HP Investigates Android TouchPads Delivered With Android

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 6, 2011 @01:32AM from the prank-or-mistake dept.

angry tapir writes "HP is investigating how several TouchPads reportedly shipped to end users running Android, instead of webOS. Shortly after HP announced it would stop selling TouchPads and began offering the remaining tablets for US$99, reports surfaced from a few users who say they received TouchPads that run Android instead of HP's webOS software. At the same time, developers have been working on porting Android to the TouchPad, since it's uncertain how much support and development HP will dedicate to webOS in the future."

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Re:Previous returns sold as new most likely by Sockatume · 2011-10-06 01:49 · Score: 3, Informative

The "Android Touchpads" that were delivered were actually in a much more advanced state (e.g. the touchscreen worked) than the Touchpad hacking scene had achieved.

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No kidding!!! What do you say at this point?
Re:WebOS Linux or Android Linux? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-06 02:03 · Score: 4, Informative

Linux is a kernel, not an application framework