Another update regarding Android on the Vogue
This in from Martin’s page:
Update(24/7/08): I’ve repackaged the files in android.zip and updated a few things. Now you don’t need to copy 256M to your SD card, just put system.gz and data.gz on the card and the first time it boots they will be extracted to system.img and data.img (thanks to Kevin’s initramfs installer for the idea). Keep your data.img if you have saved anything on it and delete system.img to use the new stiff. Audio in calls should be better, vibrate on receiving calls and SMS should work better. When the screen is off only the power button should wake it up. SDHC cards should work better. Volume up and down are not left and right any more because i’m working on audio, they are useful for zooming in the browser too.
Looks pretty cool, I’m starting to get curious about what settings he’s changing, and where; a Changelog would be nice for each update.
Here’s Martin’s homepage:
http://it029000.massey.ac.nz/vogue/
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I have a spare HTC P4000. It’s a bit different layout than the Vogue, but do you think it would be worth a shot to test android on it from a GUI/functionality point of view? It has a full touch screen and a slide out keyboard. I don’t use the phone, just thought it might be fun to implement and try to develop for.
Do you have any key learnings to share?
On a seperate note, I would love to see android on the new HTC Diamond. I think it could be an iPhone killer for sure.
Hi Matt,
There’s some porting work being done to get the Mogul / P4000 / Titan working, as it’s exactly the same hardware as the Vogue, with half the RAM and the keyboard. I believe Martin spent some time mapping out the keys, he mentioned it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=382265&page=62
As for Android on the Diamond and the Touch Pro / Raphael, it’s a definite. Windows Mobile has always been hackable, and I’m looking forward to this, I’m pretty excited.