
01-11-2008, 06:55 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Europe
Age: 41
Posts: 4,182
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Android in the wild: hacked and running on ARM-based devices, Sharp handhelds
While official Google Android devices are still a good year from hitting the market (at least according to Google), the free availability of the [Only Registered and Activated Users Can See Links. Click Here To Register...] and the emulator has brought all those talented hackers out of the woodwork.
Aside from that [Only Registered and Activated Users Can See Links. Click Here To Register...] that we spotted running Android OS a coupe months ago, there really isn’t much in the way of an in-the-wild device running Android. Well, a Hungarian coding-team that calls themselves Eu.Edge realized that the Android OS is capable of running on virtually any device with an ARMv5TE processor.
What followed was a slew of Sharp handhelds being tweaked to run the highly-anticipated Android OS. The Sharp Sl-C760, C3000M, SL-C3000, and SL-6000 have all gotten the Android-treatment. We should start seeing a lot more Android-based devices hitting the various internets very soon. Props to Eu.Edge!
Read more on hacking devices with Android [Only Registered and Activated Users Can See Links. Click Here To Register...].
Read more on getting your Sharp Zaurus SL-C760 to run Android OS [Only Registered and Activated Users Can See Links. Click Here To Register...].
Read more on running Android OS on your Sharp SL-C3000 [Only Registered and Activated Users Can See Links. Click Here To Register...].
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