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| Thread ID: 129355 | 2013-02-19 23:20:00 | Droidifi | CYaBro (73) | PC World Chat |
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| 1328882 | 2013-02-19 23:20:00 | This (www.kickstarter.com)looks interesting. Hopefully it actually happens, I'm sure it will. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1328883 | 2013-02-20 01:47:00 | Seems like an interesting idea for sure? Can't really see how many benefits you'd have doing that though over the likes of OpenWRT / Gargoyle etc though ? | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1328884 | 2013-02-20 02:08:00 | A cool way to render your router vulnerable, I'm sure. | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1328885 | 2013-02-20 03:20:00 | Can't really see how many benefits you'd have doing that though over the likes of OpenWRT / Gargoyle etc though ? I'd say it helps simplify the coding. Both run off a linux kernel but having *everyone* develop for android would make cross platform building less of an issue. Also with android I see the potential for different "function apps" to be sideloaded allowing the ROM developer to make a single base ROM, and other devs work on their own projects EG: Dave's QoS modules, John's QoS module, Blake's Datamanagement module, Bill's NAS & streaming module etc etc etc. Easily distributed as apk's or similar it would be a good way for the ROM dev to support many routers with constantly up to date ROM's and not have to worry about all the other aspects and features working correctly. That would be up to the apk devs. Probably be able to "invent" some new ideas too. |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1328886 | 2013-02-20 06:55:00 | Looks promising. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1328887 | 2013-02-20 11:53:00 | I'd say it helps simplify the coding...Easily distributed as apk's or similar it would be a good way for the ROM dev to support many routers with constantly up to date ROM's and not have to worry about all the other aspects and features working correctly. That would be up to the apk devs. Probably be able to "invent" some new ideas too. Exactly. That is what we are after. So instead of having to find a hardware OEM that also supports the software features you need, you pick the best and cheapest hardware and then customize it via Android "Droidifi" apps. Our devteam will produce the core firmware and APIs for the hardware available. Independent developers will produce apps using the Android SDK and our router-focused API's. Please swing by our website. We are looking for testers and developers. And support our Kickstarter campaign (if you can from NZ)! Cheers :-) http://www.droidifi.com The Droidifi Devteam |
droidifi (17016) | ||
| 1328888 | 2013-02-20 21:01:00 | Out of curiosity, what sort of features do you anticipate it offering that current firmwares based on OpenWRT don't? I'm not disagreeing, just curious... | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1328889 | 2013-02-21 07:31:00 | It's like comparing OpenMoko to Android on phones. OpenWRT is for custom firmware builders. Droidifi is so folks don't need to recompile firmware to add features. We see it as an apples to oranges comparison. Different beasts, different foci. As to features we see 802.11ac 2x2 as a base Wifi standard for Droidifi. It is fast enough to replace fast Ethernet cables. We will offer mesh networking, VPN apps (including IPSec), mesh networking, fine core radio tuning in the initial months. And whatever independent developers can dream up... |
droidifi (17016) | ||
| 1328890 | 2013-02-22 21:58:00 | I would rather OpenWRT. It has much lower hardware requirements! | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1328891 | 2013-02-23 00:11:00 | I'm for both (openWRT and Droidifi) I see benefits of android although I'm not too sure that it would be an entirely suitable solution as android itself. Nothing to stop you guys moving from an Android base firmware to a custom linux build in the future. My personal feelings are that extensively modifying android to the point where its not really android any more, or compiling your own custom linux build is the better approach. I don't think that android itself will provide an better experience by simply being android. Its a phone OS not a router. By the time you strip out all the unnecessary features & code you'll be left with a richer version of OpenWRT. I don't actually see any benefit of using android. The idea though is very good, a base system customisable to spec with a 3rd party app distribution but I really think you should concider compiling your own OS :) Good luck though, I'm sure it will become a hit. Have you posted to XDA about it? |
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