Mr Android
04-11-2008, 08:06 PM
http://www.phonemag.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/android_on_nokia_n810.jpg
Seeing Android running on atypical hardware (http://www.google-phone.com/android-os-running-on-sharp-zaurus-pda-06193.php) isn't exactly new, but it's certainly interesting to see it playing nicely with a relatively mainstream device rather than an obscure PDA of some sort. eLinux.org (http://elinux.org/Android_on_OMAP) has managed to get the open-source OS working with Nokia's OMAP2-based N810 Internet Tablet, and while their implementation (which also works on certain Sharp Zaurus models) is still a work-in-progress at least it's a working work-in-progress!
If you're a brave individual with a little ARM Linux know-how you can probably get this working on your own N810 (or compatible device); now wouldn't it be interesting to see this on one of the new WiMAX-enabled (http://www.phonemag.com/nokia-n810-internet-tablet-wimax-edition-finally-announced-042145.php) N810 tablets that Nokia announced last week at CTIA Wireless (http://www.phonemag.com/tags/CTIA-Wireless/). The eLinux site seems to be down as of writing, but you can check out the details (if not the images) via this cache link (http://209.85.175.104/search?q=cache:http%3A//elinux.org/Android_on_OMAP).
Posted on 08 April 2008 by Chris Davies (http://www.phonemag.com/author/chris/)
Seeing Android running on atypical hardware (http://www.google-phone.com/android-os-running-on-sharp-zaurus-pda-06193.php) isn't exactly new, but it's certainly interesting to see it playing nicely with a relatively mainstream device rather than an obscure PDA of some sort. eLinux.org (http://elinux.org/Android_on_OMAP) has managed to get the open-source OS working with Nokia's OMAP2-based N810 Internet Tablet, and while their implementation (which also works on certain Sharp Zaurus models) is still a work-in-progress at least it's a working work-in-progress!
If you're a brave individual with a little ARM Linux know-how you can probably get this working on your own N810 (or compatible device); now wouldn't it be interesting to see this on one of the new WiMAX-enabled (http://www.phonemag.com/nokia-n810-internet-tablet-wimax-edition-finally-announced-042145.php) N810 tablets that Nokia announced last week at CTIA Wireless (http://www.phonemag.com/tags/CTIA-Wireless/). The eLinux site seems to be down as of writing, but you can check out the details (if not the images) via this cache link (http://209.85.175.104/search?q=cache:http%3A//elinux.org/Android_on_OMAP).
Posted on 08 April 2008 by Chris Davies (http://www.phonemag.com/author/chris/)