Before you read this post, answer a simple question. Are you an owner of Samsung S8000 Jet? Are happy with it? 
The official advertisment of S8000 is “smarther than smarphone”. But in fact, it is dump and usless: you can’t run anything except Java & Javascript applications. Which seems to be pretty limited. Moreover, on the original firmware I got when I bought the phone there was no way to run Java applications … On the other hand, it’s hardware is good …
Since Google opened sources of it’s open source OS for mobile devices there started several projects to port Android on them. There appeared also a project to port Android to S8000: http://code.google.com/p/jetdroid/wiki/JetDroidStatus . But for now, it is very early stage of development, and there will be nothing significant in upcoming future (I judge from project activity, but I am glad to be wrong and to test Android on S8000 today 
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There are however some ports of Android to Samsung S3C6410 target board: http://nemustech.blogspot.com/2009/04/android-on-s3c6410-target-board.html which seems to be very promising, because S3C6410 target board shares exactly the same hardware as S8000 Jet. But, so far, there is nothing these days you can get and test. Pity.
I was trying to see any SDK for Samsung S8000 in http://innovator.samsungmobile.com/ but it’s dead end. There is a widgets SDK for S8000 which means you are developing JavaScript applications, not native. It is amazying how bad things are for Samsung S8000: it has powerful hardware, but very limited software. More over, the software is very buggy. You just feel when you work with it. A typical example: wi-fi connects to router after second time. No flash plugin. Alarm does not save if your restart phone. Some applications hung. No native application for GPS. No “samsung app store for S8000″ …, etc.
Of course, by providing such a bad software for S8000, Samsung makes people unhappy and angree, like me. And so this gives a powerful impulse for porting Android to S8000 … Will see how the project will go …
Exactly. Worst phone I ever had. Really hope to see Android on it or I will have to buy a new phone soon. It’s just HORRIBLE!
the phone hardware itself is not bad… the screen is a true gem, cpu seems fast, good size and a usable camera. It is its software that is unbelievably bad.
I have not lost my faith on the phone and really wish this Android project works out.
I think it is possible to port android on Jet but to do something like that you need official drivers from samsung so you can “translate” them to work under Android…
Tehere`s no problem to boot android on jet with little modifications but nothing else wont work because you dont have drivers!!!
(i`m sorry beacuse of my bad and simple english)
hey, i really admire your project, samsung jet is a terrible phone without android in my opinon.The hardware is great but the software is horrible. Keep the good work up mate!
So what has been developed so far? I am already courting HTC phones but still like to stick to my Jet if possible androidized.
Hello
This is not my project, it was managed by another people, not me. I keep an eye on it and I hope it will have a logical continuation …
These videos shows that there is actually some progress: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rd-sEa4_IM & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pzvRASCa9Q
jet is making me mad. everything is okay besides the software
Well, porting Android to jet is moving forward. I was able to compile bootloader and kernel and load first versions of Android.
Er.. can i know that whether the developing android will be suitable for jet snow white edition?
Dunno. You can ask here: http://groups.google.com/group/jetdroid/
k. THANKS
Hi, I just got a jet today ancompletely agree with your review. Any advancements on this?