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Mesada Flexiview FV-1 "AndroidTV" Technical Review

Mesada Flexiview FV-1 “AndroidTV” Technical Review

By angus on January 9, 2012

First part: a general review of the “Mesada Flexiview FV-1″ cheap “Android TV” box. Second part: in-depth technical teardown, and discussion.

Posted in Techy | Tagged android, androidtv, arm, fv-1, linux, open source, shanzhai | 27 Responses

Open Letter to Wondermedia Technologies

By angus on November 28, 2010

This letter is my plea and suggestion to Wondermedia. If they open up their resources to the community, vendors will be able to ship better products and they will sell more units. At no extra cost to them.

Posted in Talky | Tagged android, eken m001 tablet, linux, open source, shanzhai, wm8505 | 10 Responses

More on Telstra, T-Box & GPL

By angus on November 8, 2010

Telstra have issued a PR statement about their GPL compliance. The statement is a promising sign, but I’m afraid it is somewhat misguided.

Posted in Talky | Tagged linux, open source, telstra | 13 Responses

Telstra violating GPL in their T-Hub product

Telstra violating GPL in their T-Hub product

By angus on November 7, 2010

I’ve been investigating Telstra’s T-Hub “home phone of the future”. The T-Hub is built with open source software, but Telstra do not seem to be honouring any of their legal copyright or licensing obligations.

Posted in Talky | Tagged linux, open source, telstra | 27 Responses

The Sad State of Open Source in Android tablets

By angus on July 25, 2010

This year a slew of companies have launched competing Android tablet devices. A lot of rhetoric has been spun about how Android’s open source ecosystem gives manufacturers and consumers an advantage. Android is open source; it can be liberally extended to incorporate new cutting edge technologies as they emerge. The platform will continue to evolve [...]

Posted in Talky | Tagged android, linux, open source, shanzhai | 53 Responses

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