{"id":36509,"date":"2013-02-26T01:56:32","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T23:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=36509"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:36:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:36:28","slug":"mwc-2013-ubuntu-touch-os-hands-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/mwc-2013-ubuntu-touch-os-hands-on\/","title":{"rendered":"MWC 2013: Ubuntu Touch OS hands on [video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"mwc 2013: ubuntu touch os hands on\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/mwc-2013-ubuntu-touch-os-hands-on\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-36423\" title=\"Softonic-MobileWorld-Congress-2013\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/Softonic-na-MobileWorld-Congress-20132.jpg\" alt=\"Softonic-MobileWorld-Congress-2013\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a>The <a title=\"ubuntu developer preview\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/ubuntu-touch-developer-preview-available-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">developer preview<\/a> of Canonical&#8217;s Ubuntu Touch OS was released last week and now we&#8217;ve finally got a hands on demonstration of how it works. Canonical gave a demo at their booth at <a title=\"mobile world congress\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/t\/mobile-world-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mobile World Congress<\/a> in Barcelona, Spain.<\/p>\n<p>For an early developer preview, the software seems to be fluid and functional. The core applications all seem polished, although it&#8217;s hard to tell without getting our hands directly on the OS. The most impressive thing about Ubuntu Touch is the ability to multitask. You can run a phone style app in a little column while running another app behind it or to the side. This feature mimics Windows 8&#8217;s Snap feature.<\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu Touch still has a long way to go in order to be a viable competitor in the mobile OS market. Canonical still hasn&#8217;t shown off any 3rd party applications, which it will need to succeed. The projected release of the final software is in early 2014, which is quite a long way in the future. Can Ubuntu succeed in this crowded space? Watch the video and decide for yourself.<\/p>\n<p><object><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check back for more news from <a title=\"mobile world congress\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/t\/mobile-world-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mobile World Congress<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The developer preview of Canonical&#8217;s Ubuntu Touch OS was released last week and now we&#8217;ve finally got a hands on demonstration of how it works. Canonical gave a demo at their booth at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. For an early developer preview, the software seems to be fluid and functional. The core applications &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/mwc-2013-ubuntu-touch-os-hands-on\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MWC 2013: Ubuntu Touch OS hands on [video]&#8220;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":36423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2649],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-36509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionubuntu"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333330,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36509\/revisions\/333330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36509"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=36509"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=36509"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=36509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}