“Alright folks, this is the single biggest news in iPhone hacking ever since the jailbreak. iPhone hacker and Dev-Team member ‘planetbeingp apparently just managed to port Google’s Android Mobile OS to the iPhone,” Alexander Vaughn reports for App Advice.
“I repeat, he took the Android OS, the system that runs on the Android phones, and installed it on an iPhone,” Vaughn reports. “It’s still in alpha version for now, but with some improvements, this would allow anybody to use both iPhone and Android OS on their iPhone. Just like you can do Bootcamp on your Mac to access PC apps, you’ll be able” to boot into Android on your iPhone to access Android apps.”
Direct link to video via YouTube here.
MacDailyNews Take: And, just like you cannot (legally or seamlessly) run Mac OS X on a non-Apple OS-limited PC, you will not be able to run iPhone OS on any non-Apple OS-limited device.
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Ahhhh I “Smell” a lawsuit!!!! This “crappy” software should only be run on “clunky” Android software!!! The iPhone is simply too “elegant” for Android!!!
Woooo Hooooo, Go threaten another lawsuit Steve!!!!!!!!!
I guess you could put the engine from a Yugo into a BMW, but Why would you?
Why would you want to do this,,,, mac osx or nothing!! Find more useful things to do instead of cross breeding systems, but if that’s what u like or do ,,,,
Hey, that sure is… something.
“And, just like you cannot (legally or seamlessly) run Mac OS X on a non-Apple OS-limited PC”
Actually You can – – – – I know it’s difficult for Fanboys but it consists of step (1) Installing a boot loader and (2) Inserting a Apple OS X CD into the drive…..
I know that’s a little difficult for MDN who still is living in 2007 and probably believe you OSX86 is just for “tinkerers” (ie. someone who actually has taken the time to learn the basic of how a computer operates)
Why would you?
Hey! I just installed an brand new YUGO motor into my bugatti veyron replacing the 16 Cyl motor for the 4 cyl of the yugo
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Apple facial recognition is now working overtime, since his face is clearly shown in the reflection.
“Fesistance is rutile!”
What is the point?? The only reason to own an iPhone over any other phone IS the OS and the apps that go with it. It’s the software, stupid.
Ok…so now we have his phone number and an image of his face…so much for anonymity, and MDN is right “uh-huh”… OS X is licensed for use on Apple Systems..it’s not legal to use it otherwise…
The issues about loading other software on alternate systems are more for those who enjoy the challenge and find technical matters appealing. There’s nothing particularly wrong with this.
In the end however those who “take the time to learn the basics of how a computer operates” don’t matter very much since it’s the mass market, indeed entire civilizations who will control how computers are purchased and used.
@Troy
LOL. You should be a freelance MDN Take author!
Eeeeewwww!
“Why would you?”
When you accomplish such a thing all by yourself, without any help, it’s better than sex because it feeds your ego. You cannot wipe the smile off your face for hours afterwards, then you go out and get drunk.
That is what motivates people to try such things.
Other than that, i.e. when you just use a recipe, there’s no point.
“but… ummm… pretty much everything works”
“as you can see, it’s pretty usable”
Makes me just want to run out and grab my iPhone to run Android…. I can hardly wait.
My MDN Magic Word was sense…. as in “It make NO sense.”
re: MacDailyNews Take: And, just like you cannot (legally or seamlessly) run Mac OS X on a non-Apple OS-limited PC
I agree with the seamlessly part of this comment, but the “legally” portion is misleading. If you install Mac OS X on a Hackintosh, you are *NOT* breaking any laws. You may be breaking a license agreement, but that IS NOT THE SAME as breaking a law. Apple could likely sue you in civil court, but you could not be prosecuted for it as if you had broken a law.
Trying to say it’s illegal just weakens the argument against doing it. There are plenty of reasons not to- there’s no reason to make up false reasons or otherwise lie about it.
I took a dump in the Queen’s bathroom. The toilet seat was made of 24 carrot gold. Coldest seat I’ve ever sat upon, and I am Canadian!
Anyway, I shat in Buck House and I’m so frigging proud of myself!
I did it and you can’t.
Uh-Huh
Some of us “Fanboy’s” choose to use Macs. Many of us have probably forgotten more about how a computer operates than you currently know.
All that just to download a porn app?
Why? I mean, what else is there that you can’t get on an iPhone that you can get in Android?
Is it just to run porn apps?
why “just”?
for some, a MULTI TOUCH porn app is as close as they ever get…
Sure, I understand why but all of a sudden I feel violated.
@Uh-Huh:
I’ve noticed that the Windows fanboys are becoming more and more strident in their whining that people just don’t care anymore about understanding the arcane hardware and spaghetti coded OS that is the typical Windows machine. There was a time when geek superiority based on knowledge of Microsoft technology afforded these socially clueless dweebs some importance in general society. Now that, thanks to Apple, normal people don’t have to jump through those hoops to accomplish something with their computers the dweebs are once again being relegated to mom’s basement. There they remain alone, hunched over their keyboards into the wee hours of the night, the electronic glow of their monitors their only source of light, as they try to find the hidden treasure that is that next bit of accidental knowledge that will put them one up on all the lesser people.
Get a life.
Why? Because he can!
It’s of no threat to Apple and the iPhone !
People have hobby’s!
I suppose this is like installing Linux on a clickwheel iPod – sure, it’s an accomplishment, and yeah, you get bragging rights… but what’s the point beyond that?
I mean, is he suddenly going to be Mr. Smooth with the ladies thanks to this? “Hey babe… I just installed Android in my iPhone, wanna see?”
MW: meaning (…less)