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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Marc Randolph <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mrand@pobox.com">mrand@pobox.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="h5">On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Andrew Close <<a href="mailto:aclose@gmail.com">aclose@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 3:49 AM, Brian <<a href="mailto:coszmos@gmail.com">coszmos@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Nick Rout <<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>>><br>>>> In the "could be a step towards another front end approcah"<br>
>>> department, I found this via LXer.com:<br>>>><br>>>> Viosoft Corp. is shipping an Android development kit for MIPS-based<br>>>> digital multimedia designs, with a special focus on IP set-top boxes<br>
>>> (STBs). The Android Adoption Kit combines Sigma Designs' SMP8654-based<br>>>> Vantage 8654 Development Platform with a version of Viosoft's Arriba<br>>>> IDE/Debugger optimized for Android on MIPS, says the company.<br>
>>><br>>>><br>>>> <a href="http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Viosoft-and-Sigma-Designs-Android-Adoption-Kit-for-MIPS/?kc=rss" target="_blank">http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Viosoft-and-Sigma-Designs-Android-Adoption-Kit-for-MIPS/?kc=rss</a><br>
><br>>><br>>> It looks like there is some progress on this front:<br>>> <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5495856/a-google-tv-set+top-box-is-coming?skyline=true&s=i" target="_blank">http://gizmodo.com/5495856/a-google-tv-set+top-box-is-coming?skyline=true&s=i</a><br>
>><br>>> <late night rambles><br>>><br>>> I've been seeing a bunch of these development kits based on arm and atom<br>>> running ubuntu at work. They all have accelerated graphics and are low<br>
>> power and fairly mature so it's only a matter of time until they hit the<br>>> market.. These are tiny machines which can be embedded in any type of<br>>> device.<br>>><br>>> I refuse :) to ponder what impact these ubiquitous devices will have on our<br>
>> hobby. It will be interesting to see how a corporate entity that relies on<br>>> ads deals with the presentation.<br>>><br>>> I have a G1 and I'm still on the fence about everything. On one side I'm<br>
>> using my own custom firmware, but on the other hand I'm still using their<br>>> services. I'm not sure if I want all of these services available on my tv,<br>>> but it sure would be nice to ditch the cable company.<br>
>><br>>> </rambles><br>>><br>>> Cheers,<br>>> Brian<br>><br>> didn't Google, Intel and somebody else just announce another settopbox<br>> alliance based on Android and the Atom processor? hopefully it will<br>
> be hackable. :)<br><br></div></div>I assume you're talking about Intel and Nokia... I don't think it<br>included Google:<br><br>"Intel and Nokia are merging their open source Linux operating systems<br>to create a MeeGo OS, designed for mobile devices ranging from<br>
handhelds to netbooks. Hosted by the Linux Foundation, MeeGo builds<br>upon the core from the Intel-backed Moblin technology and adds Nokia's<br>Maemo middleware elements, as well as Nokia's Qt application<br>framework."<br>
<br>(from <a href="http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Intel-and-Nokia-MeeGo/" target="_blank">http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Intel-and-Nokia-MeeGo/</a>)<br><font color="#888888"><br> Marc<br></font>
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