Since the release of Android, there has been people that have tried to install it onto non-Android devices.  You can do some searches around the xda-developer forums and find projects for different Windows Mobile devices that are able to run Android in some form or another.  I tried it out on my old AT&T Fuze/HTC Touch Pro and it was very fun to mess around with.  Of course, at that time wireless was not working, so it was just something to play around with.

What better device to install Android, a Linux based mobile OS, than the Nokia N900.  The N900 runs Maemo 5, which is ultimately a mobile version of Linux that Nokia has been working on for a few years with the help of a great open source community.  So, running one mobile Linux OS on a device that was made to run a mobile Linux OS should be possible, right?

It appears that it is possible…sort of.  During my daily Twitter check this morning, I came across a tweet from bdogg64 mentioning that he was uploading a video of running Android on the N900.  Keep in mind that this is basically a proof of concept at this point, but once more of the Maemo community digs in, I am sure that they will help bdogg64 push the limits of running Android on the N900.

If you want to join in on the fun, head over to the Maemo.org forums.  I can’t wait to see how this progresses. I may even give it a shot on my own N900 once the project is a bit more refined.

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