On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 08:58, Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > > Probably some kind of Android tablet. Amazon just announced > the $200 Kindle Fire, based on Android - while that probably > has the appropriate hardware, it may be locked as a walled > garden media platform.
Yes, but their technical folks are on paper saying that they fully expect it to get rooted, and they are not really stressed about that fact. Which suggests that they are just shrugging, probably cutting off warranty support for a rooted device, and not investing in stopping you taking full control of the system. Which, personally, I would totally do to any Android device given the ability to do so. Third party firmwares like CyanogenMOD have been much better than vendor firmwares - and while Amazon are unproven, and more invested than most, I don't have that much greater faith. Daniel -- ♲ Made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
