That particular hardware is ~3 years old.  It is obsolete, and there is
nobody supporting drivers or other software for it.  I wouldn't be surprised
if in the future there is a device with that form factor, but it won't be
that exact hardware.

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:30 PM, mathiastck <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Really?  I had always hoped that device would come out eventually.
> It's still being used as the QVGA-L emulator skin.
>
> Trackballs are fun, but I prefer a D-Pad a lot of the time.  It's got
> the Nokia E-Series form factor I like too.
>
> On Mar 12, 5:33 pm, Jean-Baptiste Queru <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I wouldn't count on being able to run a recent Android on that device
> > (not enough RAM, no current kernel, wrong screen resolution, no
> > touchscreen).
> >
> > As for developing apps for that device, even if you could find the
> > right tools, you'd be developing against such an old pre-release that
> > it'd have little practical value. The emulator in the current SDK
> > behaves closer to a shipping consumer device than this device would.
> >
> > JBQ
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 5:19 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I happen to have android prototype device (the one in
> > >http://news.cnet.com/2300-1037_3-6230132-1.html?tag=mncol;txtthis
> > > picture)
> >
> > > I'd like to know if it's possible to run the recent version of android
> > > and if so, how can it be done?
> >
> > > If not, can I use older SDK to make a program to run on that
> > > prototype?
> >
> > > Thanks
> >
> > --
> > Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru
> > Android Engineer, Google.
> >
> > Questions sent directly to me that have no reason for being private
> > will likely get ignored or forwarded to a public forum with no further
> > warning.
> >
>


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