Comments on: Android ported to Meizu M8

By: luminarious

luminarious — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:51:23 +0000

Here in Estonia for example Android phones are definitely not cheap (HTC Tattoo being the cheapest at 6000.- EEK == ~550$) as all phones are sold unlocked. So I for one welcome a cheaper alternative, even if I have to wait a bit for the drivers.

By: Hiroe

Hiroe — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:14:54 +0000

it would be nice if some enterprising hacker would do it on the cheapest windows mobile phone around (I’m looking a you)

http://www.dealextreme.com/advsearch.dx/search.windows/searchType.s/adv/PriceMin.p/0/PriceMax.p/9999/InStockOnly.s/0/IsReviewedOnly.s/0/PrimaryCategoryID.c/599/ReleaseDateRange.t/0

By: CalcProgrammer1

CalcProgrammer1 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:01:25 +0000

@aw

Seconded, I have an Axim X50v and it is a great device. I don’t need phone capability on a portable device, I need features like media (audio and video) playback, basic emulators/games, Internet browsing, file transfer via WiFi, etc. Android would be nice on the X50v as an alternative to Windows Mobile.

By: nikomo

nikomo — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:28:13 +0000

No 3G, wifi drivers not working, GSM module not working, about the same price as other Android phones.. I’d do it if I had one, but nah. I wish the phone would be like 100€, I’d do this then, I could live with an EDGE connection.

By: aw

aw — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:05:15 +0000

I wish there was more development for pocket pc devices. I know there was a few who tried porting it for the X50v/x51v but it seems like all the development has stopped.

They aren’t phones but are often less than $100. The ipod touch does pretty well, same OS as iphone without the phone feature so… android might be fun.

By: L0rdDrag0n

L0rdDrag0n — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:49:15 +0000

Now if we could just get a Android ported to the Iphone and Ipod Touch.

By: thethirdmoose

thethirdmoose — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:27:36 +0000

This is pretty cool. You don’t need a contract, it has a big screen and it has a lot of flash memory. I think it has potential as a high end Android PMP, like the Archos 5 PIDs.

By: Terc

Terc — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:36:20 +0000

Very nice. I love the idea of Android on iPhone hardware, and this is pretty close.

Not sure I’d give up my iPhone 3GS anytime soon, but if Android on the same hardware was an option that “anytime soon” might come a little earlier.