Hacking the Android
Well, I finally got to play with Google’s Android this weekend. I “installed” a version of it on a Nokia n810. I say “installed” because the procedure was simply (?!) flashing a new kernel and running a script from the micro-SD card. I’ve got to look into the code some more, build a custom kernel, boot into init, and all that Good Stuff. Then I have to read up on the SDK and start hacking away.
The Nokia n810 is a nice little machine. My only complaint is the default font size in the browser is too small. Imagine taking all of the content you see in your browser window on your desktop and then shrinking it down to a screen that fits easily in your palm. Yeah, it’s a little hard to read.
The whole process took me back to Ye Olde Days of Linux (ca. 1995) when compiling kernels was de riguer, and you had to search all over the place for patches, and the instructions weren’t always quite right.
It looks like I may be playing with this alot more in the near future! Keep your fingers crossed!
Tags: kernel compiling nokia
