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engine
msg:4120003 | 11:59 am on Apr 22, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Hacker Gets Android Running on iPhone [news.cnet.com] There are matches made in heaven, and on the other side of the spectrum, there is David Wang's accomplishment: booting Google's Android operating system on Apple's iPhone
Wang, the "planetbeing" member of the a group called the iPhone Dev Team devoted to hacking iPhones, posted a video demonstrating Android on an iPhone Wednesday.
The demo shows the boot process--complete with the Tux Linux mascot--and Wang using Android for browsing, receiving a text message, answering a phone call, and playing music. The phone is set up with a dual-boot configuration and indeed the video begins with it running iPhone OS.
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Sierra_Dad
msg:4120202 | 6:11 pm on Apr 22, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Ah, so he upgraded it. ;)
Just kidding. No need to start a debate.
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incrediBILL
msg:4120477 | 4:57 am on Apr 23, 2010 (gmt 0) |
System: The following message was spliced on to this thread from: http://www.webmasterworld.com/pda_mobile_computing/4120475.htm [webmasterworld.com] by engine - 5:10 pm on Apr 23, 2010 (utc +1)
| In fact, the phone doesn't just run Android--it also had dual-boot capabilities, by way of Linux 2.6 bootloader OpeniBoot, which is also a Planetbeing creation. |
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This has got to have the Android team rolling on the floor in hysterics and Steve Jobs hissing and spitting.
I like it :)
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bill
msg:4121121 | 1:37 am on Apr 24, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Dual boot, eh? That may be a weekend project this summer. ;)
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Sierra_Dad
msg:4123112 | 7:15 pm on Apr 27, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Dual boot?
Maybe this could save me money on hardware for testing.
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