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Installing Android On an HP TouchPad

Posted by timothy on Tuesday October 18, 2011 @02:25AM from the gets-ever-more-tantalizing dept.

Barence writes "PC Pro has published a comprehensive guide to installing Android on a HP TouchPad using CyanogenMod's alpha Android release. The mod, which is based on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) instead of 3.0 (Honeycomb, the source code of which is yet to be released) 'performs similarly to the Tegra 2-based tablets we've seen from the likes of Asus and Samsung,' according to PC Pro. 'The only real problem we hit was some apps refusing to install from the Android Market because they didn't recognise the hardware,' although there are ways around it."

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Re:WebOS is staying on my TouchPad by Pollardito · 2011-10-18 02:41 · Score: 3, Informative

I would think with the death of WebOS you might want to install Android at some point just to get new apps
Re:WebOS is staying on my TouchPad by TerminaMorte · 2011-10-18 02:41 · Score: 3, Informative

You realize that by default it will dual-boot?

So you get the great multi-tasking of WebOS, but with the great app selection (and browser options...) of Android.

Netflix, minecraft, Firefox.... I certainly don't consider it a downgrade. :P
Fix for apps refusing to install by strikernl · 2011-10-18 02:51 · Score: 3, Informative

Can be found here: http://code.google.com/p/cmtouchpad/issues/detail?id=65#c14
Re:Have Xoom, would Keep WebOS on Touchpad by syntap · 2011-10-18 02:53 · Score: 4, Informative

Lots out there, Google harder I guess.
August after 3.02 release -
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/30/hp-touchpad-will-receive-ota-udpate-for-added-functionality/
Today, 3.04 release -
http://gizmodo.com/5850862/hp-touchpad-gets-a-webos-upgrade-from-beyond-the-grave