Ive been admiring the ARCHOS Internet Tablet with Android from afar lately. A current Android device is appealing, but Im on the fence between adding a CDMA Android phone that I can swap with my Pre or simply getting a standalone Android unit. Thats when it hit me — why not repurpose my Samsung Q1UP to run Android to get a feel for such a device? I did just that over the weekend, thanks to the community at Android-x86. I found a port of Android 1.6 thats really geared for netbooks like the original Eee PC 701 and got it working on my UMPC. You can run the port from a Live CD or USB drive, so you dont have to remove your current operating system. My first impressions — Android is blazing on a 1.33GHz Intel Core Solo, just like youd expect. Read all about this and more gadgets at www.jkontherun.com!
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