Android for Windows phones -- simple concept, simple enough installation, but awesome results. The good people behind the XDAndroid project have been working hard to allow you to get your Google juices flowing nice and freely on your WinMo device and the latest build looks to have all but completed the task. Demonstrated on a
Touch Pro2 -- a phone that recently got itself
Ubuntu-ized -- the Android installation experiences no difficulty in making calls, sending SMS or email missives, or browsing the web. There are still limitations, mind you, with GPS, Bluetooth and "other key functions" not yet available, but for the most part you're looking at the full Android experience on devices that weren't initially meant for it. Check it out on video after the break or hit the source link for detailed instructions on how to load this up on your own phone.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Update: Seems the Touch Pro2's keyboardless cousin has no intention of getting left out of the party --
m8cool has a little exposé on HTC's
Touch Diamond2 dual-booting WinMo with Android. Thanks, stagueve!
posted March 11th 2010 4:56AM
Nice. Once sound, BT, and GPS get worked out, i propose the next HTC WinMo phone that needs Android: the HD2.
@cherryboom
I am confused, you are talking about the iphone having an awesome ecosystem, then you talk about it being so great at syncing to a computer.. Yea I used to do that back when I had my palm pilot.. and honestly if one really wanted to sync everything to a computer palm desktop would probably be better for that than itunes. But platforms like Android and Web OS never have to be connected to a computer, they are their own ecosystem, if you don't want them to, but if you ever want a firmware update on an iphone, you have no choice.
Does anyone know if this phone will get WP7S?
pretty nifty for those who like tinkering with their winmo device.