It was confirmed that Lenovo practically received the brand and future projects of Motorola devices with their own people, but all patents and the interesting Project Ara is still Google and Sundar Pichai might be directly involved.
At least that are some good news to me.
that explains why they sold for 2.9m. much less than the 12+m they paid for it in 2011... they're keeping patents and projects...
Expectations are building as they confirmed to be present at MWC 2014 in Spain...Hope means good news.
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http://www.xda-developers.com/android/google-purchases-motorola-mobility/
Hell yeah!. At least i have one phone that will stay alive and get support from here on out.
What exactly does this mean to current Motorola Triumph owners? Or is it too early to speculate?
Unlikely to mean anything to Triumph owners. It may mean better support for Moto devices in the future, but I wouldn't bet on it. For the most part this looks like Google trying to buy a patent portfolio.
I read it as mostly-defensive on Google's part, and thus mildly negative to Google. It's wildly positive for Motorola Mobility investors who are getting a nice premium.
It's actually bad for Android. Why would other manufacturers stick with an 'open' OS that's now owned by a hardware competitor?
Google could promise not to give Motorola advantages over their competition, but the temptation to do so will be too hard to resist. Big incentive for other manufacturers to move to a linux equivalent.
that's good as well though more choices and better tech that way.
Ask the "SageTV" userbase what they think of Google's purchase of Sage. Nothing like investing hundreds of dollars on hardware and software only to find out that, within a year or so, there will be no more support.
Maybe this will get Motorola to release the Triumph source code sooner.
http://www.samfirmware.com/apps/blog/show/8144470-will-samsung-aquire-miui-
Came across this on samfirmware:
Jeshter2000 on August 19 said:
Will Samsung Aquire MIUI ?
Specific details on how Samsung plans to bolster their software department are still developing, but we have a good idea on where they may begin.
For starters, Samsung recently hired Steve Kondik, the lead developer behind CyanogenMod, as a software engineer. If anyone has a great relationship with the community, along with the talent and skills to really shape a software department, it would be Steve. As a standalone community-driven ROM, CyanogenMod has made a tremendous impact on Android. Steve was recently quoted saying CyanogenMod would be kept separate from his new work with Samsung. But nonetheless, his talent will be applied to improving Samsung’s software.
As great as CyanogenMod is, Samsung has been known to provide a certain level of flare not usually found in CyanogenMod. The team behind CM leaves that to you and a built-in theme engine, among other customization options. There is, however, one company who does provide that flare with a ton of customization to boot: MIUI.
Although the folks behind MIUI (Xiaomi) have just released the first MIUI-branded MI-ONE phone, the company has been in partnership talks since April of this year. The two largest companies rumored for the partnership were Motorola and Samsung. Motorola’s fate has been sealed by Google’s acquisition of their Mobility division, which leaves Samsung ready, willing and able.
Could Samsung partner up with Xiaomi and start manufacturing phones with MIUI as the default UI? Could they secretly be working to bring out the world’s first CyanogenMod device? What do you think Samsung should do to improve their software department?
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From reliable sources, I have found out a reason to be very happy. It was on November 5'th 2007, that Android first unveiled itself.
The Wikipedia Link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_android#History
It says:
On November 5, 2007, the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of technology companies including Google, device manufacturers such as HTC and Samsung, wireless carriers such as Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile, and chipset makers such as Qualcomm and Texas Instruments, unveiled itself, with a goal to develop open standards for mobile devices.[9] That day, Android was unveiled as its first product, a mobile device platform built on the Linux kernel version 2.6.[9] The first commercially available phone to run Android was the HTC Dream, released on October 22, 2008.[30]
It has been a long way, and we are still the most popular operating system out there.
One of the websites out there, Pocket-Lint made an announcement...
Link: http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/48311/happy-birthday-android-5-today
What is strange though is that Google itself hasn't really celebrated the fact. No fanfare, no new announcements (we were partly expecting Android 5 to be announced - the portents were strong, certainly), and no Google doodle. Doesn't mean we can't toot into a party blower on its behalf, though.
Paaaarrrapppp!:silly::victory::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
Will Huawei mate 9 support which android oreo's feature project treble?
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Don't count on it. They already removed the stock ROM images from the official downloads page. Seems Huawei is moving towards more closed source, and I don't think they care about updates.
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Don't count on it. They already removed the stock ROM images from the official downloads page. Seems Huawei is moving towards more closed source, and I don't think they care about updates.
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thats horrible bs on huaweis part. huawei is legally obligated to release all sources since they use android. google should really enforce the gpl on all oems. project treble would fix huaweis **** software problem.
sadly it seems that everyone who owns a huawei device is either brainwashed or a shill because they seem to be okay with using old outdated software without the possibility of having an update.
i hope huawei does grow here in the US. it might lead to some kind of legal action against them for not releasing sources. if anything it could result in some kind of small payday for not complying.
btw, doesnt anyone care about longevity? many phones are being released with 6GBs of RAM and very fast processors nowadays. these can last years with proper software updates. why upgrade hardware when all that is needed is newer software?
droidbot1337 said:
thats horrible bs on huaweis part. huawei is legally obligated to release all sources since they use android. google should really enforce the gpl on all oems. project treble would fix huaweis **** software problem.
sadly it seems that everyone who owns a huawei device is either brainwashed or a shill because they seem to be okay with using old outdated software without the possibility of having an update.
i hope huawei does grow here in the US. it might lead to some kind of legal action against them for not releasing sources. if anything it could result in some kind of small payday for not complying.
btw, doesnt anyone care about longevity? many phones are being released with 6GBs of RAM and very fast processors nowadays. these can last years with proper software updates. why upgrade hardware when all that is needed is newer software?
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Not all. They just need to release the kernel source. Which they have (though it breaks the stock camera app...).
The firmware/updates are up to them.
And for your question, I'm just speculating here, but they'd not make any money at all if they release one phone then keep updating it for a few years.
Custom roms is the reason many old devices are still being used. That and some people are cheap and don't care about security. Or they just can't afford a new phone every year.
They've publicly made a commitment to prompt OS and monthly security updates going forward within the last month. They've pledged Oreo in December.
They have made a commitment to be one of the first manufacturers to adopt Project treble. Project Treble is confirmed, and they have promised it for all devices going forward.
I realize this is an old thread now, but this still I suppose could be of use for someone so I'll leave it up.
Project Treble
bunt1691 said:
They've publicly made a commitment to prompt OS and monthly security updates going forward within the last month. They've pledged Oreo in December.
They have made a commitment to be one of the first manufacturers to adopt Project treble. Project Treble is confirmed, and they have promised it for all devices going forward.
I realize this is an old thread now, but this still I suppose could be of use for someone so I'll leave it up.
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Project Treble is mandatory from Android 8 on according to Google (for devices shipping with Oreo), and from the manifest.xml in the Huawei Oreo update it is fully enabled in the upcoming Oreo releases. This is going to make updates and custom roms a lot easier as long as they don't rely on custom kernels and low level libraries. Treble will insulate the Android framework from the low level stuff. They have already built booting AOSP Android from Google ASOP sources (using the Huawei Oreo kernel). According to Google, implementing treble will enable phone manufacturers to update Android without having to update kernels and low level SoC stuff it will be a while before there are any AOSP based custom ROMs, but with project treble it sure will be a bunch easier
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droidbot1337 said:
thats horrible bs on huaweis part. huawei is legally obligated to release all sources since they use android. google should really enforce the gpl on all oems. project treble would fix huaweis **** software problem.
sadly it seems that everyone who owns a huawei device is either brainwashed or a shill because they seem to be okay with using old outdated software without the possibility of having an update.
i hope huawei does grow here in the US. it might lead to some kind of legal action against them for not releasing sources. if anything it could result in some kind of small payday for not complying.
btw, doesnt anyone care about longevity? many phones are being released with 6GBs of RAM and very fast processors nowadays. these can last years with proper software updates. why upgrade hardware when all that is needed is newer software?
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First off, the only source that Huawei is "legally" obligated to provide is there source for Android itself, which is and always has been freely available, they are not obligated to release source for any of their libraries or drivers. Anything having to do with the hardware is closed source and will probably remain that way. Old outdated software? On a phone that has only been out a year you must be kidding, there are phones or there that are still shipping with Android 6 (KitKat). At least Huawei will be one of the quicker phone manufacturers at rolling out Oreo to their devices, even on some of their older devices, I've had the other major manufacturers phones and they are not any better at updates than Huawei, worse on major updates actually as their updates have to get bounced back and forth between carrier and manufacturer before finally getting pushed to the user. If you're so unhappy with your device and it's **** software as you put it, sell the damn thing and buy a Samsung or LG.
https://www.xda-developers.com/stock-android-oreo-huawei-mate-9-project-treble/
Just a discussion I've wanted to bring up for a while, I'm honestly disappointed in the lack of development for our device tree, the Xiaomi Mi 10 series. I feel thanks to Xiaomi overly saturating the smartphone market with a strategy similar to BKK Electronics, we as consumers have suffered the most from this practice. It does is not beneficial having dozens of similar devices, budget phones to midrange phones to top tier models such as ours with small changes or new gimmicks that leave consumers confused on what model to purchase. I wish Xiaomi had more timed releases such as Samsung or OnePlus, where we can see lots of development for OnePlus due to its open nature, but instead they found they are likely making more money or shipping out more product by flooding the market with a new model every few weeks. I'm bummed out because our phone has been out now since February, and we still do not have a custom ROM... had there been less competition from Xiaomi itself, we likely would have seen more developers purchase the Mi 10 series. What do you guys think about all this? Will someone fulfill the prophecy of producing our first ROM in the near future?
xda-jimjongs said:
Just a discussion I've wanted to bring up for a while, I'm honestly disappointed in the lack of development for our device tree, the Xiaomi Mi 10 series. I feel thanks to Xiaomi overly saturating the smartphone market with a strategy similar to BKK Electronics, we as consumers have suffered the most from this practice. It does is not beneficial having dozens of similar devices, budget phones to midrange phones to top tier models such as ours with small changes or new gimmicks that leave consumers confused on what model to purchase. I wish Xiaomi had more timed releases such as Samsung or OnePlus, where we can see lots of development for OnePlus due to its open nature, but instead they found they are likely making more money or shipping out more product by flooding the market with a new model every few weeks. I'm bummed out because our phone has been out now since February, and we still do not have a custom ROM... had there been less competition from Xiaomi itself, we likely would have seen more developers purchase the Mi 10 series. What do you guys think about all this? Will someone fulfill the prophecy of producing our first ROM in the near future?
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If you're disappointed have you thought about learning and developing a ROM yourself?
You shouldn't be disappointed about something that people give up there free time to do.
More popular devices will always get more attention.
They will come when ready
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