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Originally Posted by ottischwenk
No - there are different versions, which have to be adapted to the existing hardware
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Allwinner provides the Linux kernel for their SOC, that kernel is used amongst others for android. That kernel can be downloaded on
git.
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Originally Posted by ottischwenk
The result is the crap that the developer envisioned as good handling, but which in my experience never really fits
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I have no complaints for their UI and tools, they are pretty much intuitive and work. Can they be improved? Sure, but so can anything else.
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Originally Posted by ottischwenk
loss of freedom & privacy?
On Android you can choose the application you want and are happy with.
For me, that is freedom - not the compulsion of a single application that can hardly be adjusted to one's own needs.
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You can do that on Pocketbook today, you can install eg koreader and set that as default for any or all formats. There are quite a few projects on git for pocketbooks and all of those are made possible precisely because of the linux underpinnings of the device's operating system and as I said, having android in itself is no guarantee you'll get an Open system, you would need a store and google imposes restrictions and rules on which devices they allow to come bundled with it. There ARE alternative stores, but they all have their trade-offs.
As for standards for e-ink devices in Android...
this might provide some more background.