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Dopedangel · 11-01-2013, 12:43 AM

With all the talk about nexus 5. I think many people are ignoring something that will have a bigger impact on android based Ebook readers.
Currently most Android based eink readers are using Gingerbread or lesser version of android as the newer version were more resource intensive and were not able to run properly on them.
Now with the new KitKat android that is going to change. Add the ability for an app to get the whole screen to display instead of a part being taken for buttons or notification bar. We could get really good android based readers.

11-01-2013, 12:43 AM	#1
Dopedangel Wizard Posts: 1,759 Karma: 30063305 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Singapore Device: Boyue	Android KitKat released With all the talk about nexus 5. I think many people are ignoring something that will have a bigger impact on android based Ebook readers. Currently most Android based eink readers are using Gingerbread or lesser version of android as the newer version were more resource intensive and were not able to run properly on them. Now with the new KitKat android that is going to change. Add the ability for an app to get the whole screen to display instead of a part being taken for buttons or notification bar. We could get really good android based readers.