Smartphones with simultaneous installation of Android and Ubuntu will be only in 2014

Development efforts for the integration of mobile devices and desktop operating systems are commendable. Creator of Ubuntu, Canonical, aims to offer the convergence of desktop and mobile devices in one. This means that when you attach your smartphone to a second display, and additional sources of input (eg, keyboard, and mouse), you get a desktop computing experience.



This may be the holy grail of mobile computers for people who are always on the go, because it can reduce the dependence on data synchronization in the cloud or carry multiple devices. Ubuntu announced its own mobile operating system as a contender against today's current mobile operating systems - namely, Android, IOS, BlackBerry and even Windows Phone - they have one significant advantage, namely the possibility of choosing an operating system (Ubuntu and Android) at boot device.

This possibility was announced early last year, before MWC in 2012. The project "Ubuntu for Android" lets you choose between Ubuntu and Android, provided that the hardware side devaysa strong enough.

But do not bet on that official smartphones that support the "dual-boot" soon to hit the market, because Canonical want to release the first smartphone running alone Ubuntu. "We plan to follow our original plan - to release a smartphone that will have a high-performance components to run Ubuntu as a desktop system operitsionnoy when the smartphone is attached to the dock," said Richard Collins, in an interview with Engadget.

Given that Canonical will have to negotiate with device manufacturers, as well as mobile operators, we may have to wait about a year. So, if you want to be able to have a Ubuntu-mobile and get a chance Ubuntu Desktop, you have to wait until 2014 - then there will be some official device.