In my view both project user interfaces have similar goals: provide a beautiful looking, fast, easy navigable interface to a subset of media / communications related fullscreen applications. The other demands (fast starting / suspend-resume, lightweight, etc) are pretty much the same as well.
Common apps:
- Media Player (audio, movies, etc... Both being played on Mobile and HTPC devices)
- TV player (DVB-T for mobile, other standards for TV?)
- Phone client (SIP for both, GSM/CDMA/UMTS/etc for phone)
- Mail client (same on both)
- News reader
- Web browser
Since the Ubuntu Mobile project is currently ahead in development pace and gaining support fast it would make sense to use that platform. The HTPC projects can then just concentrate on getting their apps integrated in Mobile, instead of building both the GUI and the apps. Ubuntu mobile would benefit from the larger amount of well integrated multimedia applications and HTPC would benefit from a fast, lightweight and uptodate platform.
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