Modders Make HP TouchPad Boot Android
Team Touchdroid recently said it was able to boot Android 2.3.5 on HP's TouchPad.
However, while the Gingerbread install was successful, there are now reports that the group dissolved after it apparently took credit for the integration of Android multitouch support that was accomplished by CyanogenMod developers.
The state of Team Touchdroid, however, is unclear, as the 2.3.5 install has been provided to the community and there has been a new request to continue work on the port. Meanwhile, CyanogenMod has been demonstrating multitouch support and continues with to work with the TouchPad, even if it is unclear when Android 3.2 could load on the device. CyanogenMod currently offers version 7.1.0 RC1, which is based on Android 2.3.4.
Because it requires physical buttons the TouchPad lacks, the full port of Android is still dealing with driver issues and may never be the type of Android software users could find convenient to use. Honeycomb, however, does not require those buttons as those functions are integrated into the GUI. The TouchPad is officially sold out, but HP said that it well be offering a "limited supply" in the coming weeks. TouchPad prices on eBay are in the $200 - $300 range.
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You're pretty friggin' late. Team Touchdroid has been disbanded due to in-fighting and stealing from the CM team.
Yeah! Are you sure phatbuddha that you have been picking the right budd ha!
Wow... so very late to the game... this has been a hot topic for weeks now and just now you're mentioning it?
*shakes head*
You've got to be faster to the punch than Business Week really!
Right budd ha,maybe mobrocket needs some to.
Wow... so very late to the game... this has been a hot topic for weeks now and just now you're mentioning it? *shakes head*You've got to be faster to the punch than Business Week really!
Get your news elsewhere than and stop complaining...do you really need to read this article if you've already read it a week ago??? NO, you just have have to complain about anything you can.
Too many people comment on Toms for saying how there always late...
Get your news elsewhere than and stop complaining...do you really need to read this article if you've already read it a week ago??? NO, you just have have to complain about anything you can.Too many people comment on Toms for saying how there always late...
No, but people come here for news, not last weeks.
Shall we call it ironic since your complaining about a complainer?
All we need now is a way to run Windows on it and this would be a useful tablet after all...
If the myth of Windows 8 running on non-x86 chips proves true and a Qualcomm Snapdragon can step up to the plate then those firesale Touchpad may well go up in price again.
Newsflash! iPhone 4 to feature dual cameras and video conferencing!
uhhh...they're modding it.
@back_by_demand A certain developer is working on that- they've gotten Windows 95 (and 98?) to work on a Pre2, at least.
No, but people come here for news, not last weeks.Shall we call it ironic since your complaining about a complainer?
Now let me ask you this:
If you've already read this news somewhere else (which happens to be from last week), why read it hear only to post a comment complaining about it.
I understand its ironic that I had to post a comment just to prove my point, but someone has to tell these people someway or another...Its a common trend on Toms to ridicule the lateness of articles. You can't go a single article without someone posting something about it.
(Perhaps posting this on a Toms Forum would have been better)
"Because it requires physical buttons the TouchPad lacks, the full port of Android is still dealing with driver issues and may never be the type of Android software users could find convenient to use."
NOT THE PROBLEM! Cyanogen already implemented something called TABLET TWEAKS that has almost a replica of the soft keys on the bottom left which Honeycomb uses. So far the only driver issues left is the video (for games/media files) and getting the sound drivers to work. This is the second article I have read which is highly misinformed.
Maybe "Vampir1c" needs the right budd ha!
What about the NOOK conversions... they don't have physical buttons either.
Lets give these guys a real challenge.
Run Apple iOS on an HP Touchpad!
Been using my Touchpad as is for a little while now, and you know what...I don't need android on there after all. It works pretty well as is.