Hacker runs Google's Android on Apple's iPhone2010-04-22 10:45 by DanielaTags: Google, Android, iPhone
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, on Wednesday posted a video demonstrating Android on an iPhone. 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 the device running iPhone OS. "It's not really production-quality yet," Wang said on the video. "I'd say it's alpha quality. But pretty much everything works." The Android-on-iPhone hack is a notable technical accomplishment, but it's not likely to transform the industry or alter what mainstream users do. It does indicate, though, that the hacking ethos is alive and well despite Apple's attempts to keep its mobile phone locked down. Read more -here-
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