Android IceCreamSandwich (ICS) running on Nokia N9 Using NITDriod. Dual boot with Android ICS or MeeGo.

For almost as long as the Nokia N9 has been around there was chatter about it running Android apps and dreams of it running Android and MeeGo dual boot style well…that day is here!

There is a little project known simply as the NITDroid project who just released a beta version of  their software to make the N9 just that a dual boot MeeGo/Android phone!

According to maker here is what you can expect from it:
- dualboot kernel (without reflashing), ability to choose OS after power on.
- 3D drivers, OpenGL
- hwrotation (portrait mode only, accelerometer HAL doesn’t work)
- touchscreen (multitouch)
- hw buttons (volume, power)
- ECI accessory (headset buttons)
- USB networking
- lcd off in sleep mode
- alarm driver, RTC
- mounting MyDocs as “SDCard” [realized; NOT FIXED, but HACK EXISTS]
- basic video decoding (sw) and playback, youtube (choppy)
- basic CellMo functionality: network registration, USSD, SMS, data (GPRS/EDGE/3G), signaling. Actually, ofono/ofono-ril stack is used: all things that it able to do on the n900.
- bluetooth (scanning, can pair devices. I didn’t test deeper).
- charging (note: without any notification in UI)
- sensors: accelerometer
- audio: playback (audio routing to: loudspeaker, headset or earpiece)
- lights HAL (lcd brightness)
- root access (via adb shell; su/Superuser.apk)

If you want to see them all you can check it out here.

Here is a hands on demo of Android ICS running on a Nokia N9.

 Pretty Cool right? If this can get out of testing phase the Nokia N9 will dual boot MeeGo and Android!!  Want to try for yourself? Here is the link for the download and instructions. I am not risking my N9 to test but…I know a few of you will. Feel free to leave something in comments to let me know how it worked out for you.)
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