I'm calling this a "technical review" because I'm not going to spend much time talking about using Android on this device. The reason for that will become apparent.
I recently purchased two "Android TV" boxes from aliexpress, for investigation and general hackery.
You can buy these from various online vendors …
This letter is my plea and suggestion to Wondermedia, although the theme applies to similar tech companies as well.
(If any fluent speaker can translate this into Chinese for me, I'd very much appreciate it!)
Congratulations on your WM8505 system-on-a-chip. In 2005, a "$100 laptop" was a …
Telstra have issued a PR statement about their GPL compliance. The statement is a promising sign, but I'm afraid it is somewhat misguided.
Update 9/11: Today Netgem have posted a new version of their GPL source, labelled "T-Box". I've also been contacted personally today by a Telstra representative about …
I've been investigating Telstra's T-Hub "home phone of the future". The T-Hub is built with open source software, but Telstra do not seem to be honouring any of their legal copyright or licensing obligations.
Update 3: "Telstra frees T-Hub open source code"
Update 2, 9 Feb: Telstra have posted information …
This year a slew of companies have launched competing Android tablet devices. A lot of rhetoric has been spun about how Android's open source ecosystem gives manufacturers and consumers an advantage.
Android is open source; it can be liberally extended to incorporate new cutting edge technologies as they emerge. The …