Google Android boss Andy Rubin has finally made it clear: Google Android 3.x Honeycomb source code will not be released to the public. The company has been making the source code available to some tablet manufacturers, but while source code for all earlier versions of Android were eventually added to the Android Open Source Project […]
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Android 3.0 Honeycomb to run on MIPS architecture
ARM may be hogging the limelight these days with its designs for low power chips used in everything from tablets to smartphones to cable boxes. But ARM isn’t the only game in town. Chip designer MIPS recently announced that it’s working to port Google Android 3.0 to run on devices with MIPS architecture. Google hasn’t […]
Some Android 3.0 code hits the Android Open Source Project
Google has made the unusual decision to hold off on publicly releasing the source code for Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb, at least until the company decides the OS is ready to run properly on a wide range of devices. But that hasn’t stopped certain pieces of Honeycomb source from hitting the public. Last week Asus […]
Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb source code remaining closed for now
Google has made a habit of releasing the source code for each version of its Android operating system within days or weeks of the day when the first products start shipping with the OS. But while the Motorola XOOM tablet with Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb has been available for weeks, the Honeycomb source code has […]
Samsung unveils TouchWiz user interface for Android 3.0 tablets
Samsung has unveiled a new version of its TouchWiz user interface for Android. TouchWiz 4 is designed specifically for Android tablets running Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb, making it the first custom user interface set to run on top of Google’s new tablet operating system.The first tablets to use the new TouchWiz software will be the […]