> either Android (AOSP), Linux or some variant If it's a portable device with connectivity and a battery Android is the only choice if you want to ship it on a

> either Android (AOSP), Linux or some variant If it's a portable device with connectivity and a battery Android is the only choice if you want to ship it on any reasonable timeline. Even going a Linux route you'll burn months just getting power management and wifi/cellular working to an acceptable (not even great) level, so much struggle with poor to no driver support. I'd love it if there was a better Linux solution because Android certainly isn't without some pitfalls but from my experience Android is the only viable way to ship a device like this today, not even Linux is a viable option.