OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/25093/HP_TouchPad_to_Run_Android_Thanks_to_TouchDroid Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Thu, 23 May 2013 20:03:10 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Precisely what I had hoped for... http://www.osnews.com/thread?486336 http://www.osnews.com/thread?486336 So, this was basically what I was hoping would happen (and why I gambled on the discounted TouchPads).

I'm actually hoping first that WebOS will continue to be maintained - since I gather it's quite nice. I think we'll see a huge influx of developers and software support for WebOS in the very near term.

However, having Android as a fallback solution is everything I hoped for ;)

Bonus points if they figure out how to dual-boot it! Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (umccullough) Comments Now if only I could get one http://www.osnews.com/thread?486346 http://www.osnews.com/thread?486346 Every time I find one on sale for the clearance price, they've already sold out, and people are bragging about how they bought 5... Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:43:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Luke McCarthy) Comments android tablets? http://www.osnews.com/thread?486368 http://www.osnews.com/thread?486368 Yuck. What an abomination they are. I played with the Xoom and Acer tablet and the OS feels like utter crap with nice hardware wrapped around it. Lagging all over the place and juvenile 1980s gui effects going on everywhere. Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dukes) Comments I totally missed out! http://www.osnews.com/thread?486370 http://www.osnews.com/thread?486370 I can't afford a tablet at the ~ $400 price point, but I would have gotten two at $99. Obviously there are many would-be consumers for quality low cost tablets since they beat me to the punch. Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Alfman) Comments RE: Now if only I could get one http://www.osnews.com/thread?486425 http://www.osnews.com/thread?486425
Every time I find one on sale for the clearance price, they've already sold out, and people are bragging about how they bought 5...

i was raging at the same people myself.

I did buy two however (and at a slightly more expensive price), one for myself and one for a mate. However I've since found out that he managed to order two as well - but his order hasn't been confirmed yet. So I guess I'll just wait and see if his order is honored or not before returning my unopened order.

Things would have been a lot simpler if people hadn't had got greedy and thus spawning a whole load of panic buying ;) Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:30:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Laurence) Comments RE: Precisely what I had hoped for... http://www.osnews.com/thread?486427 http://www.osnews.com/thread?486427 Gingerbread is nice, but hopefully it will soon be even better when/if Google releases Icecream Sandwich to the public as they promised. Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (unoengborg) Comments RE[2]: Precisely what I had hoped for... http://www.osnews.com/thread?486435 http://www.osnews.com/thread?486435
Gingerbread is nice, but hopefully it will soon be even better when/if Google releases Icecream Sandwich to the public as they promised.

What reason would Google have for not releasing the source code to the public? Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thomas2005) Comments RE[3]: Precisely what I had hoped for... http://www.osnews.com/thread?486492 http://www.osnews.com/thread?486492 Their efforts were being undermined by some tablet manufacturers. What was originally pushed out for a subset of manufacturers was low quality code hastily put together to have an iPad answer. It was never intended for public consumption.

Basically its market demands meets development demands and they didn't want some of the non-official tablet manufactures leveraging the code as they were afraid it would damage the Android brand. Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (gerg) Comments RE[4]: Precisely what I had hoped for... http://www.osnews.com/thread?486493 http://www.osnews.com/thread?486493
Basically its market demands meets development demands and they didn't want some of the non-official tablet manufactures leveraging the code as they were afraid it would damage the Android brand.


Which is why they should actually put together a strong trademark policy instead of keeping the code closed ;)

On the other hand, I think they're probably trying to give their handset device makers an edge over the "no-names" by giving them the early-bird access to new versions of Android. Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (umccullough) Comments RE[5]: Precisely what I had hoped for... http://www.osnews.com/thread?486495 http://www.osnews.com/thread?486495
Which is why they should actually put together a strong trademark policy instead of keeping the code closed ;)


I'm sure that would protect them from shennanigans like this: http://www.shanzai.com/index.php/news-a-articles/tablets-a-gadgets/...
;) Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (KLU9) Comments RE[6]: Precisely what I had hoped for... http://www.osnews.com/thread?486571 http://www.osnews.com/thread?486571 I think selling a product as something it's not does harm the Android brand (reaction : "Android is for cheap iPhone knockoffs, it's not a serious OS with an identity on its own"), so Google are possibly annoyed by this. Or not. Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Neolander) Comments RE[6]: Precisely what I had hoped for... http://www.osnews.com/thread?486611 http://www.osnews.com/thread?486611
"Which is why they should actually put together a strong trademark policy instead of keeping the code closed ;)


I'm sure that would protect them from shennanigans like this: http://www.shanzai.com/index.php/news-a-articles/tablets-a-gadgets/...
;) "

Tried to watch the video on that page, but got this:

"This video is no loner available due to a copyright claim by Apple Inc."

They're making DMCA complaints against videos showing iPhone knockoffs now? Hahaha, what a bunch of babies. Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (BallmerKnowsBest) Comments