Thread: Android on N900?
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dj_steve is offline dj_steve
2010-05-03 , 10:02
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Originally Posted by wmarone View Post
You still have to rework the entire GUI rendering mechanism. Android does not use X so there's that much more integration work. Not nearly as straightforward as Easy Debian is.
cheers for that, yes android renders direct to framebuffer without x being needed so it would be far more work to hack dalvik etc to run above maemo not to mention a huge waste of resources

Originally Posted by pingu View Post
dj_steve: I am really excited to know that we may have a proper android port. but i'd like to know which version of android? 2.1? 1.6?
thanks!
most certainly 2.1r2 though may start off with donut (1.6) to test things