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Refurbished 32GB HP TouchPad on sale for $195 at Woot; today only

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 18th, 2012 No Comments

While this isn’t the lowest price this tablet has ever been available for, the HP TouchPad is a bit hard to find. Paying nearly $200 for this tablet might be justified, all things considered. Woot is offering the 32GB-equipped device for $195 for one day only. It’s a refurbished model, but if you take a [...]

HP Releases Android Source Code For HP TouchPad To CyanogenMod Team

by Chris Chavez on February 8th, 2012 No Comments

Remember back when a few HP TouchPads shipped to some customers with Android pre-installed on the device instead of WebOS? HP vehemently denied any knowledge of how, or why, the OS got on there in the first place. Well, as it turns out — it was HP. The whole time. Yup. Well, the fine folks [...]

Apple Users In Uproar Over Foxconn Labor Conditions – Why Are Android Users Silent?

by Chris Chavez on February 1st, 2012 No Comments

Apple has long been the target of criticism over their labor practices, specifically, at overseas factories like Foxconn where harsh working conditions, accidents and suicide rates for Chinese laborers working in these factories have all made headline. Foxconn even had to go as far as installing safety nets along the sides of their buildings to help [...]

Woot.com Selling 32GB HP TouchPad for $220

by Quentyn Kennemer on January 27th, 2012 No Comments

It’s no $99 fire sale but daily deals site Woot.com is offering the HP Touchpad at a pretty good price, all things considered. You can get the 9.7 inch 32GB WiFi variant for $220 + shipping. If you have been unable to find this thing this long after the TouchPad fire sale this is a [...]

HP TouchPad Receives Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich – Minds Will Be Blown [Video]

by Chris Chavez on January 18th, 2012 No Comments

Holy gee-willikers, Batman! Remember the HP TouchPad fire sale that set the internets a blaze a few months ago? Well, I’m definitely kicking myself for missing out — especially after seeing this. Like a doubting Thomas, I didn’t have much faith in our wonderful Android modding community (or that the TouchPad would have much support [...]

MIUI Graces The HP TouchPad With Its Presence [Video]

by Chris Chavez on December 16th, 2011 No Comments

File this under things I never thought I’d see in 2011. Fan favorite MIUI ROM has just been ported to the HP TouchPad. Still in its “pre-alpha” stages, the ROM surprisingly has near full functionality with only the on-screen menu button not working and a few miscellaneous bugs present. Not too shabby, not too shabby [...]

Deal Alert: Best Buy Offering 32GB HP TouchPads For $150 – But There’s A Catch

by Chris Chavez on October 28th, 2011 No Comments

Well, color my goose and slap me silly! Looks like there was still a few more HP TouchPads stashed somewhere after their big fire sale to go around. As it turns out, Best Buy will begin selling the 32GB version of the Android-hackable TouchPads for $150 but this time under one condition — customers looking [...]

CyanogenMod 7 Alpha Reaches the HP TouchPad

by Kevin Krause on October 13th, 2011 No Comments

For those seeing the marriage of the TouchPad and Android as a match made in heaven, the moment has arrived…sort of. The CyanogenMod team has released an alpha build of their Android ROM for the HP slate. That’s the good news. The bad news? The CM7 build will have little use to any but the [...]

After An Internal Investigation, HP Has No Idea How TouchPads Shipped With Android

by Chris Chavez on October 6th, 2011 No Comments

Apparently, HP doesn’t the slightest clue on how some of their significantly discounted TouchPads were shipped out to customers pre-loaded with the Android OS (and not WebOS as intended). Developers began emailing HP asking that they share the Android kernel source that shipped on the TouchPads as per the open-source licensing terms. HP’s Phil Rob director [...]

Android Also Comes to TouchPad Via Installable App (But It’s Not Touching CyanogenMod Right Now)

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 5th, 2011 No Comments

Another effort to bring Android to HP’s TouchPad is being made, it seems. This one has originated from Treo8, a Chinese developer forum for Palm users, and the installation method is as easy as pie – simply install the .IPK file and you can get up and running with Android. The caveat (there’s always a [...]

Second Wave Of HP TouchPads May Be Taken By Existing Orders

by Chris Chavez on September 7th, 2011 No Comments

If you were hoping to get another chance at snagging the ridiculously cheap HP TouchPad during their second wave of production — you may not want to get your hopes up. In an email sent out by HP’s Small and Medium Business division, HP’s motivation for the second wave of production is mainly to fulfill orders [...]

CyanogenMod 7 Progressing Nicely for the HP TouchPad

by Kevin Krause on September 7th, 2011 No Comments

Yesterday came word that Team-Touchpad had delivered 10-point multitouch to their under-development Gingerbread ROM for the HP TouchPad, but we get the feeling the CyanogenMod 7 build currently in the works might steal its thunder. Ironically, the CyanogenMod team is claiming that the drivers used by the TouchDroid group were actually stolen from from an [...]

Team-Touchdroid Delivers 10-Point Multitouch to the HP TouchPad

by Kevin Krause on September 6th, 2011 No Comments

Team-Touchdroid has put the “touch” back in TouchPad with the creation of a set of Android drivers delivering 10-point multitouch to the bargain basement tablet. Though efforts have been earnest in getting a fully functional Android port over to the slate, the introduction of functional multitouch marks a significant advancement for those wishing to replace [...]

Samsung Insists They Would NEVER Look to Purchase WebOS

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 2nd, 2011 No Comments

You hear that? That’s the sound of a nail being violently driven into a coffin. Samsung has once again addressed rumors that they’ll be buying WebOS. Reporters and analysts suggested it was a logical route from Samsung who reportedly felt slighted by Google’s purchase of Motorola. Well, a Samsung rep was on hand at IFA [...]

HP’s Last TouchPad Rodeo Only Includes North America

by Quentyn Kennemer on August 31st, 2011 No Comments

When HP decided to discontinue the HP TouchPad and WebOS after they failed to do anything meaningful with it, they decided to sell out the rest of their stock in a fire sale clearance. This saw the device offered as low as $100 at most retailers and consumers snatched them up like hotcakes on a [...]

For the TouchPad Hungry, HP to Produce One More Run

by Kevin Krause on August 30th, 2011 No Comments

Who would have known that discontinuing a product would be just the ticket to spur on stock-clearing sales? Well, HP experienced the phenomenon first hand after announcing they would cease production of hardware related to webOS, dropping the price of platform’s first tablet to just $99. Due to unprecedented demand, HP has decided to produce [...]

Very Early Build of CM7 Makes its Way to the HP TouchPad

by Kevin Krause on August 29th, 2011 No Comments

Don’t get too excited, but CyanogenMod 7 has been roughly ported over to the HP TouchPad. Very few elements (aside from the initial boot) are in functional order as of now, with a lack touchscreen support and other basic necessities. If the idea of Android on the TouchPad is enticing, then CM7 on HP’s slate [...]

More Android-Running HP TouchPad Units Popping Up at Retail [Video]

by Quentyn Kennemer on August 25th, 2011 No Comments

Well, this is just peachy. Another lucky soul was able to buy an HP TouchPad (for $100) that had Android preinstalled instead of WebOS. Apparently, there’s a bit of a back story as to why this anomaly is happening. It appears Qualcomm, the chipset vendor for the tablet, tested Android on several units. Probably the [...]

$100 HP TouchPad May Soon Be Your Next Android Tablet [TouchDroid Project]

by Quentyn Kennemer on August 22nd, 2011 No Comments

I’m sure all of you have heard the news by now following HP’s systematic killing of webOS: the HP TouchPad is on sale for $100-$150 at retail in order to liquidate stock. Purchase now, think later. But while webOS may not be your cup of tea, you might be happy to know that a team [...]

Biggest Tech Shocker of the Week: Google Buys Motorola or HP Discontinues webOS? [POLL]

by Kevin Krause on August 18th, 2011 No Comments

Sometimes the tech industry has a way of blindsiding us. Sometimes it has a way of blindsiding us twice in the same week. Such was the case when HP announced earlier today that it would cease all of its current webOS operations, including the discontinuation of the newly launched TouchPad tablet. The news follows only [...]