Honeycomb will work on cheaper tablets!

Posted by Charbax – February 14, 2011

I got this confirmed from a source at Google (to remain anonymous) that Honeycomb will likely work just fine on all the cheaper tablets, such as the ARM Cortex-A8 ones like Archos and even the super cheap ones with Rockchip ARM9 or Telechips ARM11 processors. We’re all set for disruptive Android Tablet future with no need to be member of a “high-end special club” to get Honeycomb and especially to be allowed the Google Marketplace and all Google Apps. Google are to update the compatibility guidelines for devices to be Google Marketplace compatible and they “simply” add more filters to prevent consumer confusion.

I’ll try to get this confirmed and explained on video by some Google representatives during the Mobile World Congress.

  • Warrenbzf

    Breaking news, 20 kiloton explosion created during successful test of the new atom bomb! The next bombs are being named “Google Voice” and “White Space”. The war looks to be almost over.

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  • Xd

    Do you not realize how broken the Rockchip video drivers for rending graphics? Just try loading Gallery3D onto the RK2818. The TCC8902 will do fine, but the RK2818 is not going to make it.

  • Anonymous

    I suspect some of the glossy GPU powered effects may be lost on the ARM9 and ARM11 chips tho. Still, Rockchip was going Cortex soon?

  • Anonymous

    Nook Color runs AOSP 3.0 preview for more than 2 weeks now. That is, earlier than “officially” first Honeycomb device (Moto Xoom) for full 4 days. It’s based on the single core TI OMAP3621 SoC, actually, very similar to what Droid 2/X are using. With no SGX530/DSP/ hardware acceleration and Renderscript working (yet) it shows decent Quadrants in the area of 2000…2100 if compared to Xoom’s 1823 glimpsed at one video.
    Your anonymous Google source is probably the owner of Nook Color.

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