OpenMobile is a brand new company at the application compatibility scene whose primary product, the applying Compatibility Layer, promises to bring Android’s large volume of apps to smaller platforms. Inside the following video, ACL is shown running on MeeGo , where the creators promise full compatibility with every Android app — without the will for developer modification — by leveraging Google’s runtime environment and Dalvik VM . While support for Intel and Nokia’s misbegotten lovechild is first out the door (in addition to Linux itself), the corporate plans to introduce similar versions for Bada, QNX, Symbian, WebOS and Windows. Like its competitor, Alien Dalvik , OpenMobile is positioning its Application Compatibility Layer to OEM manufacturers in place of consumers. Unfortunately, this eliminates any hope you might’ve had for installing Hanging with Friends on that N9 you’ve pre-ordered — unless OpenMobile’s in a position to convince the people in Espoo with a mighty good sales pitch, anyway.
[Thanks, Mikko]
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