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Ready to roll
Our experience in the PC business makes us the perfect partner for a Linux based tablet. With its distinctive design and user experience, Ubuntu makes an incredible new platform for you to deliver class-leading devices quickly and easily. We support your need to tailor devices to your brand, integrating custom services, content and apps without fragmenting the ecosystem.
Now it’s easy to make a great tablet
It just became much easier to deliver a great tablet experience. Without the overhead of a Java virtual machine, Ubuntu runs core software at native speeds giving you
fast, fluid transitions and a responsive design – even on low-end devices.
Any size you want
Our unique interface design scales from the phone to
the tablet, and works equally well on pocketable consumer-oriented tablets from 7" up, and full-blown media or enterprise tablets with screens from 10" to 20" and high definition resolution.
And since there are no physical buttons needed beyond the power switch, you have more flexibility for incredible device design with Ubuntu than any other platform today.
Converged
Just add a keyboard and mouse and your high-end tablet becomes a PC that’s ready for business. Ubuntu is popular
in the enterprise for its robust security, great usability and standard management. The addition of a tablet experience provides complete mobility as well as productivity. Since it
is all pure Ubuntu, the tablet can do everything a desktop computer can, including act as a thin client with access to remote Windows apps and desktops. The best of all worlds,
in one device.
Customised but not fragmented
Ubuntu can be differentiated with partner branding,
content, services and apps without breaking compatibility
in the broader app ecosystem. Brand the device, specify favourite apps, extend the home screen to include your music, films, shows, apps and stores. Connect your services
to the tablet, such as backup and photo sharing.
We designed specifically for operator and OEM customisation and services, with a framework that keeps the platform consistent for developers but nonetheless supports revenue opportunities for the whole ecosystem.
We have the tools, teams and technology
When you’ve decided to ship Ubuntu, our teams in Taipei, Shanghai, London, Beijing and Boston engage with your engineering and factory operations – with the sole focus
of delivering a crisp Ubuntu experience on your device.
Ubuntu has been running on ARM since 2008, making it the only enterprise Linux to support the ARM platform. That ensures an efficient and responsive user experience even
on low-end hardware.
We use a standard Linux kernel and the drivers from
existing Board Support Packages (BSPs), minimising the
need for investment in hardware enablement. If you already make devices that run Android, the work to adopt Ubuntu
will be minimal.
Hundreds and thousands
- Hundreds of developers are now creating Ubuntu
mobile apps. - Thousands more use Ubuntu as their workstation
of choice. - Thousands of apps are already in our software centre.
- Hundreds of popular HTML5 apps will work with
little modification. - Thousands of developers are already making apps
for Ubuntu. - Thousands of people have already registered their interest for Ubuntu mobile devices.
A global brand
Ubuntu has been translated into over 40 languages and is already used on
PCs in over 70 countries. With 20 million desktop uses around the world, it
is both an established technology platform and an established global brand.
Backed by Canonical
Canonical is the global software vendor that provides commercial and design support to the Ubuntu project. Today, our hardware enablement team supports
the pre-installation of Ubuntu on PCs from all the world’s top PC manufacturers.
Thanks to Canonical’s relationships with its OEM partners, Ubuntu has an enormous retail presence in key emerging economies, with branded merchandising and trained retail staff in over 1,000 stores.
Contact us today
If you’re an OEM or content provider, please get in touch to talk in more detail about Ubuntu on tablets.
Find out when it’s here
If you’re not in the mobile industry, but you’re as excited as we are about Ubuntu on tablets, we can alert you by email when the first device is released.