Thread: Why no Android?
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Old 03-05-2012, 02:22 AM   #29
Beryll Snyder
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Device: Nook classic, PB 903, Onyx M92
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Originally Posted by kamizase View Post
That means that Beryll's list doesn't mean a lot in the context of other devices than Nooks.

Which is probably why ereader manufacturers aren't storming to install Android on their devices, because what would be the point of that? Android market? If this is such a great idea, why doesn't Nook come with it? Why do you have to root it first?

One word: control.

Can you guarantee your device will run every possible app out there? Apparently you can't with the given hardware. Which is why widespread Android in ereaders is a Pipedream, at least during the current generation. Maybe next...
Android on E-ink maybe a pipedream, but so are the crippled Linuxes as well with their dismal performance.
The discussion here was: would it not be better to use Android(with modifications) instead of of begging and hoping to have some basic software inplemented in PB and Onyx.

And for the hundreth time: who wants to run ALL apps on a e-ink device?
We need only SOME apps - actualy between 5 and 10 ...
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