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After a year of tinkering, Ben Leslie at http://benno.id.au/ succeeded in getting Android to run on his Neo1973. Earlier efforts proved fruitless since Android is compiled for the ARMv5 instruction set while the Neo1973 only supports ARMv4. Now that Google has decided to release the source code, it’s possible to recompile the OS for different architectures, at least if you’re as determined and skilled as Ben. Check out his blog to learn about the changes he made to the source.

On a related note, OpenMoko Wiki user Seanmcneil3 has enjoyed similar success in his quest to get Android running on the newer Freerunner handset.