some ereaders do use android, my old onyx did, but honestly i much prefer the dedicated solution kobo has. they could use android, but if they’ve got the resources to make their own os targeting their actual use case instead of cramming a mobile phone os in there, why wouldn’t they? even their os has too much cruft for my taste, but it is a lot less than an android ereader.
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lowleveldata@programming.dev 7 months ago
Why can’t they just use Android. I have books on all kinds of book stores.
juliebean@lemm.ee 7 months ago
MonkderDritte@feddit.de 7 months ago
Onyx and Kobo do. But their battery life is way inferior to PocketBook, which uses Linux.
hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
I’m not aware of any Kobo using Android.
IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 7 months ago
All kobos use a custom OS built on Android…8 (lol). Its not recognizable as Android, but it is the base.
hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
I’m dubious Android even serves as a base for Kobo’s OS. I’ve seen no evidence to support that claim.
MonkderDritte@feddit.de 7 months ago
Since Kobo rebrands as Tolino too and one i had years ago was clearly some sort of Android, i think they are still? Maybe more locked down and under the hood?
hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
Tolinos use different processors precisely because they run Android, while Kobos do not.
targetx@programming.dev 7 months ago
Using Calibre you could probably glue that together. I wouldn’t want Android on an ereader personally.
huginn@feddit.it 7 months ago
hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
Kobo? No. They have their own firmware.