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Originally Posted by kartu
Very interesting. Where can I see the list of standard android apps that I can install on Nook Touch without hacking it?
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Not sure you understand my point. My point is that the Android
Backend is already a used and proven one that has worked for ereaders. The
Backend, when edited and coupled with an e-ink screen, offers great performance and a matched (comparable or better) battery life as any other reader on the market.
My point is that Android can be stripped rather easily and run as the
Backend, which leaves yourself, as an ereader developer, to be
just an "app" developer, and not an "operating system" developer. To some extent, anyway.
You want an app? Turn on the Nook Touch and there's the app.
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Originally Posted by kartu
Not for Sony. Supporting & extending existing product is much cheaper. B&N was starting from scratch and first version of the device had usual screen. Developer know-how is irrelevant, Sony doesn't pay Kinoma more for Kinoma knowing its own framework.
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If you say so. Apparently Sony didn't get the memo.
Although, according to your logic, Sony and BN are taking the same route here. Although BN used Android for their first ereader, it was highly proprietary, which taught them a lesson and they "standardized" the experience and OS. Sony was using a proprietary linux OS in their reader, and they've now (possibly) decided to tack onto an already existing and fruitful architecture.