Canonical Officially Release Ubuntu for Phones

Canonical has finally launched its Ubuntu for Phones OS, but so far it's just a Touch Developer Preview for enthusiasts and developers. Canonical teased us for almost two months with the release of its promised OS, but Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview was finally launched today, February 21. In order to use the new operating system you will have to install it on a compatible device: Galaxy Nexus (maguro), Nexus 4 (mako), Nexus 7 (grouper), and Nexus 10 (manta). You will also have to flash you device in order to accommodate the new OS and Canonical has provided extensive tutorial on how to perform this task. The installation is quite simple and anyone with an Ubuntu OS will be able to run it. So far, only a few features are available,...

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ST-Ericsson to Showcase 3GHz eQuad NovaThor L8580 Chip at MWC 2013

Chip maker ST-Ericsson announced today plans to bring to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week a new processor aimed at smartphones, clocked in at 3GHz. The new 3GHz eQuad application processor will be showcased on the NovaThor L8580 integrated smartphone platform that also sports a multimode LTE Advanced modem, the company announced. According to ST-Ericsson, this is the fastest chip aimed at the mobile market, and it should prove the company’s leadership in the development of wireless chips. The company notes that it will launch the new NovaThor L8580 platform with an eQuad 2.5GHz processor inside, based on ARM Cortex-A9’s, Imagination PowerVR SGX544 GPU at 600MHz, and advanced multimode LTE modem with Carrier Aggregation....

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