Intel publishes early build of Android 4.2.2 for x86

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/16/2013 10:12 AM | source: | 19 comment(s)

Intel has released an early build of the x86 version of Android 4.2.2. The release is intended solely for developers, Intel states on its website that the current build doesn't even meet its alpha release requirements, it's buggy and not highly optimized.
Intel does substantial work on Android to enable the mobile operating system to take advantage of its Atom processor and, like Google, it releases distributions under the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).

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Intel said that with Android 4.2.2, Android on Intel chips will only boot under UEFI mode and it told developers that it does not support dual booting with legacy BIOS installations, though it will allow dual-boot on devices running Windows 8. The firm said that the command line interface for the installer is "pretty crude", but also said it will be improved within the coming weeks.
At present, it's unknown when Android 4.2.2 will reach production release status for the x86 platform.

Major Changes:

    * UEFI Boot (legacy BIOS booting no longer supported)
    * Android 4.2.2
    * Linux 3.8.0 kernel
* Interactive Installer / Win8 Dual-Boot
* Gummiboot boot loader (SYSLINUX no longer supported)
* Mesa rebased onto freedesktop upstream
* Signed kernel modules
* Unified Installer for all platforms except Samsung xe700t

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sykozis

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#4556137 Posted on: 03/17/2013 10:13 PM

i use this because im too cheap to buy a tablet. i want to get one though looking at galaxy tab 3 if its really going to release at 150$. you can use bluestacks to sync your mobile device to it as well so you dont lose anything. i was just playing some castle defense game on it while watching a movie. good stuff works great.

Don't feel bad... A lot of us are too cheap to buy tablets. I'm waiting for there to be a quality tablet in the $100-150 range...

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#4556196 Posted on: 03/17/2013 11:10 PM

Don't feel bad... A lot of us are too cheap to buy tablets. I'm waiting for there to be a quality tablet in the $100-150 range...

nice thats my price range too. any more doesn't even seem worth it. i am also going to get a tablet so i can keep my basic phone. data plans seem like such a massive waste of cash right now. about 30ish bucks per month for internet speeds i had in like 2005-2006 with a data cap? **** that.

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#4556205 Posted on: 03/17/2013 11:22 PM

Don't feel bad... A lot of us are too cheap to buy tablets. I'm waiting for there to be a quality tablet in the $100-150 range...

Nexus 7 is rather cheap and is built very well. Runner up would be the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0.

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#4556248 Posted on: 03/18/2013 12:20 AM

Don't feel bad... A lot of us are too cheap to buy tablets. I'm waiting for there to be a quality tablet in the $100-150 range...

HP Touchpad was in that price range, I got two of them, great tablet and running Jellybean.

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#4556396 Posted on: 03/18/2013 04:33 AM

Nexus 7 is rather cheap and is built very well. Runner up would be the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0.

deltatux

i was thinking about the nexus 7 but its about 199-250$ and for essentially playing games on the toilet and words with friends and such from the couch and whatnot i would rather spend hundreds of dollars on a gpu or something. or hell a couple more bucks and a next gen console. 100-150 is more of my comfort spot. the galaxy tab 3 has pretty nice specs and is rumored to be about 150$ on release. if that is true i will probably jump on that.

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