:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/ReleaseNotes