After showing off Android 4.0 running on an HP TouchPad last week, the CyanogenMod team has now released what it calls Alpha 0 of CyanogenMod 9 for the HP TouchPad. As they explain: That’s a “zero” as in “zero hardware-accelerated video”, “zero camera”, and “zero support!” Despite this being an early alpha release, it builds on the earlier CM7 Alpha […]
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Progress continues on CyanogenMod 9 for HP Touchpad
The CyanogenMod team may have been quiet for a while about progress on their CyanogenMod 9 for HP Touchpad but they continue to make good progress. Unlike older versions, this version is based on Android 4.0. In the latest update, team member greentheonly reports that aside from camera and video playback, “mostly everything else works.” A short video shows it […]
HP releases webOS 3.0.5 for TouchPad
Hewlett-Packard today announced the availability of a new update for its HP TouchPad tablet. webOS 3.0.5 comes with a number of enhancements and bug fixes. Here is the full list: Faster switching between Day, Week, and Month views, and faster event display in Calendar. Faster scrolling when reading an email message. Email attachments are now saved with draft messages. Added […]
HP leads non-Apple tablets sales in 2011
Apple is the clear leader in the US tablet market. But who’s the best of the rest? Would you believe it’s Hewlett-Packard and its HP TouchPad. The NPD Group reports that US tablet sales (excluding the iPad) topped 1.2 million units in the January to October 2011 time frame. Sales are growing quickly with each quarter performing better than the […]
HP working on webOS 3.0.5 update for TouchPad?
The French website webOS France is reporting that HP is working on yet another webOS update for its discontinued HP TouchPad. Log files for the applications Programme TV and Lithium Benchmark both show the new OS version appearing recently. Lithium Benchmark Program scores point some performance improvements in this latest update but there are no other details on what else […]
HP begins pushing out webOS 3.0.4 for HP TouchPad
There is a small surprise for HP TouchPad owners today. Hewlett-Packard has released webOS 3.0.4 for its discontinued tablet. According to Ari Jaaksi who heads up webOS and services at HP: “We have a big number of TouchPads out there, and we wanted to continue serving users and developers.” As the new version number implies, it is not a major […]
Alpha release of CyanogenMod for HP Touchpad now available
About a month after the latest video, CyanogenMod has released an alpha version of its HP TouchPad Android port. Most of the hardware seems to be working well but this release is far from ready for prime time: In truth, this “alpha” version is not intended for the general public. Rather, those technically competent hobbyists and developers who are interested […]
HP App Catalog reaches 1,000 TouchPad app milestone
HP’s webOS Developer Advocate, Josh Marinacci, today announced via Twitter that HP’s webOS App Catalog has reached the milestone of 1,000 available applications for the HP TouchPad: We just hit 1000 webOS apps specifically for the HP TouchPad. Not bad for a “dead” platform. 🙂 When HP launched the HP TouchPad this past July, it had just over 300 TouchPad-optimized […]