I know that Garnet is like an OS that runs over Maemo, but I have no idea what Andriod is. Can someone help me out and tell me the difference between them and what they both do?

Android is an OS by Google, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Android . Garnet VM is an implementation of Palm OS, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_OS . I'm not sure if the Android version for the Nokia tablets can run alongside Maemo (like Garnet VM can) or whether you have to reboot into Android.

Well, here's a better way to put it.

Garnet VM is a Virtual Machine, or an emulator, of the Palm OS for Maemo. It can run on top of Maemo seeing as it's an emulator.

Android, as stated above, is a full-blown OS by Google that can either run along-side (or on top of) Maemo or on it's own. Most users like running it along-side since they just want to use it instead of really debugging it. Those that like to debug or are programmers, usually flash it (if that's possible now) to their device for testing, debugging, programming, etc.

Hope that helps to clear things up a bit!

Jesse~

Yeah also at the moment GarnetVM is usable while Android isn't on the device. There is an Android "demo" that can run in Maemo but it's useless (currently). In addition there is the NITdroid project which needs quite a bit of work but at least is somewhat usable, however it requires flashing the device (not a dual-boot solution either, to restore Maemo must flash again). I think what we are all hoping for is a usable Android within Maemo as well as a NITdroid that offers true on-the-fly dual-boot capability with Maemo. I'd also like to point out that Android is [basically] a custom Java-based virtual machine within a Linux sandbox.