Android hacked to run on real hardware
By Nilay Patel 
posted Jan 9th 2008 8:22PM
posted Jan 9th 2008 8:22PM
Google told us that we wouldn't see any Android devices until the end of the year, but a funny thing happens when you put up the entire SDK and an emulator for a platform -- all them crazy hackers start hacking. Apparently Android was natively booted on a Freescale-based dev board called the Armadillo 500 back in November, but the floodgates were really opened when a Hungarian group called Eu.Edge discovered that basically any device with an ARMv5TE chip could run Google's baby. Armed (heh!) with that information, tinkerers around the world have gotten a variety of Sharp devices running Android: the SL-C760, C3000M, SL-C3000 series, and the SL-6000 have all been confirmed running the OS. Hopefully that means we'll be seeing a lot more unofficial Android devices soon -- check a couple videos after the break.Read - Overview of Android hacks
Read - Instructions on booting the Sharp Zaurus SL-C760
Read - Instructions on booting the Sharp SL-C3000 series
Wow, nice! That's what's cool about open software!
Cool...maybe they can get ARMv6 soon?
This is exactly what is so cool about Android. It's not going to be just phones, but mobile devices, DVR's, and PC's all running a totally syncable backbone. For more Android information, check out AndroidGuys.com
Is it just me, or is anyone else diggin' the Knight Rider-esque indicator at startup?
Theoretically, would you be able to install Android on a Windows Mobile device?
--James
Ummm, it's not an application, it's an OS. The hardware of the device would need to support replacing whatever WinMo/etc is on the device with Android. Good luck with that!
...and this matters because...