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Did you know that Android was originally made for digital cameras....

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thinkinginimages
thinkinginimages Senior Member • Posts: 2,435
Re: Did you know that Android was originally made for digital cameras....

Makes sense. Early Android had bits of Java and Linux and was very "light". We have to separate Android from the interface to understand what's happening there.

It would be great if all cameras had an open, extensible, programmable, OS for adding custom functions. There has to be some way for that to coexist with firmware updates.

I was surprised when digging thru some menus on my Panasonic to spot a reference to "'nix" package (Unix/Linux). That makes sense. Why write a ton of code for WiFi connectivity when it already exists?

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