WindowsAndroid Lets You Run Android 4.0 Natively On Your PC

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WindowsAndroid Lets You Run Android 4.0 Natively On Your PC

Posted by Soulskill on Friday January 25, 2013 @06:50AM from the hey-why-not dept.

An anonymous reader writes "WindowsAndroid is a very cool tool from the Beijing-based startup SocketeQ that lets you run Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) as a native application on Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 machines. The creators tell us they have a deep background in virtualization, operating system, and graphics technologies, and have been working on the project for years. Essentially, WindowsAndroid allows you not only to execute Android apps on your Windows computer, but also use the browser, not to mention every other component of the operating system."

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Chinese product... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-25 06:57 · Score: 1, Insightful

...do not trust.
1. Re:Chinese product... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-25 10:30 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  Taiwan
  .... which is the westernized name for the "Republic of China".
  Which, as much as the People's Republic of China insists to the contrary, is currently a separate country.
i know what i'm thinking is heavily biased but! by etash · 2013-01-25 06:57 · Score: 5, Insightful

how many of you would think it twice before willingly installing software from a chinese software company -- given all the news we hear recently about chinese companies being denied access to important western markets due to security reasons and all.
1. Re:i know what i'm thinking is heavily biased but! by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-25 07:13 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  Sandbox it. It's an Android emulator, if it can't run in a sandbox at full mobile device speeds, it's not worth using. If it can't run in a sandbox because it requires administrator access to your boot sector, delete with extreme prejudice.
2. Re:i know what i'm thinking is heavily biased but! by noh8rz10 · 2013-01-25 07:16 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  I agree. I was going to post that here as well, and face the risk of getting modded down. it's simple - why give a chinese company access to your computer, where they can snoop PWs, IDs, CCs, SSNs, etc?
3. Re:i know what i'm thinking is heavily biased but! by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-25 07:36 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  You mean the accusations without proof from the US government? The same government that's been waging a cyber-war against other countries in secret for years now? The same government who can run surveillance on their own citizens without a warrant by handing someone a post-it note?
4. Re:i know what i'm thinking is heavily biased but! by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-25 07:46 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  google has lost in China not because of government blocking, but because it sucks in product quality.
  That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. First of all, it does not hinge on "the government", but certain ministry official that want to be well greased. When those are faced between the decision to accept grease from a Chinese and a foreigner, the foreigner always loses; that's why Google's inland competitors are easily pulling ahead. Second, the party recognises the danger of unrestricted flow and exchange of information as provided through Google's search engine, so they would not let them go forward that easily - it is the need to stay in control so that social changes come slowly and gradually, avoiding chaos and upheaval. Lastly, it is ridiculous to claim that Android lacks in quality - the Chinese invented Shanzhai and idolise its culture, to the extent that anyone puts up with the quality of knockoff software when someone else would long since have given up in frustration.
5. Re:i know what i'm thinking is heavily biased but! by gmuslera · 2013-01-25 08:20 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  The problem with chinese products is that you don't know if they will try to get your data or not. Thats the advantage of US based products/services, with them you are sure
color me skeptical by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-25 06:59 · Score: 1, Insightful

China? Only if it's completely open source and multiple peers have audited the code for security.
Developers by Therad · 2013-01-25 07:00 · Score: 3, Insightful

Seems like a good thing for android developers. The current simulator is a bit slow.
Re:No Way?! by Jeng · 2013-01-25 07:28 · Score: 2, Insightful

Any suggestions on a better forum to read?

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