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Intermatrix U7: The First Ubuntu Touch Tablet Available For Pre-Order, To Ship In October 2013 [Updated]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXg2RWBlg4OM6pyzh9C4mdEqp2wLYnF21Kd2SOQEZ9SHCPY6LJ1lHD111aUqRMLpGrmgas1X4dmgkooY5a381qCmlEemzfFNK1WOQhkG8gMHEP2jM0Hxe1ouB6eDbm3NlBblCcR0WrZsRW/s1600/intermatrix-u7-u10-ubuntu-tablet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu Touch Intermatrix U7 tablet" border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXg2RWBlg4OM6pyzh9C4mdEqp2wLYnF21Kd2SOQEZ9SHCPY6LJ1lHD111aUqRMLpGrmgas1X4dmgkooY5a381qCmlEemzfFNK1WOQhkG8gMHEP2jM0Hxe1ouB6eDbm3NlBblCcR0WrZsRW/s320/intermatrix-u7-u10-ubuntu-tablet.jpg" title="Ubuntu Touch Intermatrix U7 tablet" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>Update: the Intermatrix folks have changed their mind and are not shipping Ubuntu Touch anymore, at least for now!</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>It looks like the first Ubuntu Touch tablet will ship in October 2013 (estimated). The news doesn't come from Canonical so I'm not sure how legit this is, but from a <a href="http://www.ubuntutablet.com.au/">website</a> that advertises "Intermatrix U7 and U10 Ubuntu Tablets" as the world's first Ubuntu tablets.</b></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Enthusiasts can already pre-oder the Intermatrix U7 (with U10 probably to follow soon), for which the price has currently been set to AU$269 (around US$275 or €210), including shipping costs, and it appears to be available world-wide (any country DHL can ship to). The price may change in the future, but those who pre-order it now won't have to pay more if the price will increase and will get a refund if the final price will be lower. There's also a 10% discount for the first 50 customers, limited to 1 discount per unity/customer.</div><br /><br /><h2>Intermatrix U7 Ubuntu Touch tablet Specifications</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Intermatrix U7 Ubuntu tablet will use Ubuntu Touch by default and should weight about 110 grams. Here are the full <b>hardware specs:</b></div><ul><li>CPU: 1.5GHz Quad-Core Cortex A9;</li><li>GPU: Quad Core Vivante GC1000+;</li><li>RAM: 1 GB;</li><li>Flash storage: 16 GB;</li><li>Expansion slot: microSD Card Slot;</li><li>Display size: 7-inch IPS Capacitive Touchscreen @ 1280x800 (with a pixel density of ~275 PPI);</li><li>Camera: primary 2 MP, secondary 0.3 MP;</li><li>Connectivity: microUSB 2.0, HDMI 1.4, WLAN 802.11 b/g/n and 3.5 mm Audio Jack.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update:</b> I've contacted Intermatrix, requesting some extra info about the tablet and Peter Dey from <a href="http://intermatrix.com.au/">intermatrix.com.au</a> has replied, confirming that Intermatrix U7 and U10 Ubuntu tablets are not affiliated or associated with Canonical:<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">You're correct, this is not a Canonical device; nor are we affiliated or associated with Canonical.  We're an independent company developing a tablet which will ship with Canonical's software (which is GPL licensed).<br /><br />We've got the device currently under development, most of the work at the moment is getting the peripherals working under Ubuntu Touch. Obviously, we're highly dependent on when Canonical releases the final version of Ubuntu Touch, plus some time for us to test it before we start shipping.</blockquote><br />Peter has also said a video should be available on YouTube shortly, which he hopes will prove this is legit.</div><br /><a href="https://www.intermatrix.com.au/ubuntutablet/preorder.php">Pre-order the Intermatrix U7 Ubuntu Touch tablet</a><br /><br /><b>Update: the Intermatrix folks have changed their mind and are not shipping Ubuntu Touch anymore, at least for now!</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/101475532450986173690/posts/HM676HtZsqt">+Joshua Kiley</a> & <a href="https://plus.google.com/117353980479250980339/posts/LMFfZ1d2PZf">+Carl Draper</a></i></div>

Intermatrix U7: The First Ubuntu Touch Tablet Available For Pre-Order, To Ship In October 2013 [Updated]

Update: the Intermatrix folks have changed their mind and are not shipping Ubuntu Touch anymore, at least for now! It looks like the first U...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9HWSTLUdNC3peG9OiEEQVXfS9WKVRajG1Ig2isAVmMSVdLZc5ZuFOWYXA3vUbJ4l4LA0ratFiTQF-dFc4J6bK-c-8qapsI7Bq5JKR1jmwnOEvYpds4l__hpEAIN8eTl8uEfmd7W7pNSwo/s1600/tablet-hero.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu Tablet interface" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9HWSTLUdNC3peG9OiEEQVXfS9WKVRajG1Ig2isAVmMSVdLZc5ZuFOWYXA3vUbJ4l4LA0ratFiTQF-dFc4J6bK-c-8qapsI7Bq5JKR1jmwnOEvYpds4l__hpEAIN8eTl8uEfmd7W7pNSwo/s500/tablet-hero.jpg" title="Ubuntu Tablet interface" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Canonical has unveiled a new Ubuntu tablet interface today, which shares some of the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/ubuntu-for-phones-announced.html">Ubuntu Phone OS</a> elements, but it also comes with new features such as a "Side Stage" which lets you use phone and tablet apps in the same time.</b></div><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><h2>Side Stage - use phone and tablet apps in the same time</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Side Stage is a new feature introduced with Ubuntu for tablets that allows users to "<i>swipe through the right edge and you reveal phone apps running on your tablet. [...] Any tablet app that supports the phone layout will also fit in the Side Stage. You can have it loose or split the screen between the tablet and phone layout</i>", says Mark Shuttleworth in the Ubuntu for tablets presentation video which you can watch at the end of the post.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuU11KXdmBCAuJNBEP1KUSdxy30PSOFNIqW-VWDNQ9PXE7Hb601KU0CCk9ZIvYnZ3KBR3GsS6nbajumdpQPw6lHelOT-X-MG6FlKFAe7e5a89_DHwGiWgRYbcwy3ciZuJyuUVm0-4J029e/s1600/tablet-multi-tasking.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu Tablet interface" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuU11KXdmBCAuJNBEP1KUSdxy30PSOFNIqW-VWDNQ9PXE7Hb601KU0CCk9ZIvYnZ3KBR3GsS6nbajumdpQPw6lHelOT-X-MG6FlKFAe7e5a89_DHwGiWgRYbcwy3ciZuJyuUVm0-4J029e/s500/tablet-multi-tasking.png" title="Ubuntu Tablet interface" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Side stage</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Ubuntu tablet will also share the Ubuntu Phone OS indicators design, home screen, lenses, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/hud-ubuntus-new-smart-menus-announced.html">HUD</a> access via voice control and so on:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsieBz0sRLoa2kYQ6NIquvP6x21hDN_JRWi3PXxa1x4C_c4Wbp1fPfjTKzhusNjSRzHMHo1rWOMxrvEjNEIhNOeXdxslr2g4aSQLlklVrspH7kW8DKvUnfQJNNQavkSluVOEkDKn9_XVIT/s1600/tablet-voice-control-HUD.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu Tablet interface" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsieBz0sRLoa2kYQ6NIquvP6x21hDN_JRWi3PXxa1x4C_c4Wbp1fPfjTKzhusNjSRzHMHo1rWOMxrvEjNEIhNOeXdxslr2g4aSQLlklVrspH7kW8DKvUnfQJNNQavkSluVOEkDKn9_XVIT/s500/tablet-voice-control-HUD.png" title="Ubuntu Tablet interface" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">HUD - accessing the menu via voice control</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you dock the phone to a larger touch interface, and Ubuntu presents the tablet interface with the phone apps running in the Side Stage. Add a keyboard and mouse and the tablet becomes a full PC, running all Ubuntu desktop applications or connect it to a TV and get Ubuntu for TV, all in one device.</div><br />More Ubuntu for tablet interface images:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wVBVeHqmZ6keVZBh6IR5u5RiVjXAoSSkwAqk1ZtpJ94VKarnWFL7cSGNsgmRKDGAHuZzNXzbUZmzLHq04lOitbRMPW7kMMkAsFbmTXfPpEezjSZ3QNcjfky4eEr1MI2cNid-cknEmB64/s1600/tablet-home-portrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu Tablet interface" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wVBVeHqmZ6keVZBh6IR5u5RiVjXAoSSkwAqk1ZtpJ94VKarnWFL7cSGNsgmRKDGAHuZzNXzbUZmzLHq04lOitbRMPW7kMMkAsFbmTXfPpEezjSZ3QNcjfky4eEr1MI2cNid-cknEmB64/s320/tablet-home-portrait.jpg" title="Ubuntu Tablet interface" width="246" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbmXXqtZDSdrq9qLOSYZz7QOR3gkpLzaOno0_iKF_jNZ-hgDBvWz6wvJx1BRzC5nVuS6PgNvOzvl0Fbc3T06cGGxGH7hEnKrzfIIHCiogrIm4dxEiDdwiM0G1sqxQ07z9lFECQWQrkLHHp/s1600/tablet-share-menu.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu Tablet interface" border="0" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbmXXqtZDSdrq9qLOSYZz7QOR3gkpLzaOno0_iKF_jNZ-hgDBvWz6wvJx1BRzC5nVuS6PgNvOzvl0Fbc3T06cGGxGH7hEnKrzfIIHCiogrIm4dxEiDdwiM0G1sqxQ07z9lFECQWQrkLHHp/s320/tablet-share-menu.png" title="Ubuntu Tablet interface" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHjpBa065QDOLMBh-jHNZfoQKmda_JP1NDdqt5-dVyRPzS5Iwq6T3_f10v1tyoKSuXI8V0Ivfz7zqS2o9j3tJTgKKLbrVKMhS0LrU3xvH19cnOFwiPB5euA5C4-5mfrNAEBwzSxouDgRL/s1600/tablet-search.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu Tablet interface" border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHjpBa065QDOLMBh-jHNZfoQKmda_JP1NDdqt5-dVyRPzS5Iwq6T3_f10v1tyoKSuXI8V0Ivfz7zqS2o9j3tJTgKKLbrVKMhS0LrU3xvH19cnOFwiPB5euA5C4-5mfrNAEBwzSxouDgRL/s320/tablet-search.png" title="Ubuntu Tablet interface" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_kxuWVGwMVg7Bgcse246P_7BlmcseSZaRLR-rIE_B2dOyBo3gmswYvL22Ki-fKmapqeKTewDQSQg8A-klVSDpa2xkgUhVHgty4ZxZPHvGLUzaZnjXxRouPSEf60yyoAxZbczNqDk59WEP/s1600/ubuntu-tablet-interface.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu Tablet interface" border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_kxuWVGwMVg7Bgcse246P_7BlmcseSZaRLR-rIE_B2dOyBo3gmswYvL22Ki-fKmapqeKTewDQSQg8A-klVSDpa2xkgUhVHgty4ZxZPHvGLUzaZnjXxRouPSEf60yyoAxZbczNqDk59WEP/s320/ubuntu-tablet-interface.png" title="Ubuntu Tablet interface" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Ubuntu tablet hardware requirements</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The entry level consumer Ubuntu tablet (it doesn't support full desktop convergence) requires: dual-core Cortex A15 processor, 2GB RAM, minimum 8GB flash storage, 7-10 inch screen size and 4 fingers multi-touch.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">High-end enterprise tablet (supports full desktop convergence) requirements: Quad-core A15 or Intel x86, 4GB of RAM, minimum 8GB of flash storage, 10-12 inch screen size and 4-10 fingers multi-touch.</div><br /><br />Check out Mark Shuttleworth explaining Ubuntu for tablets in the video below:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/h384z7Ph0gU" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h384z7Ph0gU">direct video link</a>)</center><br />Ubuntu for tablets trailer:<br /><br /><center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5_4fXQcxFRs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_4fXQcxFRs">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TouchInstallProcess">Touch Developer preview,</a> which includes the phone and tablet interfaces, should be available for download on 21st February 2013.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu on tablets will be showcased at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week (25-28 February).</div><br />For more information, see: <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/tablet">http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/tablet</a>

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