[GTALUG] the wicked waste that is closed Android hardware

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Daniel Villarreal <youcanlinux at gmail.com>

| On 05/14/2016 11:59 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
| > Factory Direct ... Hobo Arc HD for $119 (with a coupon).

| AFAIK, one of the developers is based in YYZ. George, you lurking on
| the list?

I think that the Android device team was let go a while back.
Rakuten/Kobo still support the Kobo Android application but there is
not even a pretense of support for Kobo Arc or Vox Android tablets 
devices.  Think of the known security holes revealed since they went dark.

It's a bit sad.  I have a Vox and an Arc 7HD.

| Had you seen this?
| https://github.com/kobolabs

Not sure what that is there and what is missing.

- it includes a lot of QT stuff

- it includes the kernels for Arc10HD and so on.
  There's a claim that that is the total of GPL code
  which seems questionable (surely there is GPL beyond
  the kernel).

- some other interesting things like calibre, busybox, and more.

| http://www.uscoffings.net/clc/tech/embedded/kobo-touch/

Interesting.  About the ereaders, not the (Android) tablets.

Useful.  Thanks.