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minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoOnyx and Kobo do. But their battery life is way inferior to PocketBook, which uses naked Linux.
minus-squarehamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI’m not aware of any Kobo using Android.
minus-squareIrritableOcelot@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAll kobos use a custom OS built on Android…8 (lol). Its not recognizable as Android, but it is the base.
minus-squarehamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoI’m dubious Android even serves as a base for Kobo’s OS. I’ve seen no evidence to support that claim. EDIT: if you are referring to Tolinos, they are not simple rebrands of Kobos.
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSince 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?
minus-squarehamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoTolinos use different processors precisely because they run Android, while Kobos do not.
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoRight, now i remember reading about that. Which is why i got an Onyx then. Thanks!
Onyx and Kobo do. But their battery life is way inferior to PocketBook, which uses naked Linux.
I’m not aware of any Kobo using Android.
All kobos use a custom OS built on Android…8 (lol). Its not recognizable as Android, but it is the base.
I’m dubious Android even serves as a base for Kobo’s OS. I’ve seen no evidence to support that claim.
EDIT: if you are referring to Tolinos, they are not simple rebrands of Kobos.
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?
Tolinos use different processors precisely because they run Android, while Kobos do not.
Right, now i remember reading about that. Which is why i got an Onyx then. Thanks!