{"id":154272,"date":"2016-02-05T16:52:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T14:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=154272"},"modified":"2016-02-05T17:00:54","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T15:00:54","slug":"ubuntu-tablet-pc-launch-window-and-specs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/154272-ubuntu-tablet-pc-launch-window-and-specs.html","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu tablet PC &#8211; launch window and specs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, has announced the launch of a new tablet PC running its open-source operating system.<\/p>\n<p>The Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet will launch in Q2 2016, and will come with the latest Ubuntu software.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re bringing you everything you\u2019ve come to expect from your Ubuntu PC, now on the tablet with BQ,\u201d said Canonical.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t a phone interface stretched to desktop size &#8211; it\u2019s the right user experience and interaction model for the given situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Canonical said it provides something no other OS can: a single, visual framework and set of tools for applications to run on any Ubuntu smart device.<\/p>\n<p>No pricing was announced, but OMG Ubuntu predicted that the tablet will cost around \u00a3250 (R5,700).<\/p>\n<p>The hardware specifications of the Aquaris M10 are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10.1-inch touchscreen<\/li>\n<li>MediaTek quad-core MT8163A 1.5GHz processor<\/li>\n<li>7,280mAh Li-Po battery<\/li>\n<li>2GB RAM<\/li>\n<li>16GB internal storage<\/li>\n<li>MicroSD slot (up to 64GB)<\/li>\n<li>8MP\u00a0camera with autofocus and dual flash<\/li>\n<li>1080p video<\/li>\n<li>Frontal speakers<\/li>\n<li>Micro HDMI port<\/li>\n<li>Dimensions: 246 \u00d7 171 \u00d7 8.2mm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More Ubuntu news<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/152441-first-ever-ubuntu-tablet-coming-soon.html\"><strong>First ever Ubuntu tablet coming soon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/135534-ubuntu-phone-in-south-africa-aquaris-e5-hd-unboxing.html\"><strong>Ubuntu phone in South Africa: Aquaris E5 HD unboxing<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/134958-ubuntu-phones-now-available-in-south-africa.html\"><strong>Ubuntu phones now available in South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canonical and BQ have revealed the Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet PC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":154274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[36,35298,969,967],"class_list":["post-154272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-active","tag-bq-aquaris-m10-ubuntu-edition","tag-canonical","tag-ubuntu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154276,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154272\/revisions\/154276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}