On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 08:20:01AM -0500, Sean Dague wrote: > > Given its pedigree, I'd want to pressure-wash the OS& apps before > > typing in my first password. I'm not really up for a major software > > project, though, and can barely pronounce "Android" with a straight > > face. > > > > Suggestions? Brickbats? > > > > Thanks ... > > That screen is probably the same panel as is in the Nook Tablet, which > is pretty hackable to get it back to generic Android (or, if it's just > datasheets, should work out of the box). If I was putting down my own > money, I'd spend a little more and go that direction. > > I've only see tears and pain come from random chinese vendors here. The > thing to remember is that the silicon manufacturers are typically > delivering the android build to the device manufacturers, often without > source code for many of their devices. So you can't assume that you can > just wipe it down to something generic, because there may be no open > drivers to do that with.
The Ainol stuff is a) wacky chinese variants of the firmware, and b) *mips based*. That means a LARGE quantity of apps from the market simply will not run. Anything that uses native code, which is a surprisingly large amount of things, won't be able to run on the mips processor. I'd avoid the pain. Also the screen on the Paladin model is just plain wacky - when it's been running for a while the capacitance detectors get wonky and it goes nuts. At least the one my friend has does. -m -- Mike Kershaw/Dragorn <[email protected]> GPG Fingerprint: 3546 89DF 3C9D ED80 3381 A661 D7B2 8822 738B BDB1 "I've heard that a tablespoon of local bee honey works wonders with plant allergies. Maybe a tablespoon of cat honey would help with a cat allergy. Just be careful getting into the hive, they're fierce in protecting the queen, and will sometime paralyze and lay eggs in captured intruders."
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