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Hackers Get Android Running on Real Hardware

Posted by timothy on from the some-subjects-make-confusing-headlines dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Android stack? by Yetihehe · · Score: 5, Informative

    You don't know what is Google Android? What kind of geek are you?

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