Depends on what you consider "economic". You can get an openmoko for $250 US, but I strongly suggest an HTC DREAM for $400. You might be able to get one used for less.
On Sep 20, 4:01 pm, "stranger in black....." <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 6:33 PM, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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.) > > > @ lbcoder > > I can understand the difficulties........ > Can u then pls suggest me some economical phones that can be converted to > android....... > > -- > .............................. > > Junise Safvan > > www.gnuise.co.cc > > 9746 283 383 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
