ouch ... Arm vs Mips CPU

[Marmor]

some "new" Devices comes now with a cheap Price but beware its coming with a MIPS CPU !

http://www.cect-shop.com/Ainol-Novo-7-Paladin-40-ICS_p1613_x2.htm

I'll guess Glb Programms will not run but i've heard some rumors about a internal wrapper in the device .

What you think about ?

[bigsofty]

I like the looks of this little device, its cheap, very cheap and yet the specs are quite good.

[Kitty Hello]

the games seem to use ARM native code.So, maybe it works?

[Kuron]

The chip in that device sounds really decent:

http://obscurehandhelds.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/ingenic-launch-their-new-soc-the-jz4770-with-3d-video-acceleration/

[okee]

This one looks better though for a few extra dollars
http://android-sale.com/ainol-novo7-first-android-ice-cream-sandwich-tablet.html
$109 + about $29 shipping
HDMI port, 2 cameras, and buttons on the front.

Although this reviewer installed 40 apps and only 8 worked.
Anyone know what needs to be done on the developers side to get apps working on a  MIPS processor

[bigsofty]

I think its the same one?

AFAIK the MIPS CPU has a different RISC op-code set, so no NDK. 

[okee]

AFAIK the MIPS CPU has a different RISC op-code set, so no NDK.

There is a MIPS android NDK


http://developer.mips.com/android/download-android-ndk/

[bigsofty]

There is a MIPS android NDK


http://developer.mips.com/android/download-android-ndk/

Cool, well it is doable then, as the APK spec can handle multiple platform specific binaries too. Geront may need to do his compiler magic at some point in the future. But I don't think it's needed yet as the devices are still pretty thin on the ground for now. But at that price for a capacitive screened pad, they could really take off IMHO.