The Android platform will support soft keyboards in the foreseeable future, which should resolve that specific issue for the N800 (or at least will allow to write a soft keyboard that integrates with the rest of Android and fits the N800's screen).
JBQ On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 10:53 AM, b-man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Dec 3, 3:19 am, Peter McDermott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, all, >> >> We ported the Android open-source release to the Nokia N810. This >> involved patching the 2.6.25 Linux kernel with the N810 drivers and >> hacking the userspace just a bit. The system can boot, WiFi doesn't >> work (so no Internet access), and you have to pull the battery to >> power it off. But, hey, it's a start! >> >> You can downoad the kernel patch, a kernel image, a userspace image, >> and a list of userspace changes at the following link: >> >> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=246840 >> >> For people making other ports, I wrote up a technical backgrounder >> with details at: >> >> http://nthcode.com/pubs/porting-android-to-a-new-device.html >> >> If a someone would like to try out our patches and images and let me >> know what works, and what might not be clear or correct in the >> instructions, I'd be thrilled. >> >> Regards, >> >> Peter >> >> P.S. Much thanks to the folks who made the pre-release Android work on >> the N810 (Penguinbait, B-man, and QWERTY12). Their work saved us a >> lot of time. > > > > > b-man, here > > I would like to say congratulations for accomplishing this!. I would > also like to ask you if are planning to do anything with the N800. I > am mostly asking this because i have ben contacting qwerty12, who > managed to get this installed on his N800. However, he has reported > that the touchscreen and hardware keys did not work and that he has > applyed a hack from the previous port to fix the touchscreen but has > resulted in a non-functional kernel. Do you think this could be > resolved?? > > Btw, there is a discussion on internettablettalk.com covering the main > subject: > http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?p=247006#post247006 > > > - Brian M > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
