The company states that the phone experience will be pure Android--it’s a normal Android phone. When the device is connected to a computer screen, however, it launches a full Ubuntu desktop on the ...

Strong sales of the iPhone 4S are putting renewed pressure on Android to innovate. Ubuntu for Android could give the platform a key capability iPhone is still missing. Jason Hiner VP of Content, CNET ...

When Ubuntu for Android was announced in late February, the general reaction and news coverage felt familiar. Whenever a company announces the Future of Computing, but doesn’t show said future device ...

Canonical announced on Tuesday that the popular open-source Ubuntu operating system will soon be coming to multi-core Android devices. Users will be able use Android on their smartphones and Ubuntu as ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Up until now, we have only heard rumors and seen still pictures of what Ubuntu running on an Android device ...

Canonical, the folks behind the Linux distro Ubuntu, have announced a new product. The ability to run Ubuntu from a docked Android phone. Image credit: Canonical The idea is an interesting one. A ...

Canonical has announced a new product called Ubuntu for Android that will bring the popular Linux distribution to high-end Android smartphones. The product consists of a complete Ubuntu desktop ...

“In every dual-core phone, there’s a PC trying to get out”, says the tagline on Canonical’s Ubuntu for Android page. It’s true that the specs on high-end smartphones these days are impressive to say ...

What the Atrix 4G first promised, it looks like the folks at Canonical may deliver. Think back to CES 2011, when Motorola showed us a future where our phone was the only computing device we would need ...

Imagine carrying a full desktop computer in your pocket. We're not talking about that crippled Webtop crap from Motorola, either. We're talking about a real desktop OS built in to your smartphone.

This was another packed week of tech news, with the first One UI 8 beta for Samsung phones, big changes for Ubuntu Linux, more powerful tiny computers, and much more. Here are the biggest stories you ...

An old idea about open source — that it’s all about cheap knockoffs of proprietary ideas — has been turned on its head. Today’s open source communities, where it’s easy to build on the work of others ...