Comments on: Vega: The Kitchen-Friendly, In-Home Android Device

By: Andriod Buffet

Andriod Buffet — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:34:14 +0000

http://source.android.com/faqs.html#compatibility

By: Andriod Buffet

Andriod Buffet — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:30:24 +0000

Since there was no Android Compatibility Definition Document for 2.0 they made a best effort against 1.6 which requires devices to be equipped with a cellular radio. As of Android 2.1 the CDD does not require a cellular radio.

By: noneya

noneya — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:59:57 +0000

one word…femtocell.

By: barry99705

barry99705 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:21:30 +0000

@SL

They don’t make capacitive touch screens that big yet. Keeps the cost down.

By: Cybersedan

Cybersedan — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:42:25 +0000

I’m waiting to hear what the hell it does, forget what kind of connection options it has. What enriched functions will it provide in the home or on the road?

By: basschica

basschica — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:12:33 +0000

I 3rd the anti 3G on it. If it’s a kitchen device, my home already has broadband, like most anyone else (or well anyone that might want a device like this in their kitchen). Secondly, I am sick of integrated crappy webcams. Seriously, if it isn’t HD, don’t put it in my screen so you can jack up the price for this “feature” of a camera that sucks. The only value of that camera is if someone writes an app (like the shopping ones currently on Android) that would instead scan the barcodes of what you’re cooking so you can make a grocery list. I guess that *might* be useful in the kitchen. About the only use I have a for a “computer” in my kitchen is to pull up a recipe on recipezaar or similar…which I do with my netbook anyway. Like the author said, this thing better be controlling lights and doing automation, in which case it needs to be smaller, cheaper and wall mount designed so I can have them in multiple rooms. Home automation on a household level is a great idea and it hasn’t been fully implemented at reasonable prices by anyone. I don’t get the niche for this device as it stands based on the press release and trust me, I love gadgets.

By: chewtoy

chewtoy — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:56:39 +0000

Why are most people on the android fan sites so short-sited?

They shouldn’t be taking *out* functionality, they should be adding it.

If you don’t want the cell bill, don’t hook up the cell service. “Problem” solved.

What should they really have added to this device’s specs?

For starters:
1. An FM tuner or HD FM tuner.
2. A more varied media card reader — it’s great that you can read microSD, but on a device that’ll spend a lot of time propped on a counter it seems very short-sighted not to expect consumers to want to slide their existing camera storage cards into the device — and most of those are still not microSD. The obvious choice would have been to at least make it a full-size SD slot instead of microSD, since microSD can slide into a full-sized SD slot.
3. A better front-facing camera. 1.3Mp? C’mon…

By: Vlad

Vlad — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:55:54 +0000

I wish they remove all the cellular and 2G/3G garbage from there and sell everywhere. WiFi – all it needs! I’d be first to buy this thing, if it had nothing to do with the cell service providers.

By: SL

SL — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:33:25 +0000

What’s with the resistive screen ?

By: David

David — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:05:37 +0000

I am curious why they think this needs to have a cellular connection. It does seem like it will be a mobile device you are carrying with you. Can’t it just make use of the user’s wireless router for its internet connection? It seems like they make the cost go up considerably by using the cellular service. Also, as we saw with Verizon’s device, people aren’t rushing to pay for another line of service just to have an in-home device.