Android on iPod touch [Coming Soon]

Android OS Coming Soon to an iPod touch Near You!

By Uzair Ghani | May 16th, 2010

The same person who ported Android to the iPhone 2G and iPhone 3G is now working on bringing Android OS to an iPod touch (minus calling feature). We were anticipating this one for a while, and hopefully the port will see the light of day soon!

Android on iPod touch

In a new blog post, Linux on the iPhone is reporting that the progress on Android to iPhone 3G is going quite well for now, though it’s taking a little time, but things are shaping up quite well and the binaries will be available in a short time. In the meantime, they attempted another port, Android on the first-gen iPod touch! Though it still needs some work before it is ready for primetime use. The extract from the blog post says:

Meanwhile, I am working on some stuff that is slightly more fun. Last night, I brought openiboot for the first-generation iPod touch up to scratch so that it supports all the features the other ports of openiboot support: sound, multitouch and SDIO (for WLAN) are the notable things I had to fix. Earlier today, I figured out how to drive the piezoelectric tweeter on the iPod touch.

So things such as multitouch drivers, WLAN and sound needs some work…

Hopefully, we’ll be able to roll out the iPod touch binaries with the 3G binaries and get on with the real work: power management and the little details that will make Android a truly viable alternative on our three early ports.

This is just great news. We’ll get our hands on the iPhone 3G binaries for the Android port the same day as the iPod touch binaries. We really can’t wait to try this port out ourselves! Sounds really exciting!

So is an Android port for iPad next? You bet! [via Linux On the iPhone]

View Comments on "Android OS Coming Soon to an iPod touch Near You!"

ryan king May 16th, 2010
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can the android OS run on the new bootrom 3gS?? i have 32GB 3gS 3.1.3 jailbroke with spirit!! let me know please many thanks

Jos May 16th, 2010
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So whats the advantages of android? that would be a great piece to read!

pulkitkaushik May 16th, 2010
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I'll be the first one to switch once it's available!

Anything's better than the closed iPhone OS. At least I'll be able to change the background of my iPod.

Zererico May 16th, 2010
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You shouldn't have bought an Apple device. Congratulations.

Luke May 16th, 2010
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Not yet.

Pulkit Kaushik May 17th, 2010
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I like the music and the App Store.

Jeggu May 18th, 2010
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Jailbreak with spirit. Just saying…

Cipsmoar May 19th, 2010
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Hope I can ported my iPod Touch and make it become android asap !

Karl Trajkovic May 21st, 2010
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ooh! can't wait! although i have never used an android before, i have the lock screen on my ipod and i cant wait to see the other features!!

Karas May 21st, 2010
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sure, but you can't run the iphone apps on android..
and you must jailbreak your iPod, though.

Len May 26th, 2010
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Both Android and apple OS have their advantages. Anyone who says otherwise is just bias. But for me, I prefer android because in my case flash is just so important. Also, android has amazing gmail intigration and the app store their is much less restrictive which is to me much more good then bad. Multitasking we all know is just huge aswell.

Ofcourse apple seems to have “the feel” down better then android in most peoples opinion. The interface is very fluid. And theres alot more apps currently for ipod then for android, and of the apps that are on both, the apple ones do often seem better in many cases.

For me, the numbers of apps doesnt impress me as I don't need that many diffrent gun and fart apps. I'd rather have flash which equals 1000's of free apps online. Yes it would have been better for me to have gotten an android app, however I got my itouch when it just came out when they were saying “flash was coming” and there was no android.. so when I can get android on the ipod it will be a money saver.