20090717 Friday July 17, 2009

And Google's Android

In case you havn't heard, Google have ported their mobile phone OS, android to x86, and made a live- cd version and so it can run inside Virtual Box. It looks like this..

Android in VB Screenshot

Since the hardware to make calls isn't available the functionality's a bit limited :)

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Does the Android image have a network connection? If so could you use it to test how well a web page will render on a phone?

Posted by Chris Gerhard on July 17, 2009 at 01:54 AM PDT #

Yes it does and the browser works.

Posted by Dave on July 17, 2009 at 03:05 AM PDT #

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