Nokia's N9 might support Android apps

BANGALORE, INDIA: Nokia's latest smartphone N9, which was showcased this week, may support Android apps too, thanks to Myraid Group’s Alien Dalvik system.

Myriad Alien Dalvik brings Android applications to non-Android devices, allowing OEMs, operators and application stores to leverage the Android ecosystem across a wider range of mobile devices.

Also read: Nokia unveils MeeGo based N9 smartphone 

“Nokia may have flagged up the vast number of Qt apps available for the Nokia N9 (and its developer sibling, the N950), but the catalog doesn’t necessarily end there,” quoted Slash Gear in its website.

“Myriad has already demonstrated its Alien Dalvik system for running unmodified Android apps on MeeGo devices, developer Steve Troughton-Smith reminded us, as seamless to the end-user as the join between the N9's display and the polycarbonate housing, and promising the same performance as native software,” said the website.

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“Our first impressions of the Nokia N9 were very positive, and we can’t help but imagine Android apps on the sturdy Finnish hardware would be a compelling combination,” it added.

Using Alien Dalvik, MeeGo users can repackage the Android .apk installation files and install on MeeGo-powered smartphone.

The smartphone invited criticism from the analysts as it is based on the MeeGo platform, which is already scrapped by Nokia. In its new tie up with Microsoft, the handset major is moving to Windows-based OS.

Earlier this year, Research in Motion announced it would support Android platform in its BlackBerry PlayBook.