RE: Notes on Mirage meeting - 11 Sep

[Christopher Greenhalgh <Chris.Greenhalgh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 16 September 2013 15:05 Anil Madhavapeddy [mailto:anil@xxxxxxxxxx] wrote:

> A newbie question in return from someone who's never owned an Android: what's 
> the best tablet I can buy that is easy to develop for and test your patches 
> under?  I can rotate it into the OCamlot pool [1] when it's stable too...

Android devices with a "google" badge are usually a good bet for development, 
e.g. you can be confident of unlocking the boot loader - they are the devices 
google uses to drive evolution in the platform. 

Currently I'm working with a Google Nexus 7 (i.e. 7 in tablet); there are 
versions with & without GSM. I believe its made by asus. I know that its 
USB-OTG support works (which I need). Larger format would be the Google Nexus 
10, which is completely different hardware, possibly made by Samsung (can't 
remember). But anything reasonably supported by custom firmware (e.g. 
http://www.cyanogenmod.org/ ) is likely to be ok.

Cheers
Chris

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