Intrinsyc unveiled an Android 5.0 dev platform for the Snapdragon 810 SoC

Intrinsyc Technologies has released three Android 5.0 development platforms, as well as a computer-on-module, supporting the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 system-on-chip:

• Open-Q 8094 System on Module (SOM) — Snapdragon 810 with 4GB of DDR4 RAM and up to 16GB eMMC 5.0, on a tiny SODIMM-style card
• DragonBoard for Snapdragon 810 — carrier board, equipped with the Open-Q 8094 SOM and adding wireless and I/O features, as well as the first commercial implementation of close proximity TransferJet technology (described farther below)
• Smartphone Mobile Development Platform (“MDP Smartphone”) for Snapdragon 810 — 6.2-inch Quad HD display with 490 pixels per inch (ppi), 4GB DDR4, 32GB storage, etc.
• Tablet Mobile Development Platform (“MDP Tablet”) for Snapdragon 810 — 10.1-inch Ultra HD 4K (3840 × 2160) screen with 4GB DDR4, 64GB storage, etc.

   
Left to right: Open-Q 8094 SOM, DragonBoard, MDP Smartphone, MDP Tablet

Source: http://linuxgizmos.com/android-5-0-dev-kits-simplify-octacore-snapdragon-designs/

Cubieboard - Building Openbox (Android ICS)

Cubieboard - Building Openbox (Android ICS)

Goes over building Openbox for the Cubieboard and applying patch to the source code that fixes the blank screen problem when using DVI monitors.

This uses the Android Ice Cream Sandwich version and has XBMC included in it. Building this in a virtual machine running the 64-bit version of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

Resources:

1. Setting up an Android build environment: http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html

2. OpenBox build instructions: https://github.com/cubieboard/manifests

3. Patched SystemServer.java file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/v9vka32mlqtld9x/SystemServer.java. (From https://groups.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/cubieboard/android/kudqRknOhxs see Silverio D.'s post.)

4. Flashing LiveSuit images to the board from windows 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeULfhdX1CY

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