Originally posted on Gigaom:
The next billion Android users might have a choice of software on their phones thanks to CyanogenMod, the group behind a customized version of Android software of the same name: CyanogenMod is supporting Android One phones.
Android One is the low-cost handset platform Google introduced last June; the phones are aimed at bringing mobile internet access in a cost-effective manner to regions that haven't yet undergone the smartphone revolution. While the phones will run [company]Google[/company]'s own version of Android, which was rewritten to work on low-end hardware, CyanogenMod (CM) will have its own custom builds for these as well.
CM will start with version 11 of its software, which is based on Android 4.4 - aka KitKat - for Android One phones powered by a MediaTek processor. The build represents the first CM software for MediaTek's chip and will be updated each Sunday. Currently, there are three Android...
