Android tablet has been hot since April.. but most of them are all android 1.5 or 1.6 as said....but few android 2.1 talet...
Maybe android 2.1 is a killer for china tablet manufacturer..
but news from china anufacturer that android 2.1 is at the edge of breaking through....let's wait and see... lately...there are a few android 2.1 system tablet like:
Wiip adNeNo 10.2” google andro id 2.1 Tablet
I think is kind of copycatting(or "shanzhai",this Chinese term literally refers to themountainstrongholdsof bandits. First borrowed to describe rip-offproducts,it has evolvedto refer also to homemade products, such asvideoparodies of movies) ipad from shenzhen.
this isn't rare in China,and shanzhai quality always badly.
So topic owner(louzhu in English?) don't have too much hope...
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Hi all,
Am a newbie to Android tablets/devices both in terms of hardware and software. So if my post is posted in the wrong thread or reposted pls pardon me. I just want to understand a few basics.
As you all may know, now the market is being flooded by those Chinese made Android tablets. And many of them looks good (at least on paper) and at a very good price. But the problem is most of the time when come to chinese goods, they don't usually do what they claims (if you know what i mean). and the best part most of the salesperson don't know anything about the products they are selling especially when comes to tech gadgets like the Android tablets.
So here i am seeking help from you gurus and hoping i can start my Android journey on the right step. Below are a few questions. Hope I can get answers (links to somewhere where i can read up or anything).
1. What are the conditions (CPU make, firmware, etc) to fulfill if i wan to upgrade/root/hack the original Android OS? Cos most of the chinese made tablets are running on Android 1.5. Hoping to be able to upgrade the OS whenever a newer one comes out. Like the latest 2.1 And be able to download new apps from the apps market.
2. Which CPU chip is better and what are the common CPU chips in the market now? I know there are the Rockchips, VIA, Telechips.
3. Can we tell what are the hardware (CPU make etc) and software (OS/firmware version, etc) that are being used in the device from the system setting or something?
4. I read somewhere that not all CPU chips can be upgraded to the latest OS. i.e. that any upgrade is determined by the CPU chip. Is it true?
5. As for custom ROM, is it also device dependable? Like is there a generic ROM for all devices?
For now these are the questions which are bugging me. Hope the gurus here can enlighten this Android newbie.
Sorry for the long winded post and thanks for any help.
Hmmm. Just check that it is upgradable to froyo and it has more than 500mhz cpu
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if you are looking for a tablet just get an ipad. the android tablets i see floating around are just 1.5 or 1.6. even if you get a tablet that can do 2.2 (froyo)... i dont see how that can be any better than an ipad.
i just feel that 2.2 isnt meant to be in tablet form. if you can wait... wait for 3.0 before you decide. the main deterrent here is the maximum resolution for android (854 x 480 or something), and that the apps were made with phones in mind.
im very happy with my nexus one... i just cant imagine having a tablet running android as of the moment unless its very very cheap ($200 or so).
i for one will get an ipad next month. my nexus one with wifi tether + the basic wifi ipad will be gadget heaven. looking to get an ipad primarily for reading magazines (zinio) and comic books. android does not have zinio yet. the android comic viewer (ACV) i use on my nexus is ok... but not great. then theres the games. games on android are still so so with less variety and choices.
as a phone the android is great! better than the iphone (yes im an apple user through and through) even. but as a tablet... not quite yet.
Hp is going to release a tablet so is samsung with 2.2
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Hopefully start seeing some of these 2.2 tablets in the 3rd Quarter...
So with the announcement of new tablets that will be arriving Q1 2011 running Honeycomb (Android 3.0), what does that mean for phones? I mean, if you watch the Honeycomb preview videos, they are saying that it is built for tablets. What does that mean for the actual phone OS? Gingerbread has barely been released (only 1 phone at this point) and they are already pushing Honeycomb for tablets. I think it is great and all, I'm just interested to know what we should expect to see on the smartphone side.
Hello,
I'm getting a free Blackberry Playbook, I know it runs on QNX OS, but is their away to put Honeycomb on it, seeing as it has no physical buttons.
I want a 7 inch tablet, and the Galaxy Tab and Flyer(wi-fi) is not doing it for me, seeing how the Playbook is 1.0Ghz dual core, it will keep up with every one else.
Plus the fact Android on BB would be pure swagger.
Iv spent 3 hours researching it and all i get is the fact that their porting apps.
Thanks
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Since Google didn't release the Honeycomb source code, this task may be impossible.
but they will release for 4.0 ice cream sandwich... will then be someone who will be brave enough to unlock the device and port android to BB?
bsdnix said:
but they will release for 4.0 ice cream sandwich... will then be someone who will be brave enough to unlock the device and port android to BB?
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Yeah, maybe.
Amazon has just released their kindle fire source code. I hope it helps porting playbook to android
http://kindle-src.s3.amazonaws.com/Kindle_src_6.2_11185402.tar.gz
Instead of posting in a new thread I will post here. Where can I find anything that would help me port android as an app to the playbook since the playbook as of now has a very secure boot mechanism. I have not tried to exploit it but from what I have seen QNX is insanely restrictive, you cant even read system logs. Is it even possible to port android as an app?
Afaik RIM added Android app support to the playbook?!
The classes are identical (j2me/java) so as a developer it shouldn't be to tricky to port it.
I'm asking about running android (the entire os) as an app. The android player wont do android native sdk among some other things so not all apps will run. I'm asking if its possible to for example take android and run it through a translation layer that will take calls to the gpu and just use opengl on the playbook to render things. So kind of like vm but specific to the device and version of android so its actually fast and not an emulator.
HC source code is released comparative with ICS one. You need a good experienced dev for that type of action.
Didn't think it was supposed to go on sale until Black Friday, but just left Best Buy. It's going for $199. Android and I'd buy quickly.
if you were lucky you could've picked up a 64gb playbook for $229 before tax at best buy.
chaose said:
if you were lucky you could've picked up a 64gb playbook for $229 before tax at best buy.
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how so? price mistake? please do tell.
edit:
Scratch that. I found it over here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19519966
Looks like the price was either a mistake or they're out. Either way... we need some devs hacking this thing.
Does anyone know if qnx uses a bootloader/recovery layout like Android? I would be interested to know how much reworking of the firmware would be needed and even so, would it be possible?
Deleted. Wrong thread.
Got one also.
Great video quality, fast, QNX not so bad;
but
App Store a real disappointment.
RIM wants paid for Apps that are free on Android; big big fail!
There is a loader (PowerUp & Volume + and volume minus; hold for 20 seconds)
Hopefully some xda weeney will jump all over this thing.
Great hardware.
Actually faster than my Gtablet w/FB10 (which is great too)!
Picked up one when it went on sale, and has been playing around with it. hardware is nice, QNX is very smooth. The machine is a multi-tasking beast.
Some android apps work,but you have to convert it to a .bar file first. The process can be frustrating.
Apparently people have gotten android app market to work on the playbook through the app player; not exactly sure how it's done but this gives me some hope.
App World, on the other hand, subpar apps that offers a quarter the functionality of free apps on the android market have a price of >$2.99. I can't find a single decent e reader on the app world.
I'm also interested in for getting android to Playbook, even webos if it is possible...
Vote here for playbook forum,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416406
ICS is now out and so is the source so who wants to start hacking it?
It can be found on their site. I wanted to put a link in here but I am to much of a newbie.
Find this post on the same site i am reading:
First Android 3.2 Tablet Honeycomb Chipad Hands-on Review
It's a good review, but is it a good tablet? $379.99, maybe i should wait for a while.
The Huawei Mediapad - 7" Android 3.2 should ship soon. If you haven't heard of Huawei, you will soon. They are a huge company and compete directly with Cisco and others. I would be concerned about the warranty or lack of for no name Chinese tablets.
I just noticed - Oddly enough, the company has "no current plans" to produce a WiFi-only model, which definitely puts a damper on those who aren't interested in ponying for carrier data. "
http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/20/huawei-mediapad-revealed-worlds-first-7-inch-android-3-2-table/
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Find this post on the same site i am reading:
First Android 3.2 Tablet Honeycomb Chipad Hands-on Review
It's a good review, but is it a good tablet? $379.99, maybe i should wait for a while.
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is not hard to believe at all
after all Android is open source
anyone can download the source code and compile their own version for their own hardware
there are tons of those Asian countries manufactured Android phones/tablets in Deal Extreme, you can always see the latest available in there with the latest AOS
Probably another Advent Vega clone using the latest version of Vegacomb Rom which is developped by some enthusiasts. Basically a ripoff...
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Nice, this version is only for tablets? or smartphones are included too?
Haven´t got any words for this..
this thing really looks like the PoV Mobii/Advent Vega
You can see the Speakers on one of the Screenshots, their are the same like in my PoV Mobii
I'm fairly new to the Android OS. I've visited their site and found that there is a version 4 out currently but the Skyrocket I just bought only has 2.3.5.. My question is can I update the OS to 4, or even 3.1/3.2? I would like to get some of the Adobe programs for photo editing but they all seem to require 3.1 or higher. Any help will be greatly appreciated & thanks for taking to time to read my post.
-Mal
Version 2.x of Android (with various names depending on sub-versions, revisions, etc) is all you'll find on ANY android phone for the next week or so. This is the most recent version tree that works with mobile phones.
Version 3.x of Android, called "Honeycomb" is only for tablets. For example, the samsung galaxy tab 10.1 (8.9, 7.0 plus, etc)
Version 4.x of Android, called "Ice Cream Sandwich" (ICS), is the merging of the phone-based android (2.x) with the tablet based android (3.x.) As of this post, there are NO released phones or tablets with version 4. That will be changing very shortly with the release of the samsung nexus phone (nexus prime, I think) on verizon any day now, and the asus transformer prime tablet (in the next week or three.)
I think the adobe applications you are looking at are designed to only work with tablet devices (as they are the only ones with version 3.x of android.)
Take care
Gary
Thank you for answering Gary, the information you provided was very insightful.
-Mal