Android

[udpolo15]

Quick question regarding Android. If I install a Android on a device, can I use any Android application or do they need to be developed specifically for the device.

 

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[IlPadrino]

Quick question regarding Android. If I install a Android on a device, can I use any Android application or do they need to be developed specifically for the device.

There are different versions of Android and some applications may not work with a specific version or place nice with a specific device (especially considering the screen resolutions vary significantly). But if you're going to "install a Android on a device" I'd think you already know this... so what do you mean by that?

Today you can't go wrong with a Motorola Droid, but there are many other devices expected in the next few months that might be better.

 

[z06dustin]

what ray said. if the version is compatible then yes. also... android is all open so if it doesn't work / there's not an app you want, you can hack your own! (unlike apple)

 

[udpolo15]

Thanks. I was looking at picking up one of these

http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/home/index.htm

and was thinking that I may want to install Android since I would likely have more options in terms of programs.

 

[IlPadrino]

Thanks. I was looking at picking up one of these
http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/home/index.htm

and was thinking that I may want to install Android since I would likely have more options in terms of programs.

That's some bleeding edge idea you've got there. I know that Android can certainly be installed on a netbook (it's really nothing more than a mobile operating system running on the Linux kernel), but I don't know what it'd really buy you.