Remember when new gadgets would come out and someone would always ask “can it run Doom?” The answer was usually “yes.” But there might be a better question today: can it run Android? We’ve seen Android ported to run on all sorts of devices, ranging from the HP TouchPad tablet to the HTC HD2 smartphone, […]
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Kindle Fire HD 8.9 ROM ported to the Samsung Nexus S smartphone
Developers have been porting custom firmware such as CyanogenMod and AOKP to run on Amazon Kindle Fire tablets since the first models hit the streets last year. The latest Kindle tablets have been a tougher nut to crack thanks to their locked bootloaders. But one developer has decided to work in the other direction: By […]
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Open webOS ported to the Asus Transformer Prime (work in progress)
HP released the source code for the Open webOS 1.0 operating system last week. While HP doesn’t have plans to sell any phones, tablets, or other products running the operating system, independent developers have already started porting it to run on existing devices. We’ve seen an early build running on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone. […]
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There’s a $1500+ bounty for Android on the HP TouchPad
At $99, the recently discontinued HP TouchPad is a bargain even if you only use it as a digital photo frame… or an eBook app… or a device for surfing the web… or watching movies. But if you were hoping to pick up a cheap tablet and swap out the webOS operating system for something […]