Run Android on your HTC TyTN II? No problem

Posted by Joshua Karp on Apr 11, 2008 12:45 pm 6 comments

Filed in Android, HTC, News

Thanks to a crafty developer over at the XDA-Dev community, we’ve got a real live HTC TyTN II running a real live version of Google’s Android OS. The video is woefully short, but does show the user loading and running a working version of Android onto their HTC handset. The interesting thing here is that Android appears to run as an .EXE on top of the Windows Mobile shell, opening up the possibility to have Android running on a wide variety of Windows Mobile devices. Again, we’re not sure how functional this is just yet, but it’s a promising and exciting step forward for anyone looking to get a taste of Android before the first official devices launch. Hit the link for the full video!

[Via WMExperts]

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6 comment(s) for this post.

On Apr 11, 2008 @ 1:04 pm, james Said:

Imagine running this on top of blackberry. Then maybe it wouldn’t matter how out of date the bb ui is. Anyone else agree?

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On Apr 11, 2008 @ 1:21 pm, Mike Said:

I have a hard time believing that people so smart at working around software and hardward roadblocks can’t figure out a good way to operate a video camera.

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On Apr 11, 2008 @ 2:10 pm, Reader Said:

Hehe - and once it is running people will be able to prove that the HTC TytnII has the 3D chip … can anyone say class action lawsuit! YES!!!!!!!

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On Apr 11, 2008 @ 6:26 pm, Jeff B. Said:

So…where do I get it?
Will it work well on my Tilt?

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On Apr 11, 2008 @ 7:13 pm, Jimmi Said:

It also works well on the HTC Touch (Sprint version) though the phone and touchscreen don’t work at the moment.

–Jimmi

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On Apr 13, 2008 @ 5:12 pm, pheer6224 Said:

I hate my wizard so much I switched to an 8300 smartphone, this could mean the tired ole wm5 ppc operating system is worth the trouble after all. Unless it runs on my SDA. That would be heaven.

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