Info: Nokia N900 Android dual-boot hack

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Info: Nokia N900 Android dual-boot hack

Posted by admin on Jan 24th, 2010 // No Comment

Nokia N900 a smartphone is undoubtedly tempting, but the operating system is running Maemo 5 that still appears as an enthusiast platform, rather than a consumer and ready. Fortunately, an enthusiastic and decided to play with the ARM-based N900 itself, and the end result is a device that can dual boot both Maemo and Android.

Brandon Roberts is the man responsible for the wonderful dual boot, and while being described rather as a proof of concept at this point that a viable solution, what little is shown in the video that has been a decent way. The keyboard seems to work, and the screen is running with a WVGA resolution of the N900, a boot menu lets you choose between Maemo and Android.

At this moment there are no instructions on exactly how he did it, but we have a feeling that this hack might be a popular assumption that the basic hardware of all N900 could be encouraged to work with Android. The combination of Maemo for experimentation and everyday Android could transform the N900.