I'm really interested in slate tablet style computers and I'm looking into building a prototype of one this summer. I think it would be cool if it could run Android and leverage all of the apps people are writing for that but I can't find any info about what hardware to use. Can someone in a garage build an Android capable device? Is it really an "Open Handset Alliance" if the only people who can build the handsets are established phone makers?<p>Anyone have any info on this?
Does this help?
<a href="http://www.anddev.org/first_android_hardware_development_board_available-t981.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.anddev.org/first_android_hardware_development_boa...</a>
<a href="http://www.coolsmartphone.com/news3968.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coolsmartphone.com/news3968.html</a> shows a demo to run android on an Windows mobile phone.<p>I thought about the possibility to run Android OS on embedded devices. One reason is that I just like the SDK. But I know it will takes time to add own device driver and customized apis for my customized device.
I later found this. <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4262102607.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4262102607.html</a><p>I guess google with "android hardware development board" will get a lot of info.
Start by taking a look at the hardware that is/will be supported. If I remember correctly, Texas Instruments has an ARM based development board that runs Android.