During the HP TouchPad firesale, some purchased TouchPads were found to be running a test build of Android. At the time, HP didn’t offer much explanation regarding how these TouchPads got out into the wild running Android, and the story eventually faded away.
However, today…
If you’ve been following the progress of the CyanogenMod team developing for the HP TouchPad, you know that an alpha version of Android 4.0 is available via a custom CyanogenMod 9 build.
Not only can you run Ice Cream Sandwich goodness on your HP TouchPad,…
Every once and a while a story crosses my desk that causes me to just shake my head. Last year research group Canalys decided to include tablets in their calculations for ranking in the personal computing space. Today they announced that Apple became the leading…
Briefly, the CyanogenMod 9 ROM for the HP TouchPad has moved up from version Alpha 0.5 to Alpha 0.6.
In general, only minor tweaks were introduced with this build including more touchscreen improvements, some placeholder code for upcoming features, and initial support for ROM Manager…
News has been bubbling today about Jon Rubenstein’s departure from HP. While we’re sure there will be all sorts of speculation surrounding his leaving, it seems that he has just decided to take some much-deserved time off after spending almost 5 years helping to develop…
It’s not $99 or $149 as in the famous HP firesale, but Woot! has refurbished 32 GB HP TouchPads for sale right now.
It’s kind of strange that Woot! has the TouchPads on sale today, since it has been reported that effective today, Jon Rubenstein,…
A newly released Apple patent shows that Apple may switch over to MagSafe connectors instead of the “universal”, 30-pin connector that current iOS devices use.
Apple’s MacBook line has enjoyed the useful MagSafe connectors for years now, but it’s possible given the patent diagram above,…
It’s been around a month and a half since HP made the surprising decision to open source webOS. And it has only been about a week since Bill Veghte was appointed chief strategy officer, one of his responsibilities being overseeing the initiative to open source…
The HP TouchPad got a taste of Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich when the CyanogenMod team created an alpha port of CyanogenMod 9 for the TouchPad. However, it was pretty alpha, meaning there were lots of bugs:
Yeah, let’s focus on the negative. Some (but …
Netbook sales have been dropping off like flies ever since tablets like the iPad and the Galaxy Tab 10.1 have come onto the scene. However, there are still some people who would like a full computing experience in a small, inexpensive package. Currently Ultrabooks aren’t…
Those CyanogenMod guys are FAST. We reported that they were working on an Ice Cream Sandwich build for the HP TouchPad just yesterday (to be fair the news came out a few days ago, but we delayed in posting thanks to CES news), and now…
HP teased their upcoming CES product announcement just last week. Rumors came out that they would be announcing the HP Envy Spectre, but now it’s official. We got a quick look at this “premium Ultrabook” at CES ShowStoppers. Check out our hands-on video below.
As…
The HP Folio Ultrabook is shipping and the review units have just started hitting the streets. We’ve pulled together a few reviews for you to get an idea of how this Ultrabook stacks up. If you’re looking to pick one up, they start on Amazon…
My envy levels are at an all-time high, seeing as how webOS Nation got their hands on an HP TouchPad Go prototype and gave it a thorough review.
We’ve reported before on leaked details about the HP TouchPad Go. It was basically going to be…
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