Canonical Reveals The Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet

[Cerberus]

RAM is only a small part of the overall cost of the device, the increase would probably be more in the region of 30-40 EUR instead of doubling the cost of the device. If BQ had released a 4GB option at 300 EUR I would definitely pay the extra cash and choose that over the 2GB model.

I would too, but I dont mind 2 GB much if it performs well enough to run X applications I need, I would likely run Chromium, Gthumb, Skype and VLC. For other needs mobile applications work well enough. I am sure I would manage with 2 GB, I ran Ubuntu MATE on a laptop with 2 GB RAM and it worked fine.

[brent]

MediaTek chipset? nope nope nope.

[Herem]

At this price level specifications are good, it costs 259.90 EUR. Better to keep price reasonable to reach more people than offer something expensive a portion of users will not be able to afford. I waiting for a converged phone but at this price I will think about getting a tablet too, if it cost 500 EUR I would definitely not buy it.

RAM is only a small part of the overall cost of the device, the increase would probably be more in the region of 30-40 EUR instead of doubling the cost of the device. If BQ had released a 4GB option at 300 EUR I would definitely pay the extra cash and choose that over the 2GB model.

[Cerberus]

it's not a high end device. if this tablet works well is a good thing, but i don't see ubuntu unity 8 desktop until next lts in 2018

I think it might be an option for 16.10, along with Snappy base, but as default yes probably not until 18.04 LTS or maybe 17.10.

[andre30correia]

Cortex-A53 + 2GB RAM? Why can't we get something worth the money?

it's not a high end device. if this tablet works well is a good thing, but i don't see ubuntu unity 8 desktop until next lts in 2018

[satai]

Cortex-A53 + 2GB RAM? Why can't we get something worth the money?

[Cerberus]

Well, Chrome alone uses 2.9GB private memory on my laptop (and that's by unloading unused tabs automatically), so yes, you can have a sensible user experience with 2GB RAM, as long as the user is self-limiting what he does with the computer.

It's a little bit like saying that Saudi Arabia has great Freedom of Speech, as long as you are very careful what you say

How many tabs do you run? I currently run Chromium with about 15 tabs, Nautilus, Decibel, Skype and Telegram and use 2 GB. Mobile applications that integrate well with Unity 8 are more lightweight, it is likely people will use X applications when there is no mobile equivalent. This is likely an intro device and if users react well we can expect more powerful devices. We will see the performance when they demo the tablet on MWC in a few weeks. At this price level specifications are good, it costs 259.90 EUR. Better to keep price reasonable to reach more people than offer something expensive a portion of users will not be able to afford. I waiting for a converged phone but at this price I will think about getting a tablet too, if it cost 500 EUR I would definitely not buy it.

[Cerberus]

If those renderings are true, that's the worst place to put the camera and "home" button. Even the renderings show the OS being used in portrait mode, yet the camera and button are right where your thumbs would be using it like that.

Such placement is common for 10.1" tablets as most people tend to use their tablets in landscape mode, OS works in both modes, portait mode is likely less effective for Ubuntu because of the split screen ability to put applications side by side in tablet mode like shown in the picture.

[yacc143]

What I meant was does it work natively or some patches or hacks are required.

Wrong question that you are asking. X11 as such works, as it's portable. Now the question what you wonder is, are there sensible (as in stable and having all the relevant extensions for video and GL) X11 servers for Raspbian and how are these created/maintained.

[yacc143]

It probably works decently with 2 GB RAM, just like a desktop with 2 GB RAM can perform well, I dont think anyone expects to run Blender on a converged device, this is only the first device to break the ice, if the concept draws attention I am sure there will be more powerful phones and tablets coming in the future.

Well, Chrome alone uses 2.9GB private memory on my laptop (and that's by unloading unused tabs automatically), so yes, you can have a sensible user experience with 2GB RAM, as long as the user is self-limiting what he does with the computer.

It's a little bit like saying that Saudi Arabia has great Freedom of Speech, as long as you are very careful what you say