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It is only a matter of time before hackers find a way of running Android on iPad, especially considering the fact that it has already been accomplished on iPhone 3G, 2G and the original iPod touch. As the iPad is just an oversized iPhone/iPod Touch, it is a sitting duck for intrepid hackers like the folks responsible for the iDroid Project, whose stated goal is “to fully port the Linux kernel and the Google Android OS to Apple's iDevices” using the OpeniBoot bootloader. The iDroid Project team has indicated that they are very close to porting Android to the iPad and iPhone 4. They even posted a video (below) and a few images on Twitter to tease us.
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Bgilbert47
November 14, 2010 at 9:16am
This is mostly ego driven
Apple : This is our stuff. Even though you purchased it, it still belongs to us and we'll tell you what you can run on it.
Hackers : We'll take your stuff and run whatever we want to on them and you can't stop us. Ha Ha.
Apple : We'll put in software, hardware and firmware that will blow up your I-thing if you try to run software we don't approve of.
Hackers: We'll find ways to get around your software/hardware/firmware blocks and STILL run whatever we want on your I-devices. Kiss our @$$s Apple, HA HA!
Apple : Damn You, Hackers!
majorsuave
November 13, 2010 at 5:05pm
This seems like a nice stunt but whoever wants a tablet with Android will probably save the money and problems by buying a less expensive tablet that already has Android running such as the Archos 101 which is supposed to be out within a few days for 299$.
I mean, at this price it features HDMI out and a SDHC slot, two things missing badly on iOS devices.
And, why the generic mediocre pop music on their video? wouldn't that be more useful if they commented on what they were doing?
