Friday, January 4, 2013

Phone and Computer Convergence

         Ubuntu is the future of technology, but will anyone use it? It is an idea developed by Canonical and includes aspects from the Windows 8 phone and the Android operating system. The phone is going to be pretty amazing, believe me, but the real reason why it is such a big deal is that the users phone and computer will finally be able to be completely connected. The user of this phone that also has a Ubuntu OS on their computer can use their phone to power their desktop. What I mean by this is that when the phone is docked to the computer, the user can completely operate their phone on the computer monitor. This concept was first proposed by Android with their Atrix phone line and docks but no company has tried to sell their phone OS and their computer OS as one system. The Ubuntu phone seems pretty amazing, but does it even have a chance against Android, Apple, or even Windows? The phone and desktop include some very neat and interesting features that make them simple to use and the idea really has great potential. Even if the idea doesn't have great success, it will still act like a starting point for other larger companies to begin experimenting the connection between the phone and the computer.

Source:
Ubuntu Article

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