I tried android 3.0 on my Nook color tablet ... All i can say about it is if
you are going to spend $499 + on an android tablet. Just save yourself the
trouble and get an ipad. If you are going to spend less than $299 on an
android tablet. go ahead if you can find one capable of running 3.0 :)

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:37 PM, McTim <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > On 28 July 2011 21:11, Kyle Spencer <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > AFAIK the latest Android is not open-source.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Then your knowledge is not right. Linux is still open source - honest.
>
> The news about his came out in March, it's a fairly nuanced thing:
>
>
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/24/google_will_not_open_source_android_honeycomb_on_release_of_first_devices/
> :
>
>
> "Android 3.0, Honeycomb, was designed from the ground up for devices
> with larger screen sizes and improves on Android favorites such as
> widgets, multi-tasking, browsing, notifications and customization," a
> company spokesman told us. "While we’re excited to offer these new
> features to Android tablets, we have more work to do before we can
> deliver them to other device types including phones. Until then, we’ve
> decided not to release Honeycomb to open source."
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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