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    News - Dell teases 7in tablet

    Company CEO pulls out new device, but details are thin on the ground.
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    Re: News - Dell teases 7in tablet

    The problem is that Google won't allow Android Marketplace on devices which don't have a phone in them - their idea was probably to keep that userspace for GoogleOS and/or their own tablet.

    This is killing android tablets for now IMO
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    Re: News - Dell teases 7in tablet

    Is it possible to put a Windows/Linux OS on these?

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    Re: News - Dell teases 7in tablet

    No.

    Android doesn't run on x86 hardware and Windows doesn't run on the Marvell/Qualcom/ARM/Samsung hardware used for mobile phones or mobile phone derived tablets.

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    Re: News - Dell teases 7in tablet

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    Android doesn't run on x86 hardware...
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    Re: News - Dell teases 7in tablet

    Standard Android doesn't though. Yes it's open source so a a built could be made available for any platform they want to port it to, but the Google builds are not for x86.

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    Re: News - Dell teases 7in tablet

    Google doesn't do any of the builds, the device manufacturer builds and customises android for each device. I think it would be fair to say that Google actively supports, tests, and optimises for ARM, but it is generic enough that it will run anywhere Linux supports, should any device manufacturer care to use non-ARM hardware.
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