Ubuntu comes to Android for a full desktop experience


Ubuntu coming to Android, allows any phone with a dual-core processor to run a full desktop OS Canonical has finally brought Ubuntu to the mobile world, and not as a tiny mobile OS for use on a 4-inch display no for desktop use FROM that mobile device. What Ubuntu is doing here is sitting on an Android device they used a Motorola Atrix 2 for testing purposes, ironically enough which reveals the software only when the device is plugged into a large display with its HDMI port. This build works as a virtualized environment as an app in Android 2.3 Gingerbread AOSP build at the kernel level.
Canonical unveiled today a brand new mobile product dubbed Ubuntu for Android. The product is massive in scale and will bring the popular Linux desktop OS to high-end, multi-core Android smartphones.
Canonical has also been vocal about how this release will not be open source as Ubuntu is otherwise, instead this being an application that will be coming pre-installed on devices in what they hope is the near future. Canonical will be working with manufacturers and/or carriers to get this app working on future handsets for HDMI use. Hopefully we’ll see this action in the first half of 2012, and perhaps we’ll have some competition from Google’s own Jellybean system.
Designed to work with Android on users’ multi-core handsets, Ubuntu for Android will launch the full Ubuntu desktop OS whenever the phone is docked with a keyboard and monitor via HDMI and USB. The rest of the time, the phone runs a normal build of Android.
All services, data, and even 3G/4G connections are shared between the Ubuntu OS and the Android mobile OS. Contacts, phone calls, and SMS/MMS messages are all accessible from both as well.

The full-on Ubuntu OS comes pre-loaded with the Chromium Web browser, the Thunderbird e-mail client, and a selection of other desktop apps. Other than these though, everything in the Ubuntu desktop OS is exactly the same as you would find in any current version of Ubuntu.
While Ubuntu for Android is pretty ground-breaking, its unfortunately not just an app. Ubuntu will have to come preloaded on smartphones. No carrier or OEM partnerships were announced just yet, but you’d have to imagine someone will jump on this, and fast.
Canonical says there will be demonstrations regarding Ubuntu for Android at Mobile World Congress next week in Barcelona. Definitely stay tuned for this one, as it will likely change mobile computing entirely.
A full video of Ubuntu for Android has been posted online courtesy of AndroidPolice. Those interested in the product should definitely take a look. Pretty awesome, amazing stuff.

The New Lensbaby Edge 80 lens, hits 80mm at full tilt

The New Lensbaby Edge 80 lens is now available on B&H Photo. it is an 80mm lens with an aperture that ranges from f/2.8 to f/22. The lens comprises of 5 multi-coated glass elements within 4 groups and the 12 rounded aperture blades.
Priced at $299.95, Chimping in Union Square. Shot with the Lensbaby Edge 80 optic. Lensbaby adds another yummy and better designed optic to its tilting lens system. Edge 80 When Lensbaby originally debuted its swappable-optic lens system, it was a somewhat offputting, complicated device with a laudable concept a housing, frequently tiltable, in which you could slip different types of lenses. The latest optic in the Lensbaby system, the $300 Edge 80, shows the Lensbaby evolved to the most user friendly and streamlined it’s ever been. I tested the Edge 80 in the Composer Pro on a Canon EOS 7D
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With it photographers can make great ‘straight’ photos with the lens pointing straight. But, when the photographer wants a different look, he can tilt the lens, which will give a razor sharp slice of selective focus using the same image. The magic can be seen on its tilting feature, which can create various focuses of the image, whether vertical, horizontal or diagonal slices. It is also said that photographer can easily change from f/2.8 through f/22, simply by rotating the dial of the lens. As suggested by Lensbaby, this feature will be better understood by going to Edge 80 Optic simulator.

Razer Blade 17-inch Gaming Laptop


The New Laptop Razer Blade 17-inch Gaming Laptop Razer announced this week that its much anticipated Razer Blade 17-inch gaming laptop is delayed past the expected holiday deadline and won’t likely arrive until mid- to late January 2012. The good news is the Blade will now come with an SSD instead of a traditional HDD at no additional cost to buyers. Razer is also handing out a custom-designed mouse for free as an apology for the delay.
LAS VEGAS Razer’s long-awaited entry into the notebook space is finally here in the flesh, and it was worth the wait. Today at CES 2012, the company, which is best known for gaming accessories like mice and keyboards, showed off the Razer Blade, a 17-inch notebook that, at 6.6 pounds and .88 inches thick, is light enough to actually carry with you on a regular basis.
Inside, the Razer Blade has a powerful 2.8-GHz Intel Core i7 2640M quad-core processor that can turbo boost up to 3.5-GHz and 8GB of RAM. A Nvidia GT 555M graphics chip provides enough oomph for even the most demanding games. A 256GB SSD ensures your applications, and especially your games will open quickly. Getting this much gaming power in a system this light is unheard of.

Inside, the Razer Blade has a powerful 2.8-GHz Intel Core i7 2640M quad-core processor that can turbo boost up to 3.5-GHz and 8GB of RAM. A Nvidia GT 555M graphics chip provides enough oomph for even the most demanding games. A 256GB SSD ensures your applications, and especially your games will open quickly. Getting this much gaming power in a system this light is unheard of.

The delay is no doubt disappointing for all the gamers who are eager to get their hands on this incredibly light and thin gaming laptop, which features an Intel Core i7 processor, NVIDIA GeForce GT 55M graphics card, and a unique LCD multitouch panel/touchpad.

Razer’s decision to upgrade the laptop’s drive from a 320GB HDD to a 256GB SSD means the Blade will perform even faster. Even better, though, the upgrade won’t cost you a cent. An SSD might normally raise the laptop price by $300 to $500, but Razer is keeping the price of the Blade at $2799.

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