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Originally Posted by log
Wow, wasn't expecting this. Don't want this thread to get any more sidetracked so will respectfully not continue this kernel vs OS discussion, this is a e-reader forum after all.
In any case if the new Sony Reader is indeed running on top of Android -- it makes this the most attractive e-Ink Android device for the modding community. It has all the hardware buttons required, as apposed to the Nook STR which requires an overlay of icons on the screen when running Android applications.
I'm curious what kind of CPU it will have and how it will compare with Nook STR.
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I have never used Android myself, so I'm not sure how excited I am about that possibility. But a major CPU upgrade is something I am always looking for.
Speed has
always been an issue with the Readers, and I'm not talking about the screen. The PRS-650 still gags when loading the NIV Bible, or anything sufficiently large and complex (the NIV Bible is my personal benchmark). Even though I have a TOC handy, and direct-jump to books and chapters, I can still find a verse in a paper Bible
much faster. Heck, I can still get the spinning arrows sometimes when
turning a page!!
This is all CPU/RAM, not screen related. And to be honest, the "speed bump" each Reader iteration has offered hasn't blown my socks off by any means; the goal, it seems, has been maintaining battery life over speed. And throwing Android in to the mix has the potential to slow things down even further. So the CPU/RAM is definitely something I would love to see getting some real engineering love.
-Pie