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When are the first Android computers set to come out?

Wow I had no clue. I've had the raspberry pi for a while but I wasn't aware I could install android on it! That being said I was more talking about installing android 4.4 in it. Or maybe using something like CM on it.... Mine is running raspbian.
 
uh touchscreen laptop and bluestacks anyone ;P or am i wrong to assume thats basically the same thing lol
 
uh touchscreen laptop and bluestacks anyone ;P or am i wrong to assume thats basically the same thing lol

Close! But no cigar. Bluestacks is more of an apk player than an actual os. A lot of apps won't run because the runtime isn't perfect.

I think your best bet is to get android x-86 or you could buy one of those cheap android laptops.. I'd root THAT (I'm usually against rooting but you need play store..) And throw on a custom ROM cuz their version is a plain old no go..
 
boyo1991 said:
uh touchscreen laptop and bluestacks anyone ;P or am i wrong to assume thats basically the same thing lol

Close! But no cigar. Bluestacks is more of an apk player than an actual os. A lot of apps won't run because the runtime isn't perfect.

I think your best bet is to get android x-86 or you could buy one of those cheap android laptops.. I'd root THAT (I'm usually against rooting but you need play store..) And throw on a custom ROM cuz their version is a plain old no go..
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Convert the original surface tab into a beast android tab....
 
EarlyMon said:
From a few years ago lol - http://www.pcworld.com/article/2084...w-all-in-one-pc-uses-android-not-windows.html
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Damn... Android seems to be able to run on a small amount of power.. Less ram, less power and less powerful processor. Then that on a desktop.

Also would it be possible for one to harness the power of ones phone and turn it into a computer? I mean some how make a way you can dock it to a monitor or TV and have an instant computer. It would use the phones memory and the android os. That is something I could actually see becoming a thing!
 
android on a laptop or pc personally i rather it stick on phones.

and thanks for that info on bluestacks.honestly i never tried many things on bluestacks because i thought android on a pc was pointless.

i had an asus that was android x86 until someone broke it.that was a beast,was never aware it could run wondows though.windows on a tablet though to me is like windows on a phone,epic fail lol
 
thekingsteven said:
Damn... Android seems to be able to run on a small amount of power.. Less ram, less power and less powerful processor. Then that on a desktop.

Also would it be possible for one to harness the power of ones phone and turn it into a computer? I mean some how make a way you can dock it to a monitor or TV and have an instant computer. It would use the phones memory and the android os. That is something I could actually see becoming a thing!
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You can plug your M8 into an hdmi port on a TV - pretty sure that you can control it will a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard. I'm trying to remember which of my phones I did that with a few years back, 2010 or 2011. I know that with my 2011 phone, I could plug it in to hdmi and control it via Bluetooth as well - with another phone lol.

With some models you can just mirror the screen to a Chromecast. Your M8 can do it with root. A number of models can do it with root actually.

A few years back, Motorola put out a few models that ran a specialized Ubuntu desktop if used with a matching dock.

http://www.amazon.com/PowerDock-Docking-Station-Motorola-Droid/dp/B00EYG1O8S

There are a number of similar things that have cropped up over the years.
 
EarlyMon said:
You can plug your M8 into an hdmi port on a TV - pretty sure that you can control it will a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard. I'm trying to remember which of my phones I did that with a few years back, 2010 or 2011. I know that with my 2011 phone, I could plug it in to hdmi and control it via Bluetooth as well - with another phone lol.

With some models you can just mirror the screen to a Chromecast. Your M8 can do it with root. A number of models can do it with root actually.

A few years back, Motorola put out a few models that ran a specialized Ubuntu desktop if used with a matching dock.

http://www.amazon.com/PowerDock-Docking-Station-Motorola-Droid/dp/B00EYG1O8S

There are a number of similar things that have cropped up over the years.
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I know about Chrome cast I do it all the time but the phone don't accept Bluetooth very well.
I was talking about something like the Motorola thing.
 
CrimsonToker said:
Fun fact: the higher your I.q. the more wrinkles that form in your brain. So you want to insult a moron without them understanding? Call them a smooth brain and walk away laughing at their bewilderment
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I would do that in high school all the time! People would would look at me like I was stupid, but on the inside I was laughing.
 
thekingsteven said:
Android is, if you think about it, Simply a skin on top of Linux.
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Linux is a kernel - and a slang name for GNU/Linux distributions using various X desktops.

Android is a compact, real-time Apache/Linux distribution + either a Dalvik Virtual Machine or the Android RunTime machine + apps that run in the machines and use Linux/system services

I don't think you want to think of Android as a skin on GNU/Linux lest you confuse yourself later.

In my opinion.
 
I have always thought of it as being built from Linux. Like at its heart it is Linux. My saying it is like a skin was off. But that's what I was told. By an uncle of mine that works with linux on a regular basis, so I never questioned his word!
 
Hmm... read some stuff and apparently android ice cream sandwich for the RPi is being worked on... time to get my pi set up again!
 
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