Alright folks, take a look at this video of VMWare for mobile devices – a demo of the Nokia N800 running VMWare’s MVP hypervisor that allows Windows (Embedded CE 6.0) and Android to be booted up and running simultaneously as if they were merely applications and not entire OSes. Its awesomeness pretty much speaks for itself:
I’m sure there are plenty of people who would like to run Windows for work out of pure comfort and Android for fun because of its ever increasing number of cool apps and games. We hope that Android’s depth of apps will reduce the need/desire for such a feature but its a security blanket that serves a purpose. It’s impressive to say the least, but before this comes to market a manufacturer will need to license the technology and embed it in their handsets… but is the demand for this type of flexibility enough to warrant that?
Show of hands – who would fork over the dough to get a phone running both Windows and Android instead of Android alone?
[Via Gizmodo]