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Originally Posted by jocampo
Also, Honeycomb is not a preview, its a full release; Moto Xoom runs Honeycomb.
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From a post to a mailing list:
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The next major version of Android, Android 3.0 "Honeycomb," is currently being sold to consumers on the Motorola Xoom tablet. However, the Android 3.0 source has not yet been released to the public. Android is made up of various pieces of software held under various licenses, including the GPL (e.g. the Linux kernel.) Right now a consumer can walk into Best Buy and purchase a Xoom tablet but cannot access the source code for the GPL'ed software it ships with. I checked both the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and Motorola's open-source website and neither of them list the Android 3.0 source or make mention of how the source would be obtained.
My question is: does this violate the GPL? Major releases of Android often debut shipping on new hardware before the source is released (often weeks before.) Are the AOSP, or Google, or the hardware manufacturers then violating the GPL during that time where the source is unavailable?
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In other words, Motorola developers have Honeycomb 3.0 and no one else does.
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By the way, I don't have a NC anymore, but even via rooting, I would not install Honeycomb on it. Based on NC hardware it will be too much. Actually, even my Galaxy Tab which is more powerful, not sure it will handle Honeycomb so good. I have my doubts about Samsung releasing Honeycomb for GT 7".
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I ran the Honeycomb preview on my NC and it was not any problem.
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So, if your device is featuring less than a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, it won’t be a problem running on it the Android 3.0 OS. This sounds really good, considering that only a few devices are powered by such a powerful processor, the rest of them being set to a single core 1 GHz CPU or even lower. Another important aspect is that, now, the owners of the single core Galaxy Tab handset will be able to get an OS update. Also, we all know that the Honeycomb is especially designed for tablets, so it is improper to say that phones will be run it as well. I mean not in the way the tablets will do.
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and from an editor-in-chief:
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“Yesterday have a very good conversation and some clarifications. 1 Ghz, 512 Mb etc its not minimal requirements but recommended one”
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NC has 512mb and the CPU is regularly run stably by the rooting community at 1.1ghz.