Here's a nice diagram of the framework / structure of the Android / Linux libraries [1]. It's interesting to compare it to Nokia's Maemo [2] and Intel's MeeGo [

Here's a nice diagram of the framework / structure of the Android / Linux libraries [1]. It's interesting to compare it to Nokia's Maemo [2] and Intel's MeeGo [3], which are much closer to a desktop Linux. I haven't been able to find a diagram for WebOS but expect it to be fairly similar. [1] http://www.forum.nokia.com/piazza/wiki/images/e/ef/Android-architecture-485b.jpg http://www.forum.nokia.com/piazza/wiki/images/e/ef/Android-a... (strange the 1st Google hit for this was on Nokia) [2] http://wiki.maemo.org/images/9/90/MaemoArchitecture.png http://wiki.maemo.org/images/9/90/MaemoArchitecture.png [3] http://www.99bits.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/meego-architecture.jpg http://www.99bits.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/meego-archi...