Ever wondered just how many things you can put Android on? Sure, it has already been slapped onto Windows Mobile devices, tablets, and let’s not forget the slew of devices meant to run Google’s OS. Now, in yet another fit of android debauchery (or sacrilege… we’re not sure which yet), programmer Dmitry Grinberg has managed to get Android up and running on Palm OS hardware. There is a picture that has been posted by Dmitry (see above) showing Android running on a Palm Tungsten C, which was originally released in 2003. According to the information available, Android 2.1 is “installed and semi-functional”, with some obvious graphics issues, which can probably be traced back to the screen compression used on the device.
The feat is accomplished by utilizing a dual-boot SD card running the OS, but performance is also said to be laggy, due to the lack of physical memory on the device. Also, because of the OS being run from the card, there isn’t a whole lot of room for your external media. Dmitry does go on to state, however, that he is attempting “full Android with proper optimizations, in hopes of better performance”.
Other lacking features include wifi, Bluetooth and audio. While this news is by no means indication of a public release, we here at TalkAndroid.com will keep you up to date on all the latest.
What Palm OS device would you like to see Android running on? While the Pre is obvious, try to go retro…. can I get a “Palm Treo”?
[via palminfocenter]