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MWC - Ubuntu pre-release for ARM mobiles:

ARM CTO, Mike Muller, will present on the topic “Mobile Web2.0 & Open Source”, as part of the Mobilizing Open Source track at Mobile World Congress, and will back this up with several booth-based demonstrations, several of which will focus on Ubuntu linux on ARM based devices.

ARM is also sponsoring the International Mobile Gaming Awards at the show.

Muller's demo will be reflected on the booth with "Software for Mobile Computing & Mobile Web 2.0" - including Notebook Linux distributions, office suites, fast boot technology and Android running on high-performance Cortex-A8/ARMv7A processors.

There will be demonstrations of all those. "These software components are important to the emerging trend of Web-orientated Netbooks and Hybrid Notebooks," said the company, pre-show.

Specifically, you can see:

• Ubuntu with Firefox 3
• Phoenix Technologies™ Hyperspace™ running on Cortex-A8 processor
• Thinkfree™ office suite with Sun’s Java SE on Qualcomm SnapDragon™-powered Inventec Netbook
• TI® OMAP™ Zoom2 reference design running Android.
• Alpha release of Ubuntu 9.04 for ARM running on Cortex-A8 processor-based systems.

Ubuntu 9.04 is scheduled for full release in April 2009.

Other product demonstrations at the ARM stand (1C01 in Hall 1) will include:

ARM Netbooks, Hybrids and MIDs....All-Day Mobile Computing
"ARM and its Partners are redefining Mobile Computing to enable a full web experience, all-day battery life and a diverse range of attractive low-cost consumer products. ARM will be showing a broad selection of ARM Powered® devices based on the ARMv7 architecture, such as the Cortex-A8 processor," says the blurb.

"With a wide choice of partner technology, attendees will also be able to learn about the ARM ecosystem built around these devices. This technology is driving battery life, full web experience, and differentiation in devices."

On the booth you can see:
• Cortex-A8 processor vs Intel Atom power comparison
• Pegatron Netbook running Ubuntu
• Hybrid Notebook

The ARM stand is 1C01 in Hall 1.