Android on a TI-Nspire CX?

u/-florian66- June 25, 2015, 01:58:28 PM

It could be good to have Android on our Nspire

u/novenary June 26, 2015, 10:16:25 PM

Quote from: DarkestEx on June 23, 2015, 08:45:14 PM
That doesn't mean that I dislike Android on phones, tablets, or smartwatches, but it certainly doesn't need to run on anything it is not made for

It's mostly for the c yeah factor. Same for gnu/linux. The Nspire being so restricted, a kernel that allows direct hardware access, maybe even support multi threading but not multi tasking is much more efficient.

u/Dream of Omnimaga June 27, 2015, 04:40:12 AM

Yeah it's more to show that it's possible to run Android on a calculator. I wish this platform was not locked-down so that people with OS 4.0 could also benefit from it, though.

I wonder how much RAM does Android need? Because The HP Prime has a much faster processor than the TI-Nspire. Maybe it could handle ANdroid better if it requires less than 32 MB of RAM?

u/Snektron June 27, 2015, 09:55:33 AM

Google has a specification for every major release, but i can't find an official list of all the version specifications so
i just refer you to this question: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/34958/what-are-the-minimum-hardware-specifications-for-android

u/Dream of Omnimaga June 27, 2015, 05:10:08 PM

Oh thanks, tgat could be handy. The Prime apparently has 2D hardware acceleration so I bet performance would be considerably better, but I fear that RAM would be a problem. Also even with a wifi dongle, you would have to forget about Facebook because it's several times larger than every Android version combined.

u/Snektron June 27, 2015, 05:41:18 PM

Why would you want facebook on a calc?

(Imo its one of the worst social medias available)

u/DarkestEx June 27, 2015, 06:43:55 PM

Quote from: Cumred_Snektron on June 27, 2015, 05:41:18 PM
Why would you want facebook on a calc? [emoji14]
(Imo its one of the worst social medias available)

Absolutely my opinion.

u/novenary June 27, 2015, 11:19:07 PM

What's facebook ? /s

u/Dream of Omnimaga June 28, 2015, 12:01:14 AM

I am one of the only Facebook member here. No wonder why our FB page only has 12 likes.

u/CKH4 June 28, 2015, 12:46:41 AM

I use Facebook but not actively. Maybe we'll get some exclusive project that will add some views and likes. Maybe you should do community project updates on YouTube and post them.

u/Dream of Omnimaga July 02, 2015, 03:42:24 AM

That could work, although it would be a considerable amount of work, especially if I need to convert all screenshots or worse, make them.

u/Unicorn July 03, 2015, 02:51:32 AM

Quote from: DarkestEx on June 27, 2015, 06:43:55 PM
Quote from: Cumred_Snektron on June 27, 2015, 05:41:18 PM
Why would you want facebook on a calc? [emoji14]
(Imo its one of the worst social medias available)
Absolutely my opinion.

Agreed. The mobile app is soo weird too, and it looks kind of like instagrams feed. (from seeing other peopls stuffs)

u/alexgt July 03, 2015, 01:22:37 PM

I don't have any social media accounts $:-\$
it is kinda nice tho

u/Snektron July 03, 2015, 03:43:35 PM

Quote from: Unicorn on July 03, 2015, 02:51:32 AM
Quote from: DarkestEx on June 27, 2015, 06:43:55 PM
Quote from: Cumred_Snektron on June 27, 2015, 05:41:18 PM
Why would you want facebook on a calc? [emoji14]
(Imo its one of the worst social medias available)
Absolutely my opinion.
Agreed. The mobile app is soo weird too, and it looks kind of like instagrams feed. (from seeing other peopls stuffs)

It's probably the other way around, considering facebook was around way before instagram