Ubuntu for Android: Penguins peck at Nokia's core problem

This is what I have foreseen and commented on when I first saw Motorola's Atrix smart phone. It is the way of the future for hand held devices. They are small physically but powerful enough in resources to replace a PC box in functionality and become a full fledged desktop when external peripherals are connected to it.

Unfortunately, Shuttleworth removed the popular desktop classic interface, which so far has been a big mistake. I hope he planned to bring it back, otherwise he would lose a lot more Ubuntu fans because others will eventually have both interfaces in such hardware configuration.

I think this is a good idea from Bling err Mark. Whether it comes to anything of course depends on Canonical getting phone makers to install it and also on the docking hardware being cheap and widely available. Time will tell if Bling can deliver.

I hope this results in more Linux devices in the mainstream market,but unfortunately it seems a bit at crosspurposes with google,who has been the only company that did actually manage to get Linux into the mainstream.

Correct me if I'm wrong but the google machine is financed by ad revenue,and I don't see this as being enhanced by this Canonical venture.(I wouldn't be surprised if google had their own co-desktop plans,which this kind of usurps.)

i.e.It would be great if Canonical succeeded in bringing Linux mainstream,but on their own strength,rather than by cutting down an "ally".