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Yes, most definitely, I mean who would want to cater to a giant install base of people who you know actually buy software and are willing to pay a premium for UX.

Google cant put hardware into most Android devices because they don't make them. Heck, you can barely upgrade your Android software on most carriers/devices. Google should first figure out how to prevent carries/manufactures from installing crapware on their handsets.



Well, the upcoming generation of mobile chipsets supports VP8. Tegra 2, for example, supports both decoding and encoding of VP8.


I hadn't heard that (and thought I'd been paying attention), so if anyone else was doubting vetinari, here's a link:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/tegra-2.html

Claims decode for Theora, VP8 and Vorbis, as well as encode and videoconference for VP8.

Basically every Android tablet at CES was Tegra 2 (I think it's the reference platform for Honeycomb) as well as a few of the high-end phones e.g. Motorola Atrix




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