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Samsung Omnia hackers have been able to get Android OS to boot up on the Omnia, which is normally a Windows Mobile device. Basically the Omnia finally has hope in one day fully supporting Android on it.
The Omnia is said to be a wonderful phone, however its the Windows Mobile aspect of it that frustrates most users as well as the fact for hardly any support for the Android OS on it.
So far, programmers at MoDaCo Forums have been able to dual-boot the Omnia with Windows Mobile and Android. But the Android OS only has the touchscreen access and clock widget functioning right now. Thus you will not be able to do secondary type things like make a phone call.
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If you’re willing to try this out though, its not an easy task. It requires formatting the microSD card containing the OS with a Linux system. But the good thing about experimenting is that the Android OS won’t actually damage your phone since its not installed onto the hardware itself.
Hopefully Samsung will take this as inspiration to make Android more compatible with the Omnia. However at this time there is no word on that so its just up to the hackers now.
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