07.02.08
Android on the Nokia N810!
File this under experimental but very cool … There’s a great thread on ITT which describes how to install Android on your tablet. So far it’s pretty simple and straight forward. I had to reboot to get Android to actually launch, but otherwise it’s all there … at least what’s available. Much more to try and will see about installing some apps soon as well.
Technorati Tags: android, google, mid, N810, Nokia, maemo
Jaiku | feeling lucky and about to try installing Android on my Nokia N810 said,
July 2, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Rex Pechler said,
July 2, 2008 at 7:32 pm
I just saw this via twitter… that’s awesome man! Now if only I could dual-boot Android on my iPhone…
Eric Litman said,
July 2, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Sweet. Time to go buy an N810.
Dumbass said,
July 2, 2008 at 8:40 pm
You tried to use multitouch?! The Nokia hardware does not support this.
Google is saving the best for Android said,
July 3, 2008 at 12:53 pm
[…] really interesting though is how different Google’s approach is for Android. After installing Android on the Nokia N810 last night I noticed that there is an xmpp service running ALL THE TIME. While this will clearly […]
Nokia Daily News 07/03/08 | Nokia Daily News said,
July 3, 2008 at 5:05 pm
[…] Featured Maemo Apps - Android on the N810 […]
siancu said,
July 3, 2008 at 5:40 pm
I’ve also installed it but there are still some rough edges. For example the speed is not that great. That’s because Maemo runs in parallel with Android at the moment (I wonder if it would be possible in the future to dual boot or even to replace Maemo with Android).
Also the Fn key doesn’t work so it’s impossible to enter numbers.
And finally, the Android SDK used is quite old (m3 compared to the current m5). But overall I would say it is a great achievement and I can hardly wait until Android will be open sourced.
Jonathan Greene said,
July 3, 2008 at 10:27 pm
I have such little experience with Android I would not have known, but I shared this with a co-worked today and he noticed right away that it was an older version … Hopefully the team will be able to keep us current!
Just installed Google Android on my Nokia N810 - What Mobile Forum said,
July 4, 2008 at 2:33 am
Markus Göbel's Tech News Comments said,
July 6, 2008 at 10:17 am
I flashed my N810 to Diablo to make a clean start.
Then I downloaded “android.img.bz2″ and “android-installer.deb” to my clean device. When I try to install “android-installer.deb” it just says “Unable to install android-installer”.
What am I doing wrong?
Jonathan Greene said,
July 6, 2008 at 7:12 pm
@markus I wish I knew … It just worked for me, though it took a reboot. Are you sure you have enough space on your memory card?
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