That's not a phone...
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Survey of real, shipped Android hardware from tiny phones to cars, with hard numbers and failure causes: Xperia X10 mini forced Android to accept smaller screens and missed a GPS antenna adding ~5 mm; early foldables (Cera 2011, Flexipi) and Moto Mods prototypes that failed from fragility or poor economics; Nexus Q/Nexus Player to Nvidia Shield showing which TV boxes worked; demo of Polestar 2 and excavators running Android Automotive with six cameras; an underwhelming AI pin over "shack GPT." Practical lessons on offline, hardware and safety constraints.
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- 0:00Introduction
- 2:41Early Android phones quirks
- 5:33Android wearables limitations
- 9:04Android tablets evolution
- 11:53Nexus Q Android TV
- 15:51Android TV boxes challenges
- 17:42Android in-flight infotainment
- 18:26Android Automotive future
- 20:14Android in motorcycles
- 22:45Android in construction gear
- 24:11Android AR headsets potential
- 25:40Android in video conferencing
- 27:04Android in home appliances
- 28:08Android in retail POS
- 30:32Android digital signage
- 33:25Offline licensing Android
- 34:52Hardware support base packages
- 35:35Future of Android beyond phones
- 37:44Q&A
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