Re: [android-developers] Re: Android on Symbian

2010-04-22 Thread Disconnect
My first answer was in fact not intended to be annoying. There is no other place in the world he is likelier to find an answer than the original source. My second post, well.. :) On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Bob Kerns r...@acm.org wrote: Well, you may have found it annoying -- and I'll

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android on Symbian

2010-04-22 Thread Lucian Tomuta
Symbian is fully open source since some time in February 2010 ( they claim to be even more open source than Android ;) ) so from that point of view it is fully hackable. As for Nokia's N900 it was already demoed with a dual-boot Android on it, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yri4qOfP8T0 Best

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android on Symbian

2010-04-22 Thread faizan khan
Intersting conversation :) Chirayu are you a end user or a developer ? If you are a end user the answer is NO. If you are developer theoratically you can do it ...if you have tried your hands on linux porting.Do you ahve the board schematic diagram ? On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Lucian

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android on Symbian

2010-04-21 Thread Chirayu Dalwadi
I just expected support from community members and not blunt replies from few members, after all community is meant for help and support only. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android on Symbian

2010-04-21 Thread Max Gilead
Chirayu, these were actually quite good answers. As javame_android mentioned, Android is Linux-based so theoretically you can port it to any device that supports installing 3rd party OS on it as long as kernel is ported to its CPU architecture and you've got necessary drivers. It would be best to

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android on Symbian

2010-04-21 Thread Chirayu Dalwadi
javame_android's reply was perfect. But i was annoyed by Disconnect's reply -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android on Symbian

2010-04-21 Thread Max Gilead
On 21 April 2010 11:52, Chirayu Dalwadi chirayu.dalw...@gmail.com wrote: javame_android's reply was perfect. But i was annoyed by Disconnect's reply Welcome to the internet ;) You may need to grow a thick skin and keep your head cool if you want to talk on tech forums :) -- You received this

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android on Symbian

2010-04-21 Thread Disconnect
I read somewhere that android would give my car better gas milage. Chirayu, can you explain to me how that works? On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 7:00 AM, Max Gilead max.gil...@gmail.com wrote: On 21 April 2010 11:52, Chirayu Dalwadi chirayu.dalw...@gmail.com wrote: javame_android's reply was

[android-developers] Re: Android on Symbian

2010-04-21 Thread Matt Kanninen
I've been told that my applications will be useless until they allow the user to make toast. In theory Symbian is being open sourced, and in theory Android is already open source, so as time goes by it should be easier to get them to inter operate. Also, Nokia does have a linux platfom, Maemo,

[android-developers] Re: Android on Symbian

2010-04-21 Thread Bob Kerns
Well, you may have found it annoying -- and I'll even allow that perhaps he intended it to be annoying. But it was also the best possible advice. You read information somewhere that is very specific. You are asking the question here -- a group dedicated to an entirely different topic. Asking

[android-developers] Re: Android on Symbian

2010-04-20 Thread javame_android
Hi, Android is a Mobile operating System and Symbian is also Mobile Operating System. I don't think you will be able to install Android in Symbian. Android is completely linux based. I hope this helps you out. Regards Sunil -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android on Symbian

2010-04-20 Thread Chirayu Dalwadi
I read somewhere that u can install Android OS on Symbian OS enabled phone. We can choose the OS on switching on of the phone. But I was not able to find way to implement it. Does anyone knows how to achieve it? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android on Symbian

2010-04-20 Thread Disconnect
Go to where you read that and ask them.. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Chirayu Dalwadi chirayu.dalw...@gmail.comwrote: I read somewhere that u can install Android OS on Symbian OS enabled phone. We can choose the OS on switching on of the phone. But I was not able to find way to implement