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Running Google Android On iPhone Clones

Posted by timothy on from the market-penetration dept.

wooby writes "With the release of Android's source code, we may see iPhone and Nokia clone phones of Chinese origin capable of running Google Android. These phones, often available for less than $200 without a contract, are available on DealExtreme and elsewhere. But the software running on them is universally awful. Is the clone phone market a vast, nascent install-base for Android, and part of Google's end game? According to Google's Dave Bort, 'One of our goals would be, just to get Android all over the place' [YouTube link]."

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  1. welcome by internerdj · · Score: 5, Funny

    I for one welcome our new cheap, Google-powered, android overlords.

    1. Re:welcome by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 3, Funny

      Thank you sir, may I have another? Gee this Google whip feels the same as the Microsoft one.

      But it's not evil! That means it should feel good.

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    2. Re:welcome by Dogtanian · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's like the 80's except better since the software is open-source and you aren't locked into the whims of the supplier!

      And also that Tiffany isn't at #1.

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  2. Re:Ballad of Android by girlintraining · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mount doom.

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  3. Re:Consumer Electronics by 0xdeadbeef · · Score: 2, Funny

    I cringe; personally when I see applications...

    SYNTAX ERROR

    I love pointing out the errors of people who say things like this: "for consumers who have no sense of style or consistency".