4 messages in com.googlegroups.android-challengeRe: Install Android on a RAZR !!| Subject: | Re: Install Android on a RAZR !! |
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| From: | AJ (a....@junglist.gen.nz) |
| Date: | 12/23/2007 01:47:35 PM |
| List: | com.googlegroups.android-challenge |
I believe http://code.google.com/android/kb/general.html answers your questions quite frankly;
Can I write code for Android using C/C++?
No. Android applications are written using the Java programming language.
Will Android run on insert phone here?
No.
Regards,
AJ
p.s.; Motorola are part of the Open Handset Alliance (http:// www.openhandsetalliance.com/oha_members.html) and may very well manufacture new phones to run ANDROID - I highly doubt they'd even bother cross-porting or back-porting the ANDROID platform. I've only heard rumours; but HTC are believed to be manufacturing the 'Omega' or 'Dream' for google (ANDROID) developers to play with.
On Dec 23, 2:22 pm, Luke <cobr...@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a Motorola Rokr E2 which have a 208MHz Intel XScale processor. And it runs on a Linux-based OS. I also have some softwares to write applicaitons to Rokr E2 - not Java games, but OS and applications based on it.
So, if android can support the hardwares on Rokr E2, I think it's possible to run on Motorola phone.
On Dec 22, 5:31 am, Nico <pcno...@gmail.com> wrote:
What are the barriers to getting Android onto RAZR?
chipset. a RAZR isn't like a PC with an Intel chip. These chips do very limited tasks and were not designed to handling an OS like android. The problem with phones is you need to design for the software, not for the other way around.
On Dec 20, 4:05 pm, kP <kpk...@gmail.com> wrote:
Repurpose existing hardware. The new stuff is "sexy", but the old stuff is already out there, just waiting for your apps!
According to this article (http://www.tech2.com/india/reviews/ multimedia-mobile-phones/motorola-razr2-v8/17461/0) there are 100 million RAZRs already. Most have Bluetooth, they have screens, and some have GPS.
I have a couple of these older phones and would love to just replace the Motorola OS with Android. Think of the millions of these RAZRs that are going into drawers and trashcans about now.
What are the barriers to getting Android onto RAZR?
Thanks!