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Android Ported To iPhone

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-can-you-go-the-other-way dept.

anethema writes "iPhone hacker planetbeing, from the iPhone Dev Team, has successfully ported the Android OS over to the iPhone. He is doing it on a first-generation iPhone, but others may be possible. The port is pretty functional, with data, voice, and many apps working, although it is running a bit sluggish and buggy at the moment. There appears to be much work left."

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  1. Neat hack, but ultimately useless by hasdikarlsam · · Score: 0, Troll

    The android OS eats memory like nobody's business. Using java will do that.

    The iPhone has only 128MB of memory. Androids typically have at least twice that - the nexus one has four times as much.

    'nuff said.

  2. Obligatory car analogy by jason.sweet · · Score: 1, Troll

    This is like buying a Lexus and replacing its interior with Chevy parts.

  3. Re:Excellent port by node+3 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Shh, geeks only care about bugs or crappy performance if it's not about their favorite system.

    Evidence? Keep an eye on this post's mod score.