Hacked N900 blazes through Froyo

While the various and sundry Android manufacturers are all scrambling (or casually strolling) toward official Android 2.2 updates for their manifold handsets, someone managed to get Google's Froyo running on the Nokia N900. Turns out, the two are a pretty great pair, with some super speedy browsing (like, really fast) and decent hardware support outside of an unfortunate lack of memory card support. Hit up the video after the break to see it in action, the browser starts kicking around the 4:45 mark.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[Alexandertron Posted Jun 27th 2010 3:23PM]

wooooooow, that browser is killer. really is the fastest mobile browser. and the N900 had the best untill 2.2 froyo.

[incognito Posted Jun 27th 2010 3:58PM]

@Alexandertron, N900 w/ Maemo 5 still has the best browser, it's a whole different beast than Froyo's built-in browser. It certainly isn't the fastest, but unlike all Android browsers (and I won't even mention completely crippled browsers on iOS and WinMo) it's a complete, fully-featured, desktop-grade browser. That, unfortunately, takes a lot of resources, but I'd rather wait a couple of seconds more to get the best render possible. YMMV.

[Alexandertron Posted Jun 27th 2010 4:08PM]

@incognito...... I started with a N810 and i have previously owned a N900. so ya i know what you mean. the N900 is my dream phone. but the battery life. is what made me sell it off. :( damn shame b/c we were in love. lol but this froyo browser coupled with a high end phone and flash 10.1 idk. google might have done it this time. n900 still does not have flash 10.1 even though it was the 1st phone to be demoed with it. Personally ill take the speed over the flash support. but the maemo browser is still my 1st love. ^_^

[yokem55 Posted Jun 27th 2010 4:40PM]

It would be nice if the situation could be reversed and be able to run Merging on other Android phones. I can dream can't I?

[Flix C Posted Jun 27th 2010 6:09PM]

Question : what about battery life ?

[kishorekanala Posted Jun 27th 2010 10:52PM]

Good to see that froyo is put on n900. Is it possible for user to select between maemo and android when user switches on the device?

[hey buddy Posted Jun 28th 2010 3:32AM]

Nokia, you see how easy that was? C'MON SON!

[hey buddy Posted Jun 28th 2010 3:33AM]

@zxcvbnm You should do a blog about... Jerseys! Cheap ones!

[nasula Posted Jun 28th 2010 10:13AM]

Hmm. How'd it go? A messy desk means a messy mind. So what does a clear desk mean? An empty mind?

[masochist Posted Aug 23rd 2010 11:03AM]

Duh...