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Re:Canonical announces Ubuntu for smartphones by lttlrck on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @06:59PM (#5000159)
So is it going to have two WMs and two versions of every desktop app? One touch optimized and one for the desktop?

It doesn't sound all that wonderful.

Desktop/mobile crossover might be better served with cloud-sync.

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Re:Canonical announces Ubuntu for smartphones by lotyrin on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @07:35PM (#5000348)
> cloud-sync

Except if I'm in a developing nation where I'm not guaranteed connectivity. (Don't scoff yet, because I'd say the US is in this category.)

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Re:Canonical announces Ubuntu for smartphones by Shorel on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @10:13PM (#5000858)
No. I think it will have a native GUI toolkit that can adapt to both with some hints by the developer.
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Re:Canonical announces Ubuntu for smartphones by demetrius on Thursday January 03, 2013 @06:51AM (#5001944)
Currently Canonical encourages using QML for writing apps that will be mobile-friendly: http://developer.ubuntu.com/get-started/gomobile/

Maybe this is going to be the mobile toolkit you’re talking about?..

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