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Android is one of the many distributions that currently work on the Openmoko phones. You can compare a distribution with an Operating System on normal computers. It gives the phone all the software needed for operating. For more information about the different flavors, see distributions.
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NOTE: The Android for FreeRunner development now takes place here. |
This page is the central place for documentation about Android on the Neo 1973 and FreeRunner handsets.
Android is a software stack for mobile devices developed by the The Open Handset Alliance. Although Android is publicized as being open source software (most of the source code has been released) parts of the code have not been released yet.
A lot of work is being done to get Android functioning properly on the FreeRunner and it is likely, in the near future, to be the distribution most suited for using the FreeRunner as a phone.
Inside the FreeRunner 3 software components are working:
See: Android usage for detailed instructions on using Android on the FreeRunner. Updated with the functionality of the Koolu Beta 7 results.
Android is gaining functionality on the FreeRunner all the time and with Michael Trimarchi's (panicking) images, and Koolu Beta 7, it is possible to use as an everyday phone!
Michael has announced he is working on the Glamo (screen aceeleration) code. Prerequisites for Michael's good work are:
You can then hope to achieve :
Caveats
See: Android porting
There were developers being paid to work on the port by Koolu.
For details on the project source and some real detailed instructions on building the source, see the the Koolu Trac Website for Android.
There is a Android Freerunner Mailing list hosted by Koolu [1]
Site is dead (2010-05-11).
There is also some great unpaid work going on at Linux Embedded
New development is done on http://code.google.com/p/android-on-freerunner/