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Read&Write · 10-13-2013, 04:23 PM

I have been waiting for a device like this quite some time. After buying an Onyx M92 and being disappointed by the complete lack of progress in the Android-department, I think this may finally be the one device to rule them all. I would like to see whether it will be able to handle apps based on open street map (although scrolling could be a bit of a hassle). That alone would make the device an extremely versatile map in every corner of the world and would constitute a must-have for me. Not to mention the millions of things you can do with other apps. And 256MB should be sufficient, most of those apps tend to have a footprint of ~20MB.

I would not worry about the ability to run certain apps, by the way. The way I understand the process of development of Android apps is that they will run on most versions, even old ones. Only the features exclusive to newer versions of Android will be missing. I doubt most apps rely on special features that only the latest version of Android provides. So I do not really see a reason to port the device to a different version of Android.

I think I will buy one of these in November just to find out. And to support the idea of an "open" ereader.

10-13-2013, 04:23 PM	#36
Read&Write Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 86 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: Onyx M92	Hooray! I have been waiting for a device like this quite some time. After buying an Onyx M92 and being disappointed by the complete lack of progress in the Android-department, I think this may finally be the one device to rule them all. I would like to see whether it will be able to handle apps based on open street map (although scrolling could be a bit of a hassle). That alone would make the device an extremely versatile map in every corner of the world and would constitute a must-have for me. Not to mention the millions of things you can do with other apps. And 256MB should be sufficient, most of those apps tend to have a footprint of ~20MB. I would not worry about the ability to run certain apps, by the way. The way I understand the process of development of Android apps is that they will run on most versions, even old ones. Only the features exclusive to newer versions of Android will be missing. I doubt most apps rely on special features that only the latest version of Android provides. So I do not really see a reason to port the device to a different version of Android. I think I will buy one of these in November just to find out. And to support the idea of an "open" ereader.