> Well, I do that routinely (specifically, I write windows applications
> by cross compiling from a linux machine, and test them on the
> development machine using the wine compatibility layer).

That is what I meant (more or less) by saying that you would have to write
some sort of Android Emulator for Windows Mobile.

Thanks,
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On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Chris Stratton <cs07...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Sep 9, 5:33 pm, Justin Anderson <janderson....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I have a new Samsung Omnia with Windows Mobile 6.1 on it.
> >
> > > Can I develop Android applications to run on this type of phone?
>
> > No.  That is the equivalent of asking if you can develop windows
> > applications to run on Linux.
>
> Well, I do that routinely (specifically, I write windows applications
> by cross compiling from a linux machine, and test them on the
> development machine using the wine compatibility layer).
>
> I would assume that sooner or later we are going to start to see
> compatibility layers to allow applications developed for one framework
> to run on another, though it may not become fully practical until
> phones have a bit more horsepower, and it will probably first become
> practical as a cross platform toolkit where you write for the
> compatibility layer rather than any native framework.
>
> >
>

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