Thread: Install Maemo on other, non-Nokia device: phone, tablet, MID, netbook, etc.?
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Pocahontas is offline Pocahontas
2009-12-18 , 00:51
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#23
Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
No you cannot run Maemo on hardware Nokia does not support. Mer on the other hand you can provided you have the drivers.
You mean we can't do it legally. Legality is only a factor if I want to sell something. I just want a maemo phone I can use without downgrading to T-mobile's poorly ran network.

They use processors which are almost identical. The OMAP3 in the N900 has a slower CPU + a 400Mhz GPU. The Snapdragon in the LG Expo has a 1GhZ CPU and no GPU. The LG has some hardware that absolutely would not work (i.e. it's fingerprint reader).

However what I want to know if it is known. Could the type of processor the LG has even run the code of Maemo. Is it technically possible.

I am aware of Mer. Frankly I wouldn't even use Mer on my Nokia N810 Wimax. The last time I looked at mer It did not even look equal to Maemo4 OS2008 let alone comparable to Maemo 5.