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bastospn
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Default [Q] VM for android?

Hi all,
Anyone know if you can run VM over android. I heard somewhere that it will be soon possible to run VMwhare over android.

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do you mean the VMWare client, right?
 
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Yes. I know that for a 512 MB it could be a bit odd, but in theory it should be possible.
 
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They are working on a remote client that can run on android, but if you are dreaming about a working virtual machine that can run over an arm processor, keep dreaming :)

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I don't see way not. I know for most people VMs are just for big servers but it could make sense in mobile world too.
_http://droidpolice.com/lg-and-virtual-vmware-environments-bringing-to-android-video/

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Years ago I have seen a x86 virtual machine written entirely in java running windos xp on a nikia comunicator: the only drawback is performance that was stated to be 30% of processor power available to the guest operating system ( keep in mind what is the speed of a cellphone processor). This makes it theoretically possible, but on the other side you have to increase system resources in order to run an extra os environment that can be usable, and more resources mean higher price
About your link lg is only working to create an android virtual machine in order to have an isolated enterprise environment on the phone, and not a fully working virtual machine host for others OSes

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