|
I just want this thing to be released and see what people find when they check out the filesystem.
Or if sony releases the open source parts' code on that opensourcesony or linuxsony or whatever it's called.
If it's compatible with prs+, great.
If it's android and breaks compatibility with prs+ but is standard enough to allow adding lots of android apps and they actually are usable, great.
If it's android and it's kind of customized and encrypted etc...so that you can't actually take advantage of android apps...that sucks and it's just another reader, software wise.
What would be the best is if they created some kind interface where it's android but it still interprets the original javascript and all the rest of the core code from the earlier firmware. But that's optimistic. However, the demo videos so far do kind of look like the earlier firmware on the x50s. They aren't completely different. So...maybe?
Kartu, when I read that whole "buttons suggest android" thing I actually started googling "android button standards" to see if google had some dictator complex, where they only license android if you agree to use their standard icons. What they have is some standard but optional, general guidelines on what the menu icons should look like. And they offer lots of examples that show a great variety of styles are acceptable.
I think engadget is just stealing ideas from this forum. Someone else in the forums said they thought the button icons "looked like" android and I'll bet the engadget writer thought he was smart by "picking up" on it.
People here know more about these gizmos than the tech sites. Even when they don't.
I think we'll just have to wait for october to roll around.
|