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Google never had any qualms with releasing phone-centric Android code that anyone could squeeze onto a tablet. Why not release a tablet-centric version that any

Google never had any qualms with releasing phone-centric Android code that anyone could squeeze onto a tablet. Why not release a tablet-centric version that anyone could attempt to squeeze onto a phone? I am fairly sure they did have qualms [1], and that is exactly why Google is doing this now. 1: http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/google-android-not-optimised-for-tablets--715550 http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobil...

njs12345 16y ago
To prevent this surely Google could just make the terms under which a 3rd party can distribute the closed-source bundled Android apps (Maps, Market, GMail and so on) more restrictive. By doing that they could essentially prevent anyone from shipping a fully functional build of Android commercially without their permission while keeping the source for Honeycomb open and not impacting on hobbyists..