The tablet seems to be a little too good to be true

Nov 27, 2014 13:41 GMT  ·  By

Everybody is talking about the Ubuntu phone, but no one is asking about the Ubuntu tablet. Ubuntu Touch is capable of running on any platform and it supports Nexus 7, so it was only a matter of time until someone thought about proposing a tablet solution. It's called UbuTab and it's a beast.

Canonical focused more on the phones than on the tablets with Ubuntu Touch, but the operating system is capable of running on both of them. That entire idea of convergence wouldn't really work if some platforms were excluded.

In fact, much of the initial campaign promoting Ubuntu Touch a couple of years back was showing tablets on equal footing with smartphones. But that trend has changed.

Tablets have become less relevant and the sales for this kind of devices have been dropping steadily in the past couple of years. However, there are millions of tablets out there and big hardware manufacturers like Samsung or Apple are still producing large quantities, which means that these companies still see a future for this kind of devices. UbuTab is an alternative to this solutions and it has a couple of strong points.

UbuTab is a beast of a tablet

Most of the users have an idea of what a tablet should look like and what hardware specs it should have. UbuTab wants to break these preconceptions with a unique design that has almost no bezels.

The maker of UbuTab, Nikki Wertish, says that the bezel of the tablet is 80% smaller than any of the other model currently available.

"Our primary focus with the UbuTab is to provide a fresh and exciting take on mobile computing. We aim to bring desktop capacity storage to the tablet. Innovative advances in the hard drive market have provided us thin and power efficient hard drives that reach up to 2TB in capacity. At only 7mm thick, these drives are 25% slimmer than a traditional slim laptop hard drive. These slim new drives allowed us to engineer a tablet with massive storage without becoming clunky or thick."

"In addition to the unique and specialized hardware, the UbuTab will come loaded with the Ubuntu OS. Although the Android OS will also be available, we are eager and excited to support a new and exciting OS," reads the entry on Indiegogo.

UbuTab features a 10.1" IPS Screen with 1920x1200 resolution, an ARM Cortex-A9 Quad-Core 1.6GHz CPU, a Mali400MP4 Quad-Core GPU with Open GL ES 2.0 support, 2GB of RAM, a choice between 1TB or 2TB of internal storage, and 6 hours of battery life with an 11,000mAh battery. For now, the lowest price is $245 (€196) for the 1TB model and $300 (€240) for the 2TB model.

Now, this sounds a little too good to be true. We did a little Google digging about Nikki Wertish. She also had a failed Kickstarter campaign on an unrelated product, she's a little bit young for this kind of enterprise, she doesn't seem to have at least a demo unit ready, the price is a little bit too low, and the campaign features flexible funding, which means she'll get the money even if it doesn't come through.

On the other hand, she might be very serious about it and an awesome tablet is actually coming our way.

UbuTab (9 Images)

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