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#147
Originally Posted by johnkzin View Post
As I said over in the gPhone thread:

It's too soon to bet the farm on Android by replacing Maemo. But, Nokia would be prudent to join the alliance, and then adopt parts of Android.

A VERY good first step would be: port the android libraries over to maemo, add java, and whatever other infrastructure is necessary for running android apps on maemo. Then, no matter what applications get deployed for android, Nokia automatically benefits from it.


(warning, pun follows)

Then package it up, and call the package "Replicant" (an android emulator).
Agreed. Considering that the stack is supposed to be open (how open is still under debate) *and* running atop linux, porting should be a relatively painless operation. Java, on the other hand, could be trickier (I believe the compiler/interpreter is closed, though I could be wrong -- I know very little of Java).

I'm looking forward to looking over the Android SDK.



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YARR!

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