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OpenMobile could bring Android apps to webOS phones, tablets

One of the reasons the HP TouchPad became so popular (after HP discontinued the tablet and slashed the price by 80 percent) is because the tablet can be hacked to run Google Android in addition to the webOS software it ships with. But what if you could run Android apps from webOS without rebooting your device […]

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HP reduces webOS staff by half, still has more than 200 employees

The bad news for the handful of webOS enthusiasts still out there is that HP has eliminated 270 jobs in its webOS division. The good news is that the company still has more than 200 people working on the operating system — even though HP eliminated all of its webOS hardware last year and started […]

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Deals of the Day (2-24-2012)

The HP TouchPad may not be available for $99 anymore, but you can still pick up this 9.7 inch webOS tablet for a reasonably good price from time to time. Today Newegg is offering deals on refurbished 16GB and 32GB TouchPads with prices starting at $225. That’s not a bad price for a tablet with […]

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CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 2 for the HP TouchPad: Now with Netflix support

Less than a day after releasing the first version of Android 4.0 for the HP TouchPad with support for hardware video acceleration, the CyanogenMod team has released a second update — this time with support for streaming Netflix video. If you’re keeping track, that means that Android on the HP TouchPad now supports touch, WiFi, […]

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CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 1 for the HP TouchPad (accelerated video support)

The CyanogenMod team has released the first build of Android 4.0 for the HP TouchPad tablet with support for hardware-accelerated video playback. That means you can watch HD video from YouTube and you should have an easier time playing HD videos stored on your device, but Netflix still isn’t supported yet. Update: Alpha 2 is […]

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Deals of the Day (2-20-2012)

You may never be able to find a $99 HP TouchPad tablet again, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still get a pretty good deal on HP’s discontinued tablet. Buy.com is selling refurbished models through its eBay store for $219 today. The TouchPad ships with webOS 3.0 software, but you can also install a number […]

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Run 3 Android apps side-by-side on an HP TouchPad with Cornerstone

Cornerstone is a new framework for Google Android that allows you to run three Android apps at the same time — on the same screen. Now you can try it out on an HP TouchPad, thanks to an unofficial build of CyanogenMod 9 from xda-developers forum member antiphon. There’s also an alternate version of CM9 […]

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Nightly builds of CyanogenMod 9 for the HP TouchPad now available

Want to make sure you have the latest features and bug fixes for Android 4.0 for the HP TouchPad? Now there are unofficial nightly builds of CyanogenMod 9 Alpha available. Update 3/27/2012: Now there are also official nightlies available.  The nightlies are basically what you get when you take CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 6 for the TouchPad […]