Ubuntu May Beat Windows 10 To Phone-PC Convergence After All

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday May 6, 2015 @08:08AM from the all-in-one dept.

An anonymous reader writes with news that Mark Shuttleworth plans to have a Ubuntu smartphone that can be used as a PC out sometime this year. "Despite the recent announcement that Windows 10 phones will be able to be used as PCs when connected to an external monitor, Ubuntu—the first operating system to toy with the idea—hasn't conceded the smartphone-PC convergence race to Microsoft just yet. 'While I enjoy the race, I also like to win,' Ubuntu Foundation founder Mark Shuttleworth said during a Ubuntu Online Summit keynote, before announcing that Canonical will partner with a hardware manufacturer to release a Ubuntu Phone with smartphone-PC convergence features this year.

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Tons of points by CauseBy · 2015-05-06 09:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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