For those not in the know, the Nokia N800 and N770 are the two Internet Tablets out on the market right now. The N800 runs OS 2007, the N770 runs OS 2006. They aren’t compatible due to processor architectural differences, but luckily Nokia is looking to rectify the situation:
We have commissioned Markku Vire to have a go at making OS 2007 run on the Nokia 770. This is the engineering release Ari talked out.
It’s
by necessity a hybrid of OS 2007 and OS 2006. Device drivers, firmware
and some userland packages (notably the Opera browser engine) are those
in OS 2006. However, most components – including the kernel – are the
ones in OS 2007 where necessary rebuilt and/or configured differently.As far as the software platform is concerned, this makes this OS 2007 / 770 hacker edition pretty close to the real thing. We expect most applications built with Maemo Bora for the N800
to install and work, within the limitations of the hardware and subject
to some software gaps – more on that below. We also expect applications
that do not work on the N800 – due to changed APIs – not to work here as well.That’s great since it should make this release a viable tool for checking if your app will work on the N800 – before you have one.
But it’s not the real thing. It’s not a end-user ready release. It’s a tool to allow developers to continue working on the 770, moving on to the OS 2007 / Bora software platform, bridging the gap between 770 and N800.
It’s less than alpha. No Q.A. was done on it and who knows what it
might do. It should not brick your device but then again, we can’t be
totally sure of that either. I’m running it on my 770 and so far it’s doing fine 🙂[There is a whole lot more technical data that Carlos talks about as well as the current status of the project, check out the source below to get all the details]
Source: Carlos’s cup of coffee
Here is a picture:
