Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!aioe.org!news.snarked.org!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!lust.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Android apps development Followup-To: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Sat, 07 May 2011 15:52:19 +1200 Organization: Geek Central Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <92fte3FjeiU3@mid.individual.net> <92gecgF20gU1@mid.individual.net> <92hulpFh10U3@mid.individual.net> <92jgmrFkucU1@mid.individual.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 118-92-95-178.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: lust.ihug.co.nz 1304740339 31871 118.92.95.178 (7 May 2011 03:52:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ihug.co.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 03:52:19 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.4.7 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:3741 In message <92jgmrFkucU1@mid.individual.net>, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: > On 07/05/2011 00:14, Steve Sobol wrote: > >> How many Honeycomb Tablets, I meant. I know there are a few out there, >> but am not sure how many others -- if any -- have hit the market in the >> past couple months. >> > Well, I hear that getting on for 100 are due to be released over the > next few months, almost all from Chinese companies. Honeycomb still seems to be a work in progress. Like the whole tablet market, really. Several vendors have persisted with releasing tablets running 2.x versions of Android, in spite of Google’s admission that these versions are not suited to tablets. (Contrast Microsoft’s strict control over Windows Phone: you can’t build a tablet running that, and that’s that.) And people have bought them. There have been some remarkable products coming in under the radar, like the discovery that the Nook Color is so easy to root, you just put a custom OS on the SD card and it will automatically boot from that. On top of which, B&N released an official software update to make it more explicitly Androidish. In short, if you only keep your eye out for big names and big ad campaigns, you’re going to miss the real innovation.