That's not it, however, since the project also lists plans for social networking apps like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, as well as an account and file manager, document viewer, RSS reader and even a terminal -- the latter, naturally, should make Android rooters feel right at home.

ENGADGET: Canonical outs project to help Ubuntu smartphones launch with over 10 core apps

CloudOn also provides Adobe Reader to view PDFs - everything from simple forms to complex 3-D documents - and a universal viewer for any file, ranging from raw Photoshop images to everyday image files, including: PNG, JPEG and GIF.

ENGADGET: CloudOn launching its iOS, Android tablet apps in 16 more countries, Office hounds rejoice

Streaming video, which enables the viewer to play a file that resides on a remote server, was believed to be a less desirable method of delivery, because the picture quality was often inferior.

NEWYORKER: Streaming Dreams