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fjtorres · 11-10-2010, 05:58 PM

Guys, any apps that we might get running on the IQ is just frosting on the cake; they are *explicitly* marketting it as a color reader, remember. They won't stop you from using it as a tablet (and they might even help a bit) but it is worth remembering that Google does not support Android on anything but smartphones. Which means there are limits to the assistance the powers-that-be in IQ-land can legally offer.

So if we want a specific app, especially a commercial Marketplace app, it will be up to us to get it. The most viable procedure would be to buy it using an Android Phone and then sideload it to the IQ.
A web page listing which Android apps are known to be compatible or not with the IQ would be useful but it's not something we can assume will be available.

For now, let's wait until the IQ ships and the reviews start to filter in. Then we'll know how viable a reader it is and how viable a tablet it might be.

11-10-2010, 05:58 PM	#54
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Guys, any apps that we might get running on the IQ is just frosting on the cake; they are explicitly marketting it as a color reader, remember. They won't stop you from using it as a tablet (and they might even help a bit) but it is worth remembering that Google does not support Android on anything but smartphones. Which means there are limits to the assistance the powers-that-be in IQ-land can legally offer. So if we want a specific app, especially a commercial Marketplace app, it will be up to us to get it. The most viable procedure would be to buy it using an Android Phone and then sideload it to the IQ. A web page listing which Android apps are known to be compatible or not with the IQ would be useful but it's not something we can assume will be available. For now, let's wait until the IQ ships and the reviews start to filter in. Then we'll know how viable a reader it is and how viable a tablet it might be.