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Devices => Androids and other portables => Topic started by: Colts44 on August 16, 2011, 03:27:24 pm

Title: HP Touchpad
Post by: Colts44 on August 16, 2011, 03:27:24 pm

Does anybody have any experience using the new HP Touchpad...I am looking for it to operate not only MC but someday (hopefully sooner vs later) to control devices in a home network environment.

Title: Re: HP Touchpad
Post by: JimH on August 18, 2011, 03:32:26 pm

There may be a few deals around soon on the HP Touchpad.  HP just announced they would exit the tablet and phone businesses.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20094222-92/hp-halts-webos-business-spins-off-pc-unit/?tag=topStories

There was a report yesterday that Best Buy has had trouble selling them:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20093307-93/best-buy-sitting-on-a-pile-of-unsold-hp-tablets/?tag=rtcol;pop

Title: Re: HP Touchpad
Post by: JimH on August 20, 2011, 10:42:19 am

$99 now:
http://www.precentral.net/hp-begins-touchpad-liquidation-16gb-cut-99-32gb-149-1

Title: Re: HP Touchpad
Post by: remixedcat on August 20, 2011, 07:32:55 pm

hope android or windows 8 is ported.

Title: Re: HP Touchpad
Post by: Mr ChriZ on August 23, 2011, 03:43:30 am

Just picked one up for £115.   ;D

Title: Re: HP Touchpad
Post by: BullishDad on August 29, 2011, 09:48:01 pm

I managed to pick up a Touchpad for the $99 price  ;D

At this price point, people are scooping them up as fast as possible, and the demand for apps and accessories is very strong right now.

Any chance of putting a webOS Touchpad app out?  It can even be a homebrew app.  I'd love to use a slimmed down version of MC16 on this thing.  The native music app is adequate at best.

There could be 350,000 to 500,000 Touchpads in people's hands soon.  That's a good sized audience to introduce MC to.

Title: Re: HP Touchpad
Post by: newsposter on August 30, 2011, 03:44:53 pm

cynogenmod is close to putting Android on the Touchpad.........

Title: Re: HP Touchpad
Post by: remixedcat on August 31, 2011, 11:43:23 pm

OMG if we can have MJ or MC on droids or HP webOS OMG OMG OMG hell yeah!

Title: Re: HP Touchpad
Post by: Fex on September 17, 2011, 10:44:15 am

HP webOS is dead. But $99 is cheap.  ;)

Title: Re: HP Touchpad
Post by: kewe65 on October 07, 2011, 03:46:00 pm

Quote from: BullishDad on August 29, 2011, 09:48:01 pm

Any chance of putting a webOS Touchpad app out?  It can even be a homebrew app.  I'd love to use a slimmed down version of MC16 on this thing.  The native music app is adequate at best.
There could be 350,000 to 500,000 Touchpads in people's hands soon.  That's a good sized audience to introduce MC to.

Agreed.  If anything, development on webOS has been growing: http://www.precentral.net/touchpad-breaks-1000-app-milestone

Don't count webOS out.  Regardless if HP keeps and licenses or sells it, it seems to have the goods.

Title: Re: HP Touchpad
Post by: phil71 on October 16, 2011, 08:23:27 am

It would be great to have a webOS app.