Judging by those specs, android would really be pushing it. It might be possible to make it work, but it would be a really bad experience. The main problem is in the RAM. 32 MB just isn't enough. For example, HTC DREAM has 192, of which something about 90 is available to Android and the rest is given off to the radio and graphics hardware. Even with that much RAM, most people feel restricted by it. The way that android works is that when an application takes up ram and there isn't any available, it will kill other (inactive) processes, so with that amount of RAM, I'm sure it would kill everything the first app it loaded, probably even kill some important core processes before even loading the application launcher. It may not even be able to load the application launcher.
The CPU is a bit slow, but not really a problem. It is definitely compatible. The internal storage at 70 MB is small -- it could take the android OS, but not much else (again, DREAM is considered small at 256) -- you would definitely need to use an SDCARD/hack for application and data storage. The display is very small, the assumed minimum resolution is 320x480 -- twice your 240x320. It might work, but it wouldn't be nice. ... the point I was making about the driver source is this; most phone hardware manufacturers are known for being extremely tight about source. In fact, I know of precisely two phone manufacturers who have provided the driver source -- HTC has provided source for DREAM and MAGIC, and OpenMoko (and that was the whole purpose of openmoko from the get go). The chances of getting driver source for any nokia phone is extremely slim. Some community-driven porting projects exist, but I am not aware of any outside of HTC hardware (i.e. similar enough to HTC DREAM to reduce the project size to something manageable). My suggestion is this; with the amount of work it would take to port android to that hardware, you would be better off keeping up with your day job to earn the money to buy a device that is already working with android (HTC DREAM, HTC MAGIC, HTC HERO, OpenMoko, etc.) On Sep 19, 8:18 pm, "stranger in black....." <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/20/09, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > What are the hardware specifications? Do you have access to any of the > > device driver source code? Note: if you don't have device driver > > source code, then it is virtually impossible and certainly impractical > > since you would have to reverse engineer all hardware that you don't > > have driver source for. > > @ lbcoder > thanks for ur response > > this is the hardware specification (sorry for the unedited copy paste) > > I dont know much about the device driver source code...... > > General 2G Network <http://www.gsmarena.com/network-bands.php3> GSM 850 / > 900 / 1800 / 1900 Announced > <http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_e50-1566.php#> 2006, > May Status <http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_e50-1566.php#> Discontinued Size > Dimensions <http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_e50-1566.php#> 113 x 43.5 x 15.5 > mm, 70 cc Weight <http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_e50-1566.php#> 104 g > Display Type <http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=display-type> TFT, > 256K colors Size <http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_e50-1566.php#> 240 x 320 > pixels, 2.1 inches, 31 x 42 mm - 5-way joystick navigation > - Downloadable themes Sound Alert > types<http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=call-alerts> > Vibration; > Downloadable polyphonic, monophonic, MP3, ringtones > Speakerphone<http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=loudspeaker> > Yes Memory Phonebook > <http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=phonebook> Practically > unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Call > records<http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_e50-1566.php#> Detailed, > max 30 days > Internal<http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=dynamic-memory> > 70 > MB storage, 32 MB RAM Card > slot<http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=memory-card-slot> > microSD > (TransFlash), up to 2GB, hotswap, buy > memory<http://a.gsmarena.com/adclick.php?bannerid=137&zoneid=9&source=&dest=...> > Data GPRS <http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=gprs> Class 10 > (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps > HSCSD<http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=hscsd> > Yes EDGE <http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=edge> Class 10, 236.8 > kbps 3G <http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=3g> No > WLAN<http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=wi-fi> > No Bluetooth <http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=bluetooth> Yes, > v2.0 Infrared port <http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=irda> Yes > USB <http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=usb> Yes, v2.0, Pop-Port > Camera Primary <http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=camera> 1.3 MP, > 1280 x 960 pixels, also available without camera > Video<http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=camera> Yes, > QCIF Secondary <http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=video-call> No > Features OS <http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=os> Symbian OS 9.1, > S60 3rd edition CPU <http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=cpu> ARM 9 > 235 MHz processor > Messaging<http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=messaging> SMS, > MMS, Email, Instant Messaging > Browser<http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=browser> WAP > 2.0/xHTML, HTML Radio <http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=fm-radio> > No Games <http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=mobile-games> Pro Tour > Golf + Java downloadable > Colors<http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_e50-1566.php#> Silver, > Black GPS <http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=gps> No > Java<http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=java> Yes, > MIDP 2.0 - Push to talk > - WMV/RV/MP4/3GP video player > - MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/AAC/M4A music player > - Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) > - Blackberry connectivity > - T9 > - Voice command/memo > - Organizer Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 970 mAh (BL-5C) > Stand-by<http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=stand-by-time> Up > to 215 h Talk time <http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=talk-time> Up > to 6 h 40 min Extended battery, Li-Ion 1150 mAh (BL-6C) > Stand-by<http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=stand-by-time> Up > to 240 h Talk time <http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=talk-time> Up > to 8 h > > -- > .............................. > > Junise Safvan > > www.gnuise.co.cc > > 9746 283 383 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. 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