[olug] Contemplating an iPad.

[T. J. Brumfield]

One solution is to get that $150 tablet, root it, and flash it with a
different build of Android.

Either pull it from SVN and compile it yourself, or even look at a nice
modified version like this:

http://www.cyanogenmod.com/

<http://www.cyanogenmod.com/>-- T. J.

On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:

> Ok, it looks like the iPad will fill my needs (PDA, PDF/ebook viewer,
> remote access, etc).
>
> I was hoping to play with developing some small apps, but
> unfortunately the language I'd like to do this in (Java) is not
> available on the iPad (Apple and Steve Jobs, not a technical reason).
>
> Since I'm also looking at getting an Android based phone in the next
> 6-8 months and the preferred Android development platform is Java
> (
> http://mobiforge.com/developing/story/getting-started-with-android-development
> ),
> I'm thinking an Android tablet is starting to make sense.
>
> But...
>
> It seems that most of the Android based tablets are either "coming
> soon", or are too small to be a decent reader (the Dell Streak looks
> promising, but too small and low res).
>
> The $150 tablet that was seen at K-Mart in the past few weeks
> (
> http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/08/08/1727223/Kmart-Briefly-Offers-149-Android-Tablet?from=rss
> ),
> but apparently it is not licensed to get apps from the Google Android
> app store, so I'm hesitant if it has any future.
>
> Are there any others that I'm missing that are out there now?
>
> Dan
>
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