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Dell's Mini 5 will run on unreleased Android
THE RUMOUR MILL is saying that Dell's upcoming Mini 5 tablet will run on a currently unreleased version of Google's Linux-based Android operating system.
According to Engadget, the tablet device will run on a new version the increasingly popular Android OS that has never been seen in the wild before.
The prototype models of the Snapdragon-powered Mini 5 run on build number 1.6 or Donut. However an unnamed Dell staff member told Engadget that the final product will run "something newer".
The tablet will have Flash support, which is a technology feat that Apple could not manage without damaging Steve Jobs' ego. Since it has Flash it would appear to indicate that the handheld device will be running on at least a 2.0 build of the Android. The next version, dubbed Froyo, is also a possibility.
Anyway whatever Android version the Mini 5 does end up shipping with, the word is that the tablet will be fully upgradable.
The Dell Mini 5 is expected to launch "in a few months." No specific price has been announced, but the WiFi and 3G friendly device could cost more than $1,000.
Apple fanboys might point out that its Ipad will be half that price. However Dell's machine will be a PC, not a netbook, and will have a multi-tasking operating system, not an Iphone OS. µ
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Steves ego? From a cross plattform point of view both Flash & Silverlight are roadblocks. They do not fit well with other WEB development languages. Time will show if video tags in HTML5 & Javascript / JavaFX can replace Flash dependence. I hope so.
does the person that wrote this have a clue. dude, really. you shame the net with this being the top post on google for dell mini 5
Considering that pretty much every Cortex-A8 type SoC's per unit costs pin the pricing at $150-350 per device on the BoM- I doubt that $1000 is that price-point if it's an ARM device with Android as the OS distribution. Retail cost on a BeagleBoard is $150 and you have everything except the display and battery system with that device there.
Regardless of the in-fighting between designer and manufacturer, the Joo Joo Tablet has iPad beat on a number of features 'Bonsai'. Take a look at
https://thejoojoo.com/
Apple's only strength is its App Store which it copied (as usual) off of the open source app store for installing your own apps on unlocked iPhones!
most of the commenter are missing what the article stated... it will be a wifi AND 3G capable tablet... if this is true and you could get it unlocked... im in..
id love to get an all in one solution.. tablet.. and phone.. with a nice size screen... one thing that has had me hold off on the new android phones is the fact that your still looking at a 3 each screen.. they are tempting but not enough..
That seems very unlikely. Apple's tablet probably costs around or below $200 to produce, I dont see what would make the Dell mini more expensive, unless it uses some exotic screen tech.
So you write in another article that the iPad will be 'easy to beat' and all you can come up with is some Android device at twice the price with a fraction of available applications and the only thing going for it is Flash?
Very disappointing.
"Dell's machine will be a PC, not a netbook, and will have a multi-tasking operating system, not an Iphone OS"...
Wonderful. quite a noteworthy comment.
Apple fanbois, bring it on!