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#32
Originally Posted by giorgosmit View Post
Well, the first generation of android cellphones ran on ARM11. My previous phone, the HTC Hero, ran on a 500mhz ARM11, and it mostly ran a seriously underoptimised OS (android 1.6). The first wildfire also ran on the same chipset.

Comparing the OSes, maemo 5 (and I presume harmattan) is way, way more optimised than the early android versions. By getting rid of the android java VM, clocking the CPU at maybe 600mhz, adding of course half a gig of RAM and maybe making the UX lighter on effects and such, I have a gut feeling that the experience would be more than passable. That Hero could do some seriously impressive stuff, considering its hardware. If it ran Maemo 5 or Harmattan and was priced at 250 euros, I'd buy it today in a heartbeat.
first generation of android phone was as simple as s40 though, considered by many sluggish. mainly due its virtual machine.

it wasn't until droid galaxy s, sony ericsson xperia x10 that its start to gain some traction