Chinese company commercializes Android OS case for iPhones with MESUIT

Posted on by Jules Wang

The dream may have been achieved, but can it come to the masses? Well, leave it to China to bring down the house.Last month, Tendigi developer Nick Lee had built a prototype of a hardware addition to an iPhone that can make it run Android. It seems like Haimawan, a company working with OS virtualization, has run with that momentum by releasing the MESUIT this week, a case that lets Android and iOS run simultaneously on the ...

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Dalvik vs. ART: Android virtual machines and the battle for better performance

Posted on by Joe Levi

A huge advantage that devices powered by the Android operating system have over virtually every other OS is the use of a virtual machine in which apps run. Yes, virtual machines, but we’ll get to those in just a moment. What makes all this relevant now is the decision by Google to include a new runtime in Android 4.4 KitKat — one that promises to make your device faster, your battery last longer, and give you thicker, more manageable hair. Wait, not that last one. Before we jump into this brand new VM, and why it’s turned off by ...

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