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Devs, start your compilers: Peek offers free/cheap devices to hackers

Devs, start your compilers: Peek offers free/cheap devices to hackers

If there’s one thing the Android development community can’t resist, it’s a cheap mod platform. The Nook Color and (eventually) the HP TouchPad both owe their legacies to budget-conscious Android users looking for something to mod. The latest platform for cheap hacking might just be the Peek, a single-function device built for SMS on the cheap. The company is going out of business, but The Verge reports that CEO Amol Sarva wants to give the thousands of unsold units to hackers, hoping that “maybe somebody can build something great”. At least one member of the Reddit Android section has the idea of porting Android to the device a familiar rallying cry.

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Devs, start your compilers: Peek offers free/cheap devices to hackers
Michael Crider – androidcommunity.com

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