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Android Tablets?

Hello,
i am interested in buying an Android tablet, however i don't want to spend so much money either.
Thus i suppose a branded tablet is out of question. The first generation iPad seems a good solution, but i dont like the idea leaving android and starting from scratch in understanding their OS... Even Nook Color is in my options!
However there are so many unbranded tablets. How to chose?!?!
Would all connect with no problem to Android apps and market?
I have an Android Motorola phone currently, thus i would prefer to have a capacitive tablet as well.
Would i be able to buy a protector for my tablet if this is unbranded?
Any recommendations please?
Thanks!

Hi there,
I would find an used Folio 100 (Toshiba) and then install Dexters forliomod rom on it.
I am very pleased with mine.
Regards,
Per.

You should try Galaxy Tab. The price has gone down a lot recently

Thanks, but i suppose the price is again not near the Nook color...

Try the Nook Color, I hear good things about it.

The Nook Color and XDA could be your ticket...

Got a color nook loaded in dual boot and run 2.3 on it If you do not need microphone and camera then this is great choice. I did not load on the nook 2.3 because I wanted to keep the reader it come loaded with, this reader reads out loud the kid's books in a real human recorded voice. This is awesome for my kid who is 4. But if you do not need this feature then you can load directly on to the system 2.2 or 2.3 or 3.0 This device is a flashing geek's dream fun to modify and 200 bucks

oka1 said:
Got a color nook loaded in dual boot and run 2.3 on it If you do not need microphone and camera then this is great choice. I did not load on the nook 2.3 because I wanted to keep the reader it come loaded with, this reader reads out loud the kid's books in a real human recorded voice. This is awesome for my kid who is 4. But if you do not need this feature then you can load directly on to the system 2.2 or 2.3 or 3.0 This device is a flashing geek's dream fun to modify and 200 bucks
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Cool thanks! If you find it anywhere for 200$ please let me know!
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If you are using android phone currently, my suggestion is you should try ipad. that you could have two differ os. That's must better than using one os.

zack_sparrow said:
If you are using android phone currently, my suggestion is you should try ipad. that you could have two differ os. That's must better than using one os.
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is that true though? Why complicated your life when you know Android so well?
Basically this is the reason why i am not going to iPad, dont want to complicated my life to a different OS...

How much IS there to know about these mobile device OS?*
*Unless you're a developer. If so, the device you develop for would probably dictate your next purchase unless something radically more interesting comes along.

CptAJ said:
How much IS there to know about these mobile device OS?*
*Unless you're a developer. If so, the device you develop for would probably dictate your next purchase unless something radically more interesting comes along.
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Being able to know everything needs root an android, having so many apps and knowing that what i would be searching on my phone would be done also for my tablet, that would make me really happy.
I am not in a mood for searching info on how to jailbreak an ipad...
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i wanted to get one too but i think they are uselles to me so..

If you're on the cheap, rooting a NC is the way to go. B&N lists it for sale @ $200 occasionally, but you can usually find one listed on Craigslist for the same price or a little cheaper.
If you've got $400 to spend, pick up the Asus Transformer, it's the best Android bang-for-the-buck at the moment.

Ok thanks. I was thinking whether Nooc color or a chinese C8 have the same power and capabilities runnin on 2.2..
Does anyone know? Or NC is just superior for the "official" support it has...
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fly touch, malata, ctab t2, ctab pro, tab t23, there are many,,
and now android 2.3 tablets are available now

Yes there many! However the question is, do you risk it and buy one?
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wait for galaxy tab2

I'd say go with the Ipad most definately. Not Android platform but trust me that's a good thing.

I really like the honeycomb, and i think this is better than my friends Ipad1

[Q] Is a lighter version of android OS possible to implement on cheaper mobiles?

For my final year engineering project I have come up with an idea of developing a lighter version of android OS that can run on phone that cost less than Rs. 5k or $100. Don't know whether it is a good idea. I have a maximum of 3 months as my project time. This might be a creation of a custom ROM but should be available for low cost phone with less hardware.Is it feasible? Is there any chance of success? Please provide a valuable answer. Thank You!

You would most likely run into a problem with the drivers. .

Ok, so could you say the least hardware configuration for android 2.1 to run...

You would probably want to go with a older and smaller Android like 1.6, but u would run into issues because the phone would need a touch screen.
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so android os wont run in non touch phones?

aghilvr said:
so android os wont run in non touch phones?
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Most likely not but I'm not sure.
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I am pretty sure it won't.
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Most likely not but I'm not sure.
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It does. This phone does, even though it doesn't say Android anywhere on it:
http://www.androidgoo.com/motorola-...i886-android-phone-without-a-touchscreen.html
It's on Sprint. It has no Market/Google Apps though.

I think this would be a great idea for lower cost smart/dumb phones. Drivers would obviously be an issue, but for the ROM, you can try the CyanogenMod barebones wiki page to get an overview of what CM can do without so you can get an idea:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Barebones
Not sure how much that helps...
** Edit - I am pretty sure you can run Android without a touch screen. I can use the trackball on my Eris as a mouse. I would disable the virtual keyboard so it doesn't get in the way

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It does. This phone does, even though it doesn't say Android anywhere on it:
http://www.androidgoo.com/motorola-...i886-android-phone-without-a-touchscreen.html
It's on Sprint. It has no Market/Google Apps though.
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Wow, I didn't think something like that existed. Now if it only came out on Verizon....
More info:
http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/i886-US-EN

it's just a matter of having a GOOD trackball/trackpad (G1-style would be perfect for a non-touchscreen phone, I think) for navigation purposes.
getting android to run without a touchscreen isn't at all un-doable. most of the important functions (ie phone, mms, web, etc) can be navigated and used solely with the trackpad and keyboard (or keypad in the case of a cheaper device) even on devices that are meant to be navigated by touch.
hardware limitations, imo, would cripple the android experience though. you'd have to be very selective about what was incorporated... you're certainly not going to be playing gameloft games or streaming via netflix on a device like this.
still, I think it's doable and I think if you incorporate only PHONE functions and none of the superfluous smartphone stuff, there's no reason why it shouldn't work well.

Android on playbook, thoughts?

So i was given a playbook. Honestly i think its terrible. Not that the interface or os is bad. Its just lacking everything that i would use it for.
As anyone who has tinkered a bit with a playbook knows, its possible to run converted playbook aps and get the market working. With many restrictions
I assume based on the lack of information on this that no one has actually gotten any version of android running on it. I dont mean an emulator or app. What im curious about is completely removing the rim software and getting android on it.
Might be impossible i dont know.
Does anyone know of any projects that are trying to accomplish this, or is it technically/ theoretically possible?
Just curious
Thanks
kyle

I wondered the same thing after seeing this: http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/1323244/rims-playbook-on-clearance
First thing I did, after going to check out the Rim hardware specs and deal information, was come here to XDA to see if there was a Rim Playbook project or forum yet lol. Sure there will be soon with the hardware so much cheaper now.

Ubuntu for Android [official]

today i found that ubuntu will bring out a version for android.
This thread is for discuss this:
here is the link http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android
here is a video
http://www.youtube.com/v/AyeFcldavTk

I wonder if we could tweak it somehow to work with legacy devices too .

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I wonder if we could tweak it somehow to work with legacy devices too .
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MoPhoACTV Initiative

I don't see the point of this. It's no different than the Atrix thing.
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I don't see the point of this. It's no different than the Atrix thing.
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Except that it's actually a fully-functional OS. Anything that you can do on Ubuntu, you will now be able to do on your phone. This gets us much closer to having a truly pocket-sized computing device.

Pretty cool. Only issue I had was it was incompatible with some programs and some drivers I needed were funky or I would have stayed on Ubuntu instead of jumping back to win 7. Keep up the good work!
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Canonical says the "code is available for end users" though it will require quite some expertise to pull it off. I assume the biggest challenge is getting X to work natively with the phone, but if they can do it, and the code is available, I'm sure it's only a matter of time until someone on this forum gets it working, and boy am I excited! I want this now!
I have yet to see anyone with the code though.

MikeyMike01 said:
I don't see the point of this. It's no different than the Atrix thing.
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With Atrix, you'll need their Motorola's "Web top" to run it, but with this, u just need only a TV with HDMI supported to turn your TV to a desktop PC, but still there is some limited though.
According to their site
"so it is easy to integrate into current production roadmaps. The hardware requirements are straightforward and, with a broad range of ARM and x86 hardware supported, it can realistically be added to phones already in development."
It's clearly there is something to do during development process before launching the phone. but I still hope someone can find a way to put this on previous devices too.

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Except that it's actually a fully-functional OS. Anything that you can do on Ubuntu, you will now be able to do on your phone. This gets us much closer to having a truly pocket-sized computing device.
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Yes, but given that it's a phone how much can you really do?
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With Atrix, you'll need their Motorola's "Web top" to run it, but with this, u just need only a TV with HDMI supported to turn your TV to a desktop PC, but still there is some limited though.
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That's a fair point. I was looking at the software only.
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MikeyMike01 said:
Yes, but given that it's a phone how much can you really do?
That's a fair point. I was looking at the software only.
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I have seen Ubuntu (and its derivatives) run just fine on a computer with a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and 512MB of RAM. It will run OpenOffice just fine, Thunderbird just fine, Chrome just fine, and synaptic (package manager) just fine. No, you won't have all the processing power of a real desktop system but it will be plenty for doing light work (word processing, email, web browsing, maybe light photo editing in GIMP). It will be far more useful than Motorola's little webtop experiment.
And it won't just be a larger display for a mobile OS - it will be a fully functional desktop Linux OS, and completely hacker friendly. This is an exciting prospect!

I want this right now, but I don't have a dual core phone :/ Hopefully by the time my upgrade comes around at the beginning of next year, this will be the norm!

Kick ascii!

Wow.. cool!

So...
How's this thing going?
Thought i'd refresh this thread.
1. I have a Galaxy S2 and ran Ubuntu 12.04 on it, using "Complete Linux Installer" (Google Play). The official XDA thread is called "Linux-on-Android [...]" , It's a chroot, VNC connection. I made a video demo from boot till shutdown: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSId7rzybCk
2. Does anyone know of some working native X for this, for any device at all?
3. There's this concept phone "Nexphone" running "Ubuntu for Android". They're trying to make a prototype with money from Indiegogo: www.indiegogo.com/nexphone but i guess the crowd won't pay them 1 mil. dollars to pull it off.

Ubuntu will pull this off. I'm just not sure how successful it will be.
In any event, I'll be installing it as I run Ubuntu systems anyway.

nice concept
The concept is great and useful in many ways. Maybe we will see an available version of this sometime.

crancker said:
The concept is great and useful in many ways. Maybe we will see an available version of this sometime.
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Eventually yes. Phones are getting more powerful too. Quadcores are just starting to come out now.

Ubuntu Edge
Just making sure that everybody's heard, that the bird is the word !
Here's Ubuntu Edge, a Phoneputer, which features Android, Ubuntu Phone and Ubuntu for Android!
Link to Indiegogo campaign: http://igg.me/at/ubuntuedge/x/4047467

[Q] Port OpenWEBOS to MT4GS?

OK, who is brave enough to attempt to port the newly released Open WebOS 1.0 to our trusty MT4GS? :good:
http://www.openwebosproject.org/

This can be done with minor issues The Qualcomm chip in our device is the same as the Touchpad.

AgentCherryColla said:
This can be done with minor issues The Qualcomm chip in our device is the same as the Touchpad.
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Exactly, and it uses a Linux kernel just like Android. A good dev should be able to work this as easily as one of the ICS roms.

I love WebOS on my TouchPad, it's a really nicely thought out OS, with an intuitive UI. (Though I dual boot into CM9 most of the time.) I think my only real complaint is the app tray.
What I'd love to see is a way to run Android apps in WebOS. Like BlackBerry did with their Playbook for a while.

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I love WebOS on my TouchPad, it's a really nicely thought out OS, with an intuitive UI. (Though I dual boot into CM9 most of the time.) I think my only real complaint is the app tray.
What I'd love to see is a way to run Android apps in WebOS. Like BlackBerry did with their Playbook for a while.
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OpenWebOS can run some Android apps already, I believe.

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OpenWebOS can run some Android apps already, I believe.
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NO WAY!
That's awesome!

I have always wanted to use WebOs. I would LOVE to see this ported
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My take on this is that since the MT4GS is already a discontinued device, I would rather have the experts that like our phone pay attention to sustaining our support on the Android family of software. On some other devices, you get more developers that can spread the load, but ours is a bit more of a niche device with limited sales, so trying to spread the developer load across multiple OS's is even worse than the spread across sense vs. non-sense builds. There is only a limited amount of interest in developing for a device like ours, and I would rather them focus on a few paths that will result in the the most useful, supported builds. WebOS was a limited OS as it was, so as good as it may have been, it isn't what we will get any (limited) support to develop towards IMHO.