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Metuas

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Aug 1, 2008
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Under a rock.
So. The iPhone and iPod touch have a 620MHz ARM11 processor...and tons of phones have similar ARM11 processors, like the Motorola RIZR, the Nokia E90, the Nokia N800 and N810 "internet tablet", and many others.

It's a million to one, but with hacking, would it be possible to "port", per se, iPhone OS onto these devices? Obviously there would be issues, like a "pointer" driver for non-touchscreen devices, and likewise a keyboard driver, but the same way there's Mac OSx86, is a detachment of iPhone OS from the iPhone and iPod touch feasible?

By the by, I'm a happy iPhone user, and don't personally have any of these phones, but I'm just curious, and want to find out if, indeed, it could be done.
 
There are way more technical hurdles than those that you have listed. I don't think it would be technically feasible.
 
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