Hackers Get Android Running on Real Hardware

nerdyH writes "Google's Android stack for Linux phones has been successfully hacked onto several actual hardware devices, including Linux-based Sharp Zaurus PDAs and a high-end development board. Google's preview release of Android last fall included a software emulator based on Qemu, but you can't beat real target hardware when writing applications for devices, because emulators may not accurately reflect real-world performance. Plus, it appears that Android's modern UI could really breathe some new life into lots of Linux-friendly hardware with ARMv5TE or better cores."

Comments

Android stack?

[Hatta]

Now I love the idea of stackable androids, but what are we really talking about here?

Re:Android stack?

[Anonymous Coward]

More people use Java than you want to admit.

More people use it than want to admit it, themselves.

Oblig: Star Trek

[Hokie06]

But does it have an emotions chip?

Re:Oblig: Star Trek

[rbanffy]

That very old. My PS2 had an Emotion Engine (TM) years ago.

Re:Oblig: Star Trek

[Anonymous Coward]

No, but I hear that it is "fully functional."

some-subjects-make-confusing-headlines dept.

[GroeFaZ]

Timothy, you have no idea how true that is. The headline even made me read the fucking summary! Well, just the first line anyway, but you get the point.

love the product, hate the name

[jollyreaper]

Every time I see some cool new announcement for Android I think we've got a cool new robotics development and then I realize it's just a cell phone. I bet they're going to come out with a new product called Flying Car and it'll just be an mp3 player.

Re:love the product, hate the name

[TypoNAM]

I'm off to the US patent and trademark office! Thanks for the idea. :)

To Hell with cell phones

[GHynson]

Where's my flying robot that follows me around everywhere. They promised us a Moon Base, Flying Cars, Flying PDA's, And Android chicks...since the 60's. And all I have to show is this POS iPhone. Blah!!!!

Re:Too bad about the QVGA

[Max Littlemore]

That is so true.

I'm writing this on a nokia N95 (seriously, one of our tubes sprung a leak and we only have wifi) and /. really sucks at this resolution. The only thing worse than the eye strain and constant scrolling is typing on the keypad because I am too cheap to buy a bluetooth keyboard.

Predictive text helps a bit but sometimes it gets things so ducking wrong that I am sure the people who program it are a deliberately unhelpful bunch of ducking aunts.

Re:Too bad about the QVGA

[EaglemanBSA]

SEE what happens when there's too much traffic on the intarnets? The tubes get overloaded, and here you are trying to type with a phone. What's next? Speech-to-text and user-friendly portable interfaces that anyone can use for free? What do you think this is, a big truck?

:-D