Ubuntu Mobile: Requirements and features

All these requirements and features are available on the Ubuntu mobile fact sheet, which can be found here. What is Ubuntu mobile? It provides a rich Internet experience for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), it is based on Ubuntu, GNOME Mobile, and Intel’s Moblin.org project delivered via an application framework.

Minimum Hardware Requirements:
• Intel Silverthorne Processor
• Intel Poulsbo System Controller Hub
• 256MB RAM
• Flash disk (2GB) or Hard disk
• On disk footprint under 500MB

Standard Device Support:
• Wifi (Marvell, Atheros)
• Bluetooth (CSR)
• Touchscreen
• UVC Camera
• USB Host and Client
• SD/MMC
• SDIO
• PCMCIA

Custom Integrations:
• 3G, WWAN, HSDPA/GPRS/GSM
• GPS (SiRF)
• MDTV: DVB-H, ISDB-T, DVB-T, MediaFLOW (Siano)
• 3D Graphics Acceleration
• Bluetooth profi les available to meet the needs of the device

User Interface:
• Designed for 800×480 to 1024×768 LCD Monitors, 4.8” to 7”
• Finger touch
• On screen keyboard option
• Gesture based controls (some applications)
• Hot key support
• Internationalization
• Localizations: English, Simple and Traditional Chinese,
French, German, Spanish
• Over the Internet upgrade service.

Applications:
• Web Browser (Based on Firefox 3.0)
• Music Player
• Photo Viewer
• Video Player
• Email client (POP3, IMAP4)

• Instant Messaging Client
• Ebook Reader
• Camera Manager
• Calendar
• Contacts/Address Book
• Tasklist Manager
• Calculator
• Dictionary
• RSS / News Reader
• PDF Viewer
• Digital TV¹
• GPS¹

Supported Media Formats:
• Audio: MP3², WMA², RA², OGG, WAV, PCM
• Video: MPEG-4², MPEG-2², H.264², WMV², RV², OGG
Hardware assisted decoders: VC-1, MPEG2, MPEG4, H.264