Google’s release of Android 4.4 (“KitKat”), featuring a lower 512MB memory requirement, should make Android more viable on the low end, helping to ward off mobile Linux upstarts like Firefox OS and Tizen. The smaller footprint will also encourage developers to design Android into a broader range of consumer devices and other embedded applications.
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