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Some Chinese "researchers" reskinned Android, then released it without the source and claimed that it's a new OS they developed from the ground up. Nothing inte

Some Chinese "researchers" reskinned Android, then released it without the source and claimed that it's a new OS they developed from the ground up. Nothing interesting.

fharper1961 13y ago
I think what's interesting, is if the Chinese consumers will buy it in large numbers, or not. The future of Android will be very different depending on what happens in China.
- w1ntermute 13y ago
  I don't think it will be that big of a deal. "Android" doesn't really exist in China. All those Chinese Android users are really using AOSP with all the Google apps and services replaced by Chinese equivalents. The phones aren't branded as Android, they don't have access to the Play Store, etc.
shubb 13y ago
Why are people incredulous that China could produce an operating system? They have the skilled labor to do it. I can get incredulity that they would want to - a chinese certified security inspected android/linux would do what is needed for less money. The US have security checked versions of opensource projects, and it would seem the best way to go. But government mandated projects produce not invented here solutions from time to time. I write the above, but I think this isn't an argument about whether China could code an OS, or whether they would code it from scratch rather than basing it on opensource components. I think a lot of Americans are uncomfortable with the idea of China designing what it manufactures, because 'what would we do'. Inevitably, as number of scientists and engineers in China, India, etc increases, more of this kind of work will be done elsewhere, but that doesn't mean the amount done in America has to decrease. The world can just do twice as much inventing, and the speed of progress can double. Or, y'know, you guys could pivot to Asia, and we can have a 3rd world war. I've seen fox news a couple times, so I'll be in my basement checking my water reserves.
- riffraff 13y ago
  I am not from the US but even for me: if it runs angry birds it seems way more likely this is a reskinned android than a ground up compatible rewrite.
- weland 13y ago
  I'm rather incredulous that they built something which can run Java (they either have a Linux compatibility layer for it, or they built a JVM from scratch) and display HTML5. The skilled labour to do it they definitely have, it's time that I doubt they have. That being said, I've seen enough Chinese-made products to know that the Made in China meme doesn't do all of them justice. Some of the things they build are remarkable; they have very good people doing microelectronics, RF and high-speed digital designs.

Some Chinese "researchers" reskinned Android, then released it without the source and claimed that it's a new OS they developed from the ground up. Nothing interesting.

fharper1961 13y ago

I think what's interesting, is if the Chinese consumers will buy it in large numbers, or not. The future of Android will be very different depending on what happens in China.

w1ntermute 13y ago
I don't think it will be that big of a deal. "Android" doesn't really exist in China. All those Chinese Android users are really using AOSP with all the Google apps and services replaced by Chinese equivalents. The phones aren't branded as Android, they don't have access to the Play Store, etc.

shubb 13y ago

Why are people incredulous that China could produce an operating system? They have the skilled labor to do it. I can get incredulity that they would want to - a chinese certified security inspected android/linux would do what is needed for less money. The US have security checked versions of opensource projects, and it would seem the best way to go. But government mandated projects produce not invented here solutions from time to time. I write the above, but I think this isn't an argument about whether China could code an OS, or whether they would code it from scratch rather than basing it on opensource components. I think a lot of Americans are uncomfortable with the idea of China designing what it manufactures, because 'what would we do'. Inevitably, as number of scientists and engineers in China, India, etc increases, more of this kind of work will be done elsewhere, but that doesn't mean the amount done in America has to decrease. The world can just do twice as much inventing, and the speed of progress can double. Or, y'know, you guys could pivot to Asia, and we can have a 3rd world war. I've seen fox news a couple times, so I'll be in my basement checking my water reserves.

riffraff 13y ago
I am not from the US but even for me: if it runs angry birds it seems way more likely this is a reskinned android than a ground up compatible rewrite.
weland 13y ago
I'm rather incredulous that they built something which can run Java (they either have a Linux compatibility layer for it, or they built a JVM from scratch) and display HTML5. The skilled labour to do it they definitely have, it's time that I doubt they have. That being said, I've seen enough Chinese-made products to know that the Made in China meme doesn't do all of them justice. Some of the things they build are remarkable; they have very good people doing microelectronics, RF and high-speed digital designs.