Re:CyanogenMod 7 On the HP TouchPad
by fpgeek on Monday August 29, 2011 @06:53AM
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Google claims that they're release the source for Ice Cream Sandwich (due before the end of the year), so we'll know one way or another soon enough.
That being said, I think Google is probably right about Honeycomb not being ready for public release. In particular, the amount of trouble they've had modifying Honeycomb to handle 7-inch tablets (and based on the reviews of the Acer Iconia A100 they've failed so far - last I heard Kindle doesn't work!) is a pretty serious indictment of Honeycomb. Especially when you consider that pre-Honeycomb, Android didn't have any trouble handling screen sizes that differed by a similar margin (consider a 4.3 or 4.5" flagship handset vs a small phone or Blackberry-style form factor).
That being said, I think Google is probably right about Honeycomb not being ready for public release. In particular, the amount of trouble they've had modifying Honeycomb to handle 7-inch tablets (and based on the reviews of the Acer Iconia A100 they've failed so far - last I heard Kindle doesn't work!) is a pretty serious indictment of Honeycomb. Especially when you consider that pre-Honeycomb, Android didn't have any trouble handling screen sizes that differed by a similar margin (consider a 4.3 or 4.5" flagship handset vs a small phone or Blackberry-style form factor).