I have a HP Touchpad 4G in-hand and was wondering if there any devs out there who could use the codes from this rare version to make existing HP Touchpads any better?
This toucH pad is 4G made for ATT and also comes stock Dual 1.5 GHZ. Software on box says 3.0.1. I have not opened it yet.
Ok. Is it stock android? Or webOS?. Get whole of me in pm and we can talk later tonight. I will contact Myn and virus about it.
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Ok. Is it stock android? Or webOS?. Get whole of me in pm and we can talk later tonight. I will contact Myn and virus about it.
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Would have been awesome if it was android. I was told that HP Touch pad II was in dev but was just dropped this week which WAS going to be ANdroid. It was going to be a much thinner version like iPad2.
The version i have is the WebOS version. I contact you PM when I get out of work.
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Would have been awesome if it was android. I was told that HP Touch pad II was in dev but was just dropped this week which WAS going to be ANdroid. It was going to be a much thinner version like iPad2.
The version i have is the WebOS version. I contact you PM when I get out of work.
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This makes no sense
Why would HP ever make an Android device and pay royalties to Microsoft when they own a perfectly ok OS themselves
and it's not like Android's lighting the tablet world on fire
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This makes no sense
Why would HP ever make an Android device and pay royalties to Microsoft when they own a perfectly ok OS themselves
and it's not like Android's lighting the tablet world on fire
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This may make no sense to you but the prototype was just tested and dropped project.
WebOS is a perfectly ****ty OS imo. My friend in R&D told me about the KNOWN memory leak in the webOS browser and causes system instability and the scroll issue. Also how the kernel for the Touchpad does not function properly with Dual-cores but was still released.....
There are MANY bugs with this product. There is also a 7" version of the HP Touchpad I have here that was never released.
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This may make no sense to you but the prototype was just tested and dropped project.
WebOS is a perfectly ****ty OS imo. My friend in R&D told me about the KNOWN memory leak in the webOS browser and causes system instability and the scroll issue. Also how the kernel for the Touchpad does not function properly with Dual-cores but was still released.....
There are MANY bugs with this product. There is also a 7" version of the HP Touchpad I have here that was never released.
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The only thing we need is actual drivers to support the touchpad for android. That's it.
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hydrogenman said:
This makes no sense
Why would HP ever make an Android device and pay royalties to Microsoft when they own a perfectly ok OS themselves
and it's not like Android's lighting the tablet world on fire
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The only thing we need is actual drivers to support the touchpad for android. That's it.
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Let me ask my friend if he can leak me the drivers if he can get his hands on them.... since the project was officially shut down this week with the HP TouchPad II, maybe he can legally get me them.
Ohh, is it possible to get pictures of the 7 in model? Hopefully on and showing the OS
the touchpad go....
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Let me ask my friend if he can leak me the drivers if he can get his hands on them.... since the project was officially shut down this week with the HP TouchPad II, maybe he can legally get me them.
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No go on the drivers
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Ohh, is it possible to get pictures of the 7 in model? Hopefully on and showing the OS
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Not on, though I wouldn't imagine webOS would look any different than the regular Touchpad.
http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/19/hp...d-heres-what-a-dead-7-inch-tablet-looks-like/
Completely useless info but R&D dept at HP is missing two Touchpad II tablets recently with Android build on them.... They were prototypes. Project recently canned.
Why would they consider anandroid tablet? Simple,webos was a complete and total failure they wasted over a billion dollars on. I'm not making a statement about the quality of the software. I'm personally less than impressed with it but that's not the point. Lets just assume its the most amazing OS ever made and makes both iOS and Android look like a Commodore Vic 20 in comparison. Honestly,its all opinion. Lets stick to facts. Best Buy ordered hundreds of thousands. They sold around 20,000 before the firesale. The facts are no one bought them and no one developed for them. With no apps,no userbase and a warehouse full of product,it was looking pretty grim. Maybe they could have made a go of it but more likely it wouldn't have been life support for a few years and then finally put out of its misery.
If HP still wants to be in the tablet market,Android would not be a bad way to go. In fact,dropping webos and releasing android for the touchpad would not have been too bad of idea rather than the firesale.
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Why would they consider anandroid tablet? Simple,webos was a complete and total failure they wasted over a billion dollars on. I'm not making a statement about the quality of the software. I'm personally less than impressed with it but that's not the point. Lets just assume its the most amazing OS ever made and makes both iOS and Android look like a Commodore Vic 20 in comparison. Honestly,its all opinion. Lets stick to facts. Best Buy ordered hundreds of thousands. They sold around 20,000 before the firesale. The facts are no one bought them and no one developed for them. With no apps,no userbase and a warehouse full of product,it was looking pretty grim. Maybe they could have made a go of it but more likely it wouldn't have been life support for a few years and then finally put out of its misery.
If HP still wants to be in the tablet market,Android would not be a bad way to go. In fact,dropping webos and releasing android for the touchpad would not have been too bad of idea rather than the firesale.
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Well they didn't, now they do have a large user base, a large development community, and none sitting in a warehouse, all thanks to the firesale.
jeffokada81 said:
I have a HP Touchpad 4G in-hand and was wondering if there any devs out there who could use the codes from this rare version to make existing HP Touchpads any better?
This toucH pad is 4G made for ATT and also comes stock Dual 1.5 GHZ. Software on box says 3.0.1. I have not opened it yet.
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Hope you are aware that Moboot 0.3.4 is out, which support 4G - http://code.google.com/p/moboot/downloads/list
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If HP still wants to be in the tablet market,Android would not be a bad way to go. In fact,dropping webos and releasing android for the touchpad would not have been too bad of idea rather than the firesale.
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Windows 8 is where their tablet is heading...
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Windows 8 is where their tablet is heading...
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Actually, I just had r&d guy in HP tell me Window is where they are going with their new tablets.
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Hope you are aware that Moboot 0.3.4 is out, which support 4G - http://code.google.com/p/moboot/downloads/list
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Does this add 4G to ANY HP tablet? I wish I knew coding.....
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Does this add 4G to ANY HP tablet? I wish I knew coding.....
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no you can't do that.
You have to replace the entire motherboard of the touchpad..
ie The hardware is not present on the wifi tablets.
Gosh I hate threads like these, people talking out of their ass, people always know people and always have inside knowledge.
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Hope I'm not being sacrilegeous, but is it possible? I've always admired the platform, but the lack of apps always held me back from trying it.
Any possibility we could get WebOS running on the G tab?
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Because if number of available apps is the problem, WebOS is clearly the answer.
Thanks for the laugh.
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Because if number of available apps is the problem, WebOS is clearly the answer.
Thanks for the laugh.
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the lack of apps is whats kept him from trying Web OS (ie: buying a web os device) however hes interested in trying out the platform if he could get it running on his gtab.
but you clearly didn't pick that up and made an ass of yourself.
You're right (on both counts).
Not the first or last time I make an ass of myself on the internet.
I doubt it, but it would be awesome. WebOS is a stunningly beautiful OS. I love the way it looks, feels, and works. To me, it's up there with android in the multitasking department and surpasses it in design (though honeycomb is getting close). I had a pre for about 6 months and sometimes miss some of the things it did. That being said, as of june 2010, it was buggy as all get out and the app store was severly lacking.
I second the request for someone to look into this though, as it would be a lot of fun to play with.
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You're right (on both counts).
Not the first or last time I make an ass of myself on the internet.
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Hey, at least you owned up to it
I bought a Palm Pre the day it was released, I thought WebOS was pretty damn awesome, but they released it on hardware of the worst quality (my Pre oreo'd like a mofo, and the touchscreen stopped working 9 months in). That and the fact that they didn't license it out like Android pretty much doomed it from the start.
Nice to see HP giving it a go, and #2 tablet world is wide open at the moment, but I wouldn't choose it over Android. Would be fun to play with though.
CPU is probably the big obstacle - anyone know what WebOS is compiled for? I actually know very little about the device.
If, for example, the hardware was ARM based then it's in the realm of possibility.
EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webos. hmmm, ARM-based and Linux based. Interesting.....
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CPU is probably the big obstacle - anyone know what WebOS is compiled for? I actually know very little about the device.
If, for example, the hardware was ARM based then it's in the realm of possibility.
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original pre was an omap processor, not sure if that is arm or not. I think texas instruments was the manufacturer
Btw I thought of this after reading about all the work done on the HTC HD2 and and HD7 running both Windows x.x and Android concurrently. Android Central recently had an article about WebOS 3.0 where they said it is starting to look mighty impressive.
I've always enjoyed Android and how customizable it is, but have enjoyed the UI from WebOS (one of my cousin owned a Pre).
Btw I enjoy using all platforms, I've been on Windows, OS X, and Ubunut for desktops and laptops, and for Smartphones I've used WM 6 (and prior), Blackberry, iOS, and Android. I tend to go with the one that suits my needs/wants best. Now that tablets are starting to be on the rise, I haven't set in stone which one I prefer yet. I picked up a Gtab from Woot knowing that there is a strong community of modders in addition to some solid internal hardware and specs.
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I know nothing about the programming side, but if we could get the ball rolling on this, I'm ready and willing to use my time and hardware for testing.
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Web os is now open source.
Anyone interested
Ubunut!
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..., and Ubunut ...
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LOL! Is this the name for an Ubuntu fanatic?
This is probably a dumb question in the wrong section but are there any reasons outside of something like a locked boot-loader that Android couldn't be compiled to run on the HP touchpad tablet?
I was just wondering the same thing. The CPU is a SnapDragon so the hardware at least has the potential to work...
I would imagine that it would be quite difficult because you would need to build your own kernel and custom version of android.
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I would imagine that it would be quite difficult because you would need to build your own kernel and custom version of android.
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Im not a Developer or anything but I would Assume that we Can wait for a Honeycomb Tablet to come out with Similar specs (I.E Same Processor and Ram) and port a Version of that to the TouchPad. It should work if Running HC 3.2 since it supports different Screen sizes too. I would assume only minor tweaking would be needed. But thats just me Guessing.
Sorry but I was thinking the opposite. I would kill to get WebOS running on my new Moto Photon!
ouchpad
+1 for android on HP ouchpad
http://cnnmoney.mobi/wk_snarticle?a...110818:hp_pc_spinoff:1&category=cnnm_business
especially now since ouchpad is dead
I think this is going to become a much more important question, now that HP is getting out of the consumer hardware business and WebOS is going to become unsupported very soon. I think a dual-core snapdragon would be more that enough to run 2.3, and the aspect ratio (4:3) makes it a lot more attractive to me than the existing 16:10 stable of Honeycomb tablets.
If the source code for Ice Cream Sandwich is released to the public, hopefully this can happen. For now though I hope someone will be interested enough to pick up a cut-rate Touchpad (prices are likely to plummet now that Retailers will be dying to offload them) and attempt to get CM7 on it.
mrkkk said:
http://cnnmoney.mobi/wk_snarticle?a...110818:hp_pc_spinoff:1&category=cnnm_business
especially now since ouchpad is dead
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due to LTE:
Samsung Galaxy S II Hercules
Samsung SHV-E120S Galaxy S II LTE
use the modem-less AP8060 that the touchpad uses. they would be the target candidates to port to touchpad. could maybe do boot ->boot like IOS jailbreak where you strap webos to boot android.
Since AP8060 is SOC (all in one) - good chance of this working.
I would put up some cash to see this happen... really would... WebOS is nice.. the Hardware is nice.. but AS IT IS... is as it will be and it just doesnt have enough in it for me to enjoy it. Not enough quality apps.. and what happens when things need updates to make them work properly. call whom ever you want ... no one is there to pick up the phone they have all be WFR by hp lol
I really hope someone can get Android on those Touchpads. The big box retailers are dumping them right now. 16GB for $99.99 and 32GB for $149.99.
i know its not related but since its being sold for 99$im thinking of buying it the only question is that does it run divx movies without converting
id donate $20 towards this
The 16gb in Canada is going for $99....well worth it if a port was possible or in the near future!!!
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/19/let-the-liquidation-begin-hps-16gb-touchpad-on-sale-for-99/
It was possible with the HD2, with a little effort, Android will become possible!
someone please port android to this device!
What is the over-under on this getting Android? Is it worth a poor man's money?
I'm veerrryyyy interested too! This would be awesome.
mdneilson said:
What is the over-under on this getting Android? Is it worth a poor man's money?
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I say its worth the 100....
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I say its worth the 100....
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I would want something with Android... that is my main concern. So, you think that it will get a port?
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not completely, its still ARM architecture, so there are limitations, but windows 8 is a given, metro would run like a champion on the TP.
also, more expectedly, we will see more ports of other tablet OS/UI's. personally id love a pucinni port of sense. but others may prefer touchwiz or a better miui release
and as many users, i ofter call the TP my HD2 of tablets, the leatherman of technology!
I should've added the "some other OS" option. I've come to like Android a little bit, only I often get lost in it's long wave of menus.
Personally, I would like to see that Galaxy Note software on the TouchPad, but that's considered Google Android isn't it?
I like the idea of being able to change to whatever OS I want at any time.
DreamOWD said:
I should've added the "some other OS" option.
Personally, I would like to see that Galaxy Note software on the TouchPad, but that's considered Google Android isn't it?
I like the idea of being able to change to whatever OS I want at any time.
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the note is just a variation on the touchwiz UI, but it would pretty damn sweet on the tp
im actually trying to get a galaxy note as well, but if it doesnt come with AWS, im pooched, so the UI would be neat to mess about with on the TP
Windows 8 would be sweet.
Joli OS is going to be released as open-source soon, so that would be kinda cool.
Triple Boot,
WebOS, ICS and Win8.
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Triple Boot,
WebOS, ICS and Win8.
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I use Android 70% webOS 30%.
Android provides pretty hard core games, lots of customizability.
WebOS is nice for that effortless elegant experience. And the fact that you can do 50 things at 1 time.
you should've put up a multiple choice poll!!!!
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AHAHAHHAHA ios, that funny
ios was not designed for tablets. But I would be VERY interested in Microsoft Surface for tablets.
Meego's pretty attractive, but I don't know anything about it.
All these tablets have multitouch. Yet I have not yet seen it implemented into the UI, such as moving around windows with two fingers.
Hell I would n00buntu with gnome3
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Arch
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Already have a chroot working I believe.
DreamOWD said:
ios was not designed for tablets. But I would be VERY interested in Microsoft Surface for tablets.
Meego's pretty attractive, but I don't know anything about it.
All these tablets have multitouch. Yet I have not yet seen it implemented into the UI, such as moving around windows with two fingers.
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iOS seems to be working fine on tablets.....so says the millions of them sold.
Nburnes said:
Already have a chroot working I believe.
iOS seems to be working fine on tablets.....so says the millions of them sold.
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Of course! With many schools, businesses, news stations, and military buying them up like crazy. Many U.S. schools adding iPads, trimming textbooks.
Which makes sense, it's is pretty simple. You go into one app, come out.
I want more of a hard core tablet.
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This relevant to my interests. Good work.
doug piston said:
This relevant to my interests. Good work.
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Oh, not me man. I wish I was that smart.
http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=1567
https://github.com/crimsonredmk/ArchLinuxARM-Chroot-TouchPad
Seems alot of people are putting their eggs in Windows 8..
If you want a wholesome experience, an OS with large market share and few limitations would probably be the best. Which is why I think Android is the best OS for the end user on mobile platforms.
In theory however, Linux is far from the best OS, frankly all *nix are an archaic design, but but for embedded devices it kind of works I guess.
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I should've added the "some other OS" option. I've come to like Android a little bit, only I often get lost in it's long wave of menus.
Personally, I would like to see that Galaxy Note software on the TouchPad, but that's considered Google Android isn't it?
I like the idea of being able to change to whatever OS I want at any time.
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That's just a skinned version of Android. A poor one at that. With a few key apps you can go above and beyond what Samsung is offering
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I love it.
I had some second guessing when I first picked it up but I am more than happy with my purchase now. There was two main reasons I wanted to replace my touchpad:
1. Aspect ratio: Probably 75% of the time I used my touchpad was for watching netflix or youtube and the widescreen on the transformer is a million times better.
2. Wifi: Wifi on the touchpad is horrible, it's super spotty and would constantly drop the connection. It's not just mine either, if you do a search for touchpad wifi problems you'll find dozens of threads. It's really slow for whatever reason too, for comparison I average 6-8Mbps on my touchpad while on the same connection my transformer gets 25-30Mbps.
I guess the touchpad wasn't too bad for $100 but I'm liking the transformer a whole lot more so far.
So this is a thread about your HP Touchpad.....
GTFO
Sounds like a thread about him dissing his HP Touchpad. It's not so much on topic, but it is amusing.
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So this is a thread about your HP Touchpad.....
GTFO
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Well, if read carefully, the thread is about the person preferring their NEW TRANSFORMER over their OLD TOUCHPAD. Some better grammar on the OPs part would have helped here, however.
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I love it.
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Glad you like the new Transformer!!!
OP meant TF, I'm sure. Its amazing with the flood of devices this summer and the bigger prices how in just a few months with the poor sales or problems how big companies tablets like the Playbook, Touchpad, Dell Streak, HTC Flyer, and even the Xoom, have discontinued or deeply slashed prices.
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Then sell it. I paid 100 bucks for mine like many of us here did. Nothing to complain about. 8mbps internet speed on a tablet non PC is perfectly fine....the os does not support gaming like your desktop may do. Lets get real here. This thread is all kinds of fail. A tablet at this age and infancy is seriously a convenience personal or small business toy.
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Wait ...I can get a transformer for $100? Where???
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he's complaining about android on a device which doesnt natively run android
...on an alpha. And costs 3-4x less than his TF101
yes the TF101 is probably better. I would gladly trade my Touchpad for it, but look at the prices and where the Android port is at right now
The wifi is spotty?
ITS AN ALPHA BUILD ;_;
Give it a couple more months, android will run a lot better on the touchpad.
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Sounds like a thread about him dissing his HP Touchpad. It's not so much on topic, but it is amusing.
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Well, if read carefully, the thread is about the person preferring their NEW TRANSFORMER over their OLD TOUCHPAD.
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Thread moved much?
Well it seems so.....
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I guess the touchpad wasn't too bad for $100 but I'm liking the transformer a whole lot more so far.
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I'd gladly take the touchpad off your hands for 100$ =P
I absolutely love my touchpad. I've had no wifi issues at all. But I left mine on webOS, see no reason to try a buggy phone version on Android. I will gladly try a buggy ICS build, but gingerbread has no appeal to me when I have it on my phone.
webOS seems extremely underrated. Its so intuitive ans easy to use. The browser is fast and renders everything great.
Yeah, I'd swap it for a transformer, xoom, or galaxy tab 10". But for the price (I paid $200 for a 16), it can't be beat.
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I absolutely love my touchpad. I've had no wifi issues at all. But I left mine on webOS, see no reason to try a buggy phone version on Android. I will gladly try a buggy ICS build, but gingerbread has no appeal to me when I have it on my phone.
webOS seems extremely underrated. Its so intuitive ans easy to use. The browser is fast and renders everything great.
Yeah, I'd swap it for a transformer, xoom, or galaxy tab 10". But for the price (I paid $200 for a 16), it can't be beat.
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Yup its polished at the webOS side l. If only android has the same screen guestures thing then it will be perfect.
I, for one, would stay with webos if it included a good web browser. My chief complaint has been the browser from day 1 along with the lack of a back button function. Otherwise, webos is a polished OS that performs much faster and smoother, IMHO, than android. While I can hope that Meg will see the light and keep HP active with webos development, the actions of HP in the last 2 months lead me to believe it's a dead end. I still work with webos and android daily on the TP and look forward to good things with an ICS port in the near future.
The touchpad is still the best investment I have made in quite some time.
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the aspect ratio may suck for movies... but it's AWESOME for reading books, comics, and mangas. not everyone prefers to watch netflix/movies/youtube on a 10" screen over their TV/PC
I bought my TouchPad with the full intention of running CM7 as soon as I got my hands on it. After all, I am an Android addict, and all my past and current phones have been heavily tampered with to void warranty on day 1.
However, even after two weeks of purchasing the TouchPad, I am still with the WebOS without any desire to move to CM7 any time soon. Maybe I'll get there when CM9 is available.
Good news for the Friends of the latest ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime, because from March will be a UMTS version hit the market, which is also equipped with a more powerful GPS module. ASUS is responding to the continuing complaints relating to the relatively weak performance of the receiver currently installed GPS.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/07/asus-windows-8-tablet-promised/
Source: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.netbooknews.de%2F58657%2Fasus-bestaetigt-win-8-tablet-mit-arm-umts-transformer-prime-ab-maerz-neue-10-incher-im-anmarsch%2F
Still worth getting an ASUS Transformer Prime now?
hopefully the windows 8 tablet they release is similar enough hardware wise to the prime that we can easily port it.
Man wouldn't that be nice!
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Why would they ruin a perfectly good tablet with windows 8
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Why would they ruin a perfectly good tablet with windows 8
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so I can install steam and play all my windows games I would love to play and can't!
I don't need gps or mobile data, so to me it's worth it to me now. Good news win8
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so I can install steam and play all my windows games I would love to play and can't!
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Not sure if your being sarcastic, but it will be an arm processor.
None of the current windows apps will work on Windows 8 Tablets.
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hopefully the windows 8 tablet they release is similar enough hardware wise to the prime that we can easily port it.
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it will be. supposedly using Tegra3 also last time I heard. so "should" be no issue porting it. if not tegra3 maybe a lil less powerful ARM. either way, we can handle it.
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Not sure if your being sarcastic, but it will be an arm processor.
None of the current windows apps will work on Windows 8 Tablets.
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Are you trying to say every piece of software that runs on windows machines right now will not run on windows 8? I have a very hard time believing that.
edit: nevermind that just did the research you are right and I cannot believe they would go that direction that is unbelievable.
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Are you trying to say every piece of software that runs on windows machines right now will not run on windows 8? I have a very hard time believing that.
edit: nevermind that just did the research you are right and I cannot believe they would go that direction that is unbelievable.
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It is the only direction to go, unless they release a prime with a x86 processor. Its not a choice but a fact of life.
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Ill be honest. I don't understand the hype. Windows 8 for ARM is not compatible with the x86 varient so no apps will work unless it is specifically ported to work on the arm processor. Beyond that what is Microsoft bringing to te table that Android doesn't have? Office?
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Compiling your x86 project to support ARM in Visual Studio will be VERY easy. Devs who care to support tablets can do so with almost no effort. It's a pretty big deal.
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Are you trying to say every piece of software that runs on windows machines right now will not run on windows 8? I have a very hard time believing that.
edit: nevermind that just did the research you are right and I cannot believe they would go that direction that is unbelievable.
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I lol'd...hard.
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Compiling your x86 project to support ARM in Visual Studio will be VERY easy. Devs who care to support tablets can do so with almost no effort. It's a pretty big deal.
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This is what I have heard as well. Legacy software won't work out the gate, but going forward it shouldn't be too hard for devs to make software work on both.
Obviously if this is the case, windows 8 will quickly become very hard to ignore in the tablet arena. Hell even if they get fully functioning office software on it (which hopefully will be one of the first things they port in), that alone will be a huge incentive for many people to switch.
I guess we all forgot about the switch apple made from ibm to intel!
ToneyEricsson said:
Still worth getting an ASUS Transformer Prime now?
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It depends on the person and what they are looking for.
Your question can be applied to any piece of technology that has ever been made(or will be) since there will always be a "latest and greatest" product coming around the corner in 3 months.....6 months...9 months...etc.....especially in the tablet arena.
If a person held out for the next greatest thing they would never own want they desire.
fradworth said:
It depends on the person and what they are looking for.
Your question can be applied to any piece of technology that has ever been made(or will be) since there will always be a "latest and greatest" product coming around the corner in 3 months.....6 months...9 months...etc.....especially in the tablet arena.
If a person held out for the next greatest thing they would never own want they desire.
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I must say if they slapped on a higher price for the 3G version which there probably will be it wouldn't be as appealing. I'm like most a WiFi only version is perfect for my needs however functional GPS would be good.
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those that want to see Windows on their Transformer Prime just download and install Splashtop HD from the market. This little $10 app makes the hype of Windows 8 in any variant seem like a waste.
the_game_master said:
those that want to see Windows on their Transformer Prime just download and install Splashtop HD from the market. This little $10 app makes the hype of Windows 8 in any variant seem like a waste.
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Splashtop HD comes free inside the cloud app.
Windows 8 on tablets will be in the "Metro" interface not the normal windowed mode on desktops and laptops.
Frankly I think Microsoft is way too late, just like their phones being way too late to market.
Houndx said:
Compiling your x86 project to support ARM in Visual Studio will be VERY easy. Devs who care to support tablets can do so with almost no effort. It's a pretty big deal.
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from what I heard microsoft has suggested if you want to have your legacy app on metro you should start from scratch, as a direct port is doable but not easy
but maybe I heard wrong