WindowsAndroid Lets You Run Android 4.0 Natively On Your PC 190
An anonymous reader writes "WindowsAndroid is a very cool tool from the Beijing-based startup SocketeQ that lets you run Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) as a native application on Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 machines. The creators tell us they have a deep background in virtualization, operating system, and graphics technologies, and have been working on the project for years. Essentially, WindowsAndroid allows you not only to execute Android apps on your Windows computer, but also use the browser, not to mention every other component of the operating system."
Chinese product... (Score:1, Insightful)
...do not trust.
i know what i'm thinking is heavily biased but! (Score:5, Insightful)
color me skeptical (Score:1, Insightful)
China? Only if it's completely open source and multiple peers have audited the code for security.
Developers (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:i know what i'm thinking is heavily biased but! (Score:5, Insightful)
Sandbox it. It's an Android emulator, if it can't run in a sandbox at full mobile device speeds, it's not worth using. If it can't run in a sandbox because it requires administrator access to your boot sector, delete with extreme prejudice.
Re:i know what i'm thinking is heavily biased but! (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:No Way?! (Score:3, Insightful)
Any suggestions on a better forum to read?
Re:i know what i'm thinking is heavily biased but! (Score:4, Insightful)
You mean the accusations without proof from the US government? The same government that's been waging a cyber-war against other countries in secret for years now? The same government who can run surveillance on their own citizens without a warrant by handing someone a post-it note?
Re:i know what i'm thinking is heavily biased but! (Score:3, Insightful)
google has lost in China not because of government blocking, but because it sucks in product quality.
That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. First of all, it does not hinge on "the government", but certain ministry official that want to be well greased. When those are faced between the decision to accept grease from a Chinese and a foreigner, the foreigner always loses; that's why Google's inland competitors are easily pulling ahead. Second, the party recognises the danger of unrestricted flow and exchange of information as provided through Google's search engine, so they would not let them go forward that easily - it is the need to stay in control so that social changes come slowly and gradually, avoiding chaos and upheaval. Lastly, it is ridiculous to claim that Android lacks in quality - the Chinese invented Shanzhai and idolise its culture, to the extent that anyone puts up with the quality of knockoff software when someone else would long since have given up in frustration.
Re:i know what i'm thinking is heavily biased but! (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Chinese product... (Score:2, Insightful)
Taiwan
.... which is the westernized name for the "Republic of China".
Which, as much as the People's Republic of China insists to the contrary, is currently a separate country.