An Oven That Runs Android

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Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 9, 2013 @01:14PM from the things-nobody-asked-for dept.

Google85 writes "Dacor is exhibiting an oven that runs Android at CES 2013: it pulls together a 1GHz processor, 512MB of DDR2 RAM and Android 4.0.3. It also cooks food. At the front of the Discovery Wall Oven, there's a 7-inch LCD touch panel. From the article: '...The oven-maker's Discovery IQ controller cooking app will offer up interactive cooking guides, recipes and all other things cooking, although you'll still be able to install more standard apps from Google Play. The built-in cooking app offers preprogrammed dishes and adjustable timings for several dishes, while you can even program the oven to cook food remotely from any Android device.'"

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finally! by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-09 13:15 · Score: 5, Funny

intel beats ARM! (at excessive heat production)
1. Re:finally! by bigtrike · 2013-01-10 04:17 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  The oven uses dual P4 chips for heating elements.
Compromised system by Dexter+Herbivore · 2013-01-09 13:18 · Score: 5, Funny

That's all I need, to have someone compromise my oven with malware and burn my roast.
1. Re:Compromised system by tokencode · 2013-01-09 13:29 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Or "overclock" your oven and burn your house down....
2. Re:Compromised system by Cryacin · 2013-01-09 14:52 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Don't be ridiculous. A vertical oven interface can't possibly work! Human's aren't built that way for touch technology and will suffer from Gorilla Arm when cooking dinner. The classic tablet surface interface of the hotplate is the only real solution and why the iPlate technology exists. - Tim Cook
  
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The iOS oven by Andy+Prough · 2013-01-09 13:24 · Score: 5, Funny

will only cook recipes previously approved by Steve Jobs. Fanboys will quickly realize that all other food was crap anyways. It will cost $5,000 more than the Android oven.
1. Re:The iOS oven by tokencode · 2013-01-09 13:31 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  But I bet it would make some great Apple pie....
2. Re:The iOS oven by Andy+Prough · 2013-01-09 15:05 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Your family recipes will no longer belong to you. But, for $0.99 each, you will be able to use them on up to 5 different iOven devices. Your recipes will not work on Android ovens.
3. Re:The iOS oven by Andy+Prough · 2013-01-09 16:02 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  What about the Fandroids who'll lash out at anything that isn't from the hand of Google? Where do they fit into your sad little world?
  Eating badly cooked food and marveling over how "free" it is while trying to ignore a non-stop stream of advertisements screaming at them from their ovens.
"Apple pulp cookies" using Android by jkrise · 2013-01-09 13:43 · Score: 3, Funny

should be the first recipe on the free book that comes with the oven.
"Apples think too much of themselves. When beaten to pulp however, they are delicious to consume. Apple pulp ideally needs to be roasted slowly to a crisp, using our special Android program. Although this app is free, and we have not applied for any patents, it is unlikely you will get this on an Apple iPhone anytiime soon. So enjoy your daily dose of "Apple pulp cookies" to keep the doctors and lawyers away."

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5 years from now? Not a problem. by Andy+Prough · 2013-01-09 14:16 · Score: 4, Funny

Windows 12 EB (EasyBake version) will be out of beta by then.
Re:Could be useful by ClosedEyesSeeing · 2013-01-09 16:00 · Score: 3, Funny

This isn't the hottest idea I've ever heard, but it's not completely half-baked.
Yeah, I'm starting to warm up to the idea.