[GTALUG] the wicked waste that is closed Android hardware

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

Factory Direct is selling the Hobo Arc HD for $119 (with a coupon).

On paper, this is great hardware. It has a 10" 2560x1600 pixel IPS 
display!  Just like my Nexus 10.

The Kobo comes with Android 4.2 and is frozen in time at 4.2.2.  The Nexus 
10 gets frequent updates (but not to Andoid 6).

No third party firmware projects seem to exist for the Kobo.

So this wonderful hardware cannot be recommended.

Most Andoid devices seem to be abandoned way too young.  Nexus devices 
have a better track record.  If a device is well supported by Cyanogen Mod 
then there is real hope.