Ubuntu has a lot of mobile oriented free software in it's mobile phone/tablet images that could be interesting for packaging into Debian.
Libraries / middleware
Various Qt bindings, libraries that are not all in Debian
Qtpim, qtsystems, qtfeedback, qt3d: git packages useful in mobile environment, already contributed to Debian's pkg-kde team's git repositories but not published since no upstream releases
GSettings Qt: https://launchpad.net/gsettings-qt
Libaccounts: https://launchpad.net/libaccounts-qt
Ubuntu UI Toolkit (QML widgets to be used by applications): https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-ui-toolkit
The QPA platform adaptation plugins to Qt base: https://launchpad.net/qtubuntu + https://launchpad.net/qtmir
Sensors, location and haptics plugins: https://launchpad.net/qtubuntu-sensors
Using various web accounts: https://launchpad.net/signon + https://launchpad.net/accounts-qml-module
Ofono Qt: https://launchpad.net/ofono-qt: Ofono usage from Qt.
Maliit framework: Ubuntu version, Debian version
Applications
Unity 8 is the shell for launching applications, showing indicators, displaying content from scopes, and so on. It depends on many other components like https://launchpad.net/unity-api and https://launchpad.net/unity-scopes-api.
Ubuntu Core Apps includes community developed applications that are in production use also in the sellable Ubuntu phones (not all pre-installed, like Terminal). They are for the most part pure QML with occasional C++ QML module, but depend on the QML module from Ubuntu UI Toolkit.
- Dropping Letters
- Stock Ticker App
- Sudoku App
- Ubuntu Calculator App
- Ubuntu Calendar App
- Ubuntu Clock App
- Ubuntu Document Viewer App
- Ubuntu File Manager App
- Ubuntu Music App
- Ubuntu Phone Commons
- Ubuntu RSS Feed Reader App
- Ubuntu Reminders app
- Ubuntu Terminal App
- Ubuntu Weather App
Most applications in the app store are free software too. Apps are delivered in the Click packaging format on the phones.
Devices running Ubuntu
BQ and Meizu are announced launch partners for commercially sold Ubuntu phones. They released the following devices:
- BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition
- BQ Aquaris E5 Ubuntu Edition
- BQ Aquaris M10 HD Ubuntu Edition
- BQ Aquaris M10 FHD Ubuntu Edition
- Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition
- Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Devices has former or current Canonical supported references devices:
- LG Nexus 4
- Asus Nexus 7 (2013, wifi only)
- Samsung Nexus 10
Community supported devices at system-image.ubports.com:
See also the list of tens of working community ports (without a system image server).