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Android ported to the iPhone 3G

Android has now been finally ported to the iPhone 3G and the binaries should be made available in the coming days according to hacker David Wang. This new port…

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Android has now been finally ported to the iPhone 3G and the binaries should be made available in the coming days according to hacker David Wang. This new port is rougher than the first one but currently supports most of the basic Android features (no audio support though). The previous port that was released 2 weeks ago only ran on the first iPhone (2G)check out the Openibot install instruction here.

Source: LinuxoniPhone & PCWorld

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