Android hacked onto Zaurus

January 11th, 2008 Tags: , ,

Android on Zaurus

Having released the SDK and Emulator for Google’s new phone OS, Android, a group of developers worked out that the development version of the OS, which was designed to boot an ARMv5 development board, would also boot other similar hardware, which includes the Sharp Zaurus PDA range. Apart from bringing a new lease of life to these PDAs, it has produced more devices suitable for developers to use in the short term.

Picture courtesy of Engadget.


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    May 9th, 2008 at 11:29 am

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