[QUE][REQ] Getting Android on the Diamond

[goojoomoonoo]

I'm a noob, so please go easy on me. I was just wondering if there is a way to get Android on the Diamond, while keeping Windows Mobile. I really like the TouchFlo interface, but I'd like to have access to the various apps available for Android. That way, Diamond users can have the best of both worlds.

[AdamHC]

look in the ROM section. It is not fully functional and i'm not sure if you'll be able to install apps. I don't think it will be too useful for what you want just yet, when its further developed maybe...?

[Medulla]

You basically want to run both OS' on the same phone at the same time? I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that would be impossible; if for no other reason than pure space issues. And even if you could somehow manage it, you'd still be running two completely discrete OS' which you'd have to reboot the phone to swap between constantly, there's literally no way to have the functionality from both OS' available simultaneously so it really wouldn't be all that practical. You'd have to emulate one OS inside the other (as Mac and Linux user sometime do with Windows) but no phone currently has the hardware power for that kind of thing.

[AdamHC]

You basically want to run both OS' on the same phone at the same time? I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that would be impossible; if for no other reason than pure space issues. And even if you could somehow manage it, you'd still be running two completely discrete OS' which you'd have to reboot the phone to swap between constantly, there's literally no way to have the functionality from both OS' available simultaneously so it really wouldn't be all that practical. You'd have to emulate one OS inside the other (as Mac and Linux user sometime do with Windows) but no phone currently has the hardware power for that kind of thing.

How is space a problem? 4 gig is more than enough space. But you're right, it would be very impractical. I think that the Android home page beats TouchFLO anyway.

[hebbe]

How is space a problem? 4 gig is more than enough space. But you're right, it would be very impractical. I think that the Android home page beats TouchFLO anyway.

i think he's talking about the rom/ram, not about the internal storage. the rom/ram is actually just that big to hold one (WinMobile) os!

[Medulla]

Yes, hebbe sees what I was getting at: you'll need to store any and all OS' you want to run in the internal ROM, you can't have an OS running from the storage. It would be like running Windows directly from a memory card on your desktop computer (which I realise is probably possible at some level on a proper desktop machine if you do enough screwing around but it certainly wouldn't be easy and I'm not convinced you could do it on a phone).

[AdamHC]

i think he's talking about the rom/ram, not about the internal storage. the rom/ram is actually just that big to hold one (WinMobile) os!

oh, i get it now lol.