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Old 07-03-2012, 10:13 AM   #176
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You don't need an SD card to root an Android device, you just need to unlock the bootloader -- which has already been done in the case of the Nexus 7. Either way, given that the N7 is an open system (unlike the Nook and Fire) and already has the latest and greatest version of Android available, then nobody but the most fanatical hackers are going to want to root this device. What's the audience for a Nexus 7 running Ubuntu?
Count me in, please. And let me be clear why: I see Tegra 3 devices as a first mobile platform that can offer me a true mobility, allow me to take all of my data and my principal "PC" with me. Wherever I go. Not up to par with my quad core Athlons yet... but the thirst for the processing power, when it is needed, is these days satisfied on "servers", wherever they are.

True, while on the move I will be limited to touch screen interface, but if I am able to connect USB keboard, mouse and a (HDMI) monitor, have NAS around for backups... I see no reason why a "tablet" (end game: a phone) should be (I/O) crippled in any way, shape or form. Right now, today. All that is missing is functional integration of already existing software components.

For me, it is not about a hacker fanaticism, about "coolness" of running Ubuntu on anything and everything, it is about emerging, generic and truly mobile computing platform.
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