Mark, We want Ubuntu PDA and Tablet PC

[jeyaganesh]

Dear Mark, We want Ubuntu PDA like HP handhelds and Ubuntu tablet pc like Nokia 810. And Ubuntu Phone (UPhone) is your choice.:guitar:

[Scarath]

I think this is a good idea, not because i want Ubuntu in all my tech but because it would be nice to have a Phone and/or PDA that was perfectly sync-able to an Ubuntu PC/lappy (it may encourage more adoption of ubuntu).

I would love to see more development for the Neo 1973 (http://www.openmoko.com/).

As for PDAs i think the N800 OS (http://maemo.org/) has that base covered, although because it's debian you could just mod that a bit and add new art work to it and call it Nubuntu or nokibuntu or sommin :) maybe not eh?

[johndc]

Dear Mark, We want Ubuntu PDA like HP handhelds and Ubuntu tablet pc like Nokia 810. And Ubuntu Phone (UPhone) is your choice.:guitar:

Mark Shuttleworth is not Santa Claus.

This is Linux, after all -- get a bunch of people together and develop it yourself.

[lyceum]

I agree that Mark is not Santa. I Also don't know enough about computers to do the work. I posted the following on Mark's blog back in December of 2006:



I would agree with every word of your post, and raise you one, what can Ubuntu/Canonical do to help in this transion? I know that you funal a LOT of money into the FOSS world, and I for one thank you and Canonical for all you do. I am learning more about computers so I can do more to help myself.

There are two things I would like to see, but I do not know how to get them started. One would be an Ubuntu OC for the Palm/handheld computers. If we could link a handheld to a PC, an Ubuntu PC preferably with a USB (like normal) and then remove the OS, replacing it with a handheld version of Ubuntu, that was made to work with Ubuntu… wow, I get all happy just thinking about it. It would need to be a program you can get easily from Ubuntu so anyone could do it.

The second thing is like the first, create a way to hook an MP3 player up to an Ubuntu PC and replace the OS with a program made to work with Ubuntu. It would have to play Oggs, of course.

I feel that this could take the market in a new direction, for home and business. A company could run off of Ubuntu only, and they might need support… I am not asking you to fund more projects. I am sure there are people out there that would join in to work on this, I just don’t know where to begin myself. Even if to start you would have to get one one type of hardware, it would be a start.

Well, that’s my 2 cents.


I still feel the same way. Apple seemed to use the iPod to make their computers more popular with the kids...

[johndc]

IAlso don't know enough about computers to do the work.

There is more to creating an application than just coding. Granted, knowledge of programming is very important, even if you're not writing code. But if you come up with a solid project model, properly outlined and organized, and you have the drive and enthusiasm to lead a team, you can attract a lot of capable partners.

Just a thought.

[sulusulu]

I too would love to see Ubuntu for tablet PCs (to the point that I would be willing to pay for it), but I don't see it happening without some good handwriting recognition sofware. And I think that will take a large amount of effort by some very good prorammers. :(

[23meg]

Anyone heard of Ubuntu Mobile (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MobileAndEmbedded)?


but I don't see it happening without some good handwriting recognition sofware.

CellWriter (http://risujin.org/cellwriter/) may be it.

[sulusulu]

Anyone heard of Ubuntu Mobile (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MobileAndEmbedded)?



CellWriter (http://risujin.org/cellwriter/) may be it.

I'll have to check that out. Thanks! :)

[lyceum]

There is more to creating an application than just coding. Granted, knowledge of programming is very important, even if you're not writing code. But if you come up with a solid project model, properly outlined and organized, and you have the drive and enthusiasm to lead a team, you can attract a lot of capable partners.

Just a thought.

True. I also don't have time :( Between 60 hours of work a week, being in school full time and my my family, I have 3 kids all under 4, at this point the most I can do is come up with ideas. I really don't want to try to start a project then expect others to get the work done. I am hoping to become more involved in the FOSS world once I get out of school, but until then I just give my 2 cents when and where I can. :)

[Scarath]

Just a quick note on something i found: IBM apparently did some work on this.

LINK (http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6616313390.html)

[jeyaganesh]

yes, Scarath, i already mentioned that in my another thread