The x86 version of Android 4 has been released for developers. This potentially brings the latest Android OS to billions of platforms. To developers out there, this sounds like a lucrative new market.
The tablets and cell phones with the OS on it have specifications that the PC market surpassed a decade ago, in many cases. Android can breathe new life into old systems.
At the moment, the x86 Android 4 has a few issues. Some sound functions, cameras, Ethernet, and Intel hardware acceleration does not have support, but AMD hardware, WiFi, and basics sounds do work. The source already has support for one PC tablet, the MSI Brazos Tablet. Get the source on Google's x86 porting page.
Try running Android 4 in a virtual box:
- Create a virtual machine, Linux (Virtual Box)
- Set memory size (1 GB)
- Create virtual harddrive
- Load the x86 Android ISO
- Install x86 Android
- In virtual box.. "Choose Create/Modify Partitions –> New –> Set as Primary –> set as Bootable –> choose Write, then you can format the new partition into ext3 filesystem."
- It ready
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