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Raspberry Pi on the receiving end of an Ice Cream Sandwich

Tiny device not to be trifled with

Raspberry Pi on the receiving end of an Ice Cream Sandwich
By Jonathan Sutton
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Android

If you fancy some Android Ice Cream Sandwich with your Raspberry Pi, then you're in luck.

On the Raspberry Pi blog last night, project director Eben Upton revealed that his team has been working on porting Android 4.0 (a.k.a. Ice Cream Sandwich) onto the company's credit card-sized computer board.

Previous attempts at porting the Android OS over to the Raspberry Pi have melted in the sun, but this early build is looking rather promising, with full graphics and video acceleration on the menu.

The only thing missing at the moment is full audio support, but once the issues with AudioFlinger have been resolved, there'll be nothing to stop you booting up Android 4.0 on your Raspberry Pi device.

According to the Raspberry Pi Foundation's Liz Upton, a release candidate build of Android 4.0 should be available to download as soon as next month.

Check out the video below for a look at Android 4.0 running on a Raspberry Pi.

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Jonathan Sutton
Jonathan Sutton
As a journalism graduate, Jonathan tried his hand at a career in hard news, but he couldn't stop daydreaming of bouncing plumbers and warp pipes. A serial buyer of consoles, he often finds himself waking up in the night in a cold sweat with his bank balance and Mario flashing in front of his eyes.