[ale] repurposing an Android device

[brian at polibyte.com (Brian Pitts)]

On 09/19/2009 09:39 PM, Atlanta Geek wrote:
> I dont know what you mean by repurpose.  There is an open api so you
> can get your own software on it.
> 
> The nokia n810, (an internet tablet as well) may be a better fit though.
> You can run Perl and python on it.  And from what I've read it isnt
> too difficult to get C code on it.  Android expects you to write in
> their Java platform.  I've never been a fan of Java.
> 

Since people provide entire alternate distributions for the 810, I
assume it isn't had to install packages written in C.

http://wiki.maemo.org/Alternative_operating_systems

Most notable is Mer, I think.

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All the best,
Brian Pitts