kaiser

UPDATE - No longer imminent. See below.

Helloandroid.com has spotted the location of a linux kernel on git.android.com, "
part of the Open Handset Alliance."

The repo is listed as "Linux support for the Qualcomm MSM7K family of devices", an impressive little chipset that does, well, pretty much everything.

Now what runs an MSM7K chipset? Well, our good friends HTC have the Kaiser (AKA TYTN II)...

My guess is the hacker community will have Android ported to the Kaiser within a week. Which means I'll have to buy one...

UPDATE: This kernel apparently will not work on the Kaiser. This kernel is for the MSM7200A chipset, whereas the Kaiser runs the MSM7200. I can find no available handset with the MSM7200A. (If anyone knows of any -- jordan[at]fandroid.net).

Also, apparently the existence of this repository was announced on Nov 8, here, by Android Kernel Lead Brian Swetland.