Equipment producers would have been able to customize their distributions, including options such as Flash, Java, or custom interfaces.[1]
Ubuntu Mobile has stopped development in 2009 and the successor Ubuntu for phones was announced on January 2, 2013.[2][3]
Functionality
According to Canonical, it would provide an uncompromised Web 2.0 experience: Web browsing, email, media, camera, VoIP, instant messaging, GPS, blogging, digital TV, games, contacts, dates/calendar, simple software updates will be available periodically.[1] Ubuntu Mobile Edition will only need a touchscreen device and a finger for navigation.
Release history
In June 2008, Ubuntu Mobile 8.04 was released.[4][5] Ubuntu Mobile ended active development in 2009 after 9.10 Alpha 6.[6]
Kubuntu Mobile is available for i386 and ARM platforms and uses the KDE Plasma Mobile.[7] Plasma Mobile is targeted at smartphones and small tablet devices that are mainly used via touch input. It is still being developed with the first stable release expected to be due in 2011, although individual KDE applications may be released earlier as part of the porting effort to MeeGo. Preview releases of the Kontact applications and a document viewer based on Calligra are already available.
