tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54657596820194503912024-03-14T09:04:50.211-04:00Tech Warrior - My ThoughtsThis started out as a place to put my interest and hobbies. I have now decided to turn it into a journal/blog. My interest include Home Theater, HTPCs, Music (Rock)and more. Feel free to ask any questions.Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-82853381086286641852013-02-17T09:59:00.001-05:002013-08-03T17:48:16.786-04:00Visit my new blog at hometechdad.comI'm starting a new blog about things around the home and technology. This blog got a little out of hand with me posting from other sources. I will no longer be posting to this blog.<br />
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Link to new blog<br />
<a href="http://www.homeandtechdad.com/">www.homeandtechdad.com</a>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-53454561884084182212011-10-19T19:13:00.000-04:002011-10-19T19:13:09.559-04:00CyanogenMod 7.1 Alpha 2 now available for the HP TouchPad<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
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The CyanogenMod team has <a href="http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?4011-RELEASE-ALPHA2-Discussion-CyanogenMod-team-Touchpad-port" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">released a second alpha </a>version of Android for the <a href="http://products.liliputing.com/database/HP/Touchpad" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">HP TouchPad</a> tablet. Alpha 1 was released less than a week ago, and it was pretty functional — but included a number of bugs that could cause the tablet to crash, the WiFi to disconnect, or other problems.<br />
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Alpha 2 is still rough around the edges, but it includes a number of new features and improvements. Here are some of the highlights:<br />
<ul>
<li>The battery drain issues have been partially fixed so the battery should last longer, especially when the TouchPad is idle.</li>
<li>The <a href="http://liliputing.com/2011/10/hp-touchpad-android-fix-for-missing-apps-in-the-android-market.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">Android Market fix</a> has been incorporate so that if you install the gApps package you should see most available apps in the Market.</li>
<li>WiFi should no longer disconnect when you resume from sleep.</li>
<li>The speaker should turn off when you plug in headphones.</li>
<li>The ACMEInstaller app should work better.</li>
<li>There’s now an ACME UnInstaller app if you want to completely remove Android and restore your original webOS media partition to its original size.</li>
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You can install CyanogenMod 7.1 Alpha 2 the same way as Alpha 1. Just grab the latest CyanogenMod build from the links in the RootzWiki forum and <a href="http://liliputing.com/2011/10/how-to-install-google-android-on-the-hp-touchpad-with-cyanogenmod7.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">follow our step-by-step instructions</a>.<br />
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The latest ACMEInstaller and Uninstaller are also available from the same RootzWiki thread.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Source: </span><a href="http://liliputing.com/2011/10/cyanogenmod-7-1-alpha-2-now-available-for-the-hp-touchpad.html">http://liliputing.com/2011/10/cyanogenmod-7-1-alpha-2-now-available-for-the-hp-touchpad.html</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-70905199692994644392011-10-18T13:00:00.002-04:002011-10-18T13:00:51.525-04:00HP releases webOS 3.04 for the HP TouchPad (with new camera app)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
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HP may <a href="http://liliputing.com/2011/10/hp-touchpad-tablet-shipping-again-in-small-numbers.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">not be selling very many HP TouchPad tablets</a> anymore, but there are somewhere around a million of the discontinued devices in the wild and it looks like HP’s webOS team hasn’t forgotten about us just yet. The company has just released a software update for the TouchPad which brings performance improvements and a few new features.<br />
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Among other things, webOS 3.0.4 finally includes a camera application. The HP TouchPad has a 1.3MP front-facing camera, but up until now you had to download a third party app if you wanted to use it to take pictures. Now there’s a built-in app for that. The app only shoots video or takes photos in portrait orientation.<br />
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According to <a href="http://jaaksi.blogspot.com/2011/10/no-strings-attached-enjoy.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">webOS head Ari Jaaksi</a>, other changes include improved messaging and the ability to connect over Bluetooth to non-HP phones. The HP App Catalog also now loads more quickly and also allows you to switch between categories and other views more quickly.<br />
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WebOS 3.0.4 also brings support for OGG Vorbis music files and the ability to create online and offline status messages in the Messaging app.<br />
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HP has also added support for accelerometer events to Adobe Flash Player and improved Skype video calling performance.<br />
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The HP TouchPad can automatically download the 53MB update over the air — or you can force the update by going to the Settings panel on your tablet, selecting System Updates and then tapping the download icon once the tablet finds the latest update.<br />
<strong>Warning</strong>: If you’ve<a href="http://liliputing.com/2011/10/how-to-install-google-android-on-the-hp-touchpad-with-cyanogenmod7.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;"> installed Android on your HP TouchPad</a>, the webOS 3.0.4 software update will overwrite the boot partition and remove Moboot. This means you won’t be able to boot Android unless you reinstall Moboot first. CyanogenMod 7.1 Android is <em>still</em> on your device, you just can’t access it without the Moboot software.<br />
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Fortunately it’s fairly easy to reload Moboot by following some of the instructions <a href="http://liliputing.com/2011/10/how-to-install-google-android-on-the-hp-touchpad-with-cyanogenmod7.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">Android installation guide</a>. Here’s the short version:<br />
<ul>
<li>Connect your TouchPad to a PC and tap the icon to enter USB Drive mode.</li>
<li>Create a directory on the TouchPad called “cminstall” (without quotes).</li>
<li>Copy the moboot_0.3.3.zip file to the cminstall directory.</li>
<li>Exit USB drive mode.</li>
<li>Restart your TouchPad from the Device Info app in the Settings panel.</li>
<li>Hold the Volume Up button as your device reboots.</li>
<li>Once you see a big USB icon on the TouchPad, you’re ready for the next step.</li>
<li>Open a terminal and navigate to the folder on your computer where you’ve already installed Palm Novacom (and make sure the ACMEInstaller file is in the same directory).</li>
<li>Type the following (without quotes) and hit enter: “novacom boot mem:// < ACMEInstaller”</li>
</ul>
Once you’ve done that your device should reboot and you’ll see lines of code run across the screen. Once that’s finished, the Moboot menu should load, giving you the option of booting webOS or Android.<br />
<em>via <a href="http://www.precentral.net/webos-3-0-4-77-pushed-out-touchpads-includes-new-camera-app-1" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">PreCentral</a></em><br />Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-91350852992390625032011-10-15T09:54:00.000-04:002011-10-15T10:02:42.685-04:00Cyanogenmod 7.1 Touchpad Android App Recommendations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I made the leap and installed Cyanogenmod 7.1 on my HP Touchpad. It's so nice to have my Android apps back. The Android Market fix didn't work for me to install Facebook, Twitter, Google Maps and others from the Android Market.<br />
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<b>My Thoughts</b><br />
The apps don't seem quite as polished as WebOS apps. It looks like some of them just took the phone app and enlarged it, just not as optimized. It's still just worth having because you get so many more apps. Note that the apps below are what worked or didn't work on my Touchpad. This may differ from others.<br />
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<b>Apps That Work For Me</b><br />
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<b>Non Games</b><br />
Evernote<br />
Taptu<br />
Pulse<br />
Movies<br />
<i>Pandora</i><br />
Do It Tomorrow<br />
Linked In<br />
Google +<br />
TweetCaster<br />
<i>Dropbox</i><br />
<i>Kindle</i><br />
IMDB<br />
Newegg<br />
Google Voice<br />
Zinio<br />
Meebo<br />
Mashable<br />
Amazon App Store<br />
Big Oven<br />
YouVersion<br />
Feedly<br />
Solar Planets<br />
Pageonce<br />
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<b>Taptu</b><br />
<img height="250" src="http://pictures.recombu.com/news/M14231/1304609080_w630_h394.jpg" width="400" /><br />
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<b>Pulse</b><br />
<img height="250" src="http://www.theandroidtablets.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/best-android-tablet-apps-pulse.png" width="400" /><br />
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<b>Movies</b><br />
<b><img height="250" src="http://androidactivist.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Movies-Tablet.jpeg" width="400" /></b><br />
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<b>Games</b><br />
<i>Angry Birds Rio</i><br />
Angry Birds Season<br />
<i>Angry Birds</i><br />
Air Attack HD<br />
<i>Gun Bros</i><br />
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<b>APKs I Installed</b><br />
Fox News<br />
Google Maps<br />
Facebook<br />
Twitter<br />
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<b>Apps That Don't Work</b><br />
Slacker<br />
Springpad<br />
Google Music<br />
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<b>Apps Not Full Screen</b><br />
Photobucket<br />
Epicurious<br />
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<b>Apps The Marketplace Won't Let Me Install</b><br />
Zaarly<br />
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<b>Apps I'm Looking Forward Too</b><br />
Google Propeller (Flipboard alternative for Android)<br />
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Italic Apps - available on WebOS<br />
<br />Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-65899869492902598032011-10-14T19:26:00.003-04:002011-10-18T13:01:44.706-04:00How to install Google Android on the HP TouchPad (with CyanogenMod7)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
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The CyanogenMod team has released the first public build of <a href="http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?4011-Discussion-CyanogenMod-team-Touchpad-port" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">Google Android for the HP TouchPad</a> tablet. Right now the software is still in the alpha phase, which means that not everything works as it should. There are still bugs with the accelerometer, Bluetooth, camera, and other functions, for instance. But for the most part, the operating system is now up and running on HP’s discontinued tablet and anyone can install it.<br />
While the HP TouchPad originally shipped with webOS 3.0 software, the tablet’s hardware is similar to many Android tablets. Since the future of webOS is uncertain — and right now there are hundreds of thousands of apps available for Android and less than 10,000 apps for webOS, many of the people who picked up cheap HP Touchpads when HP discontinued the tablet in a $99 fire-sale have been looking forward to installing Android.<br />
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The steps below will help you to do just that. This will create a dual-boot setup, allowing you to switch between Android and webOS. Again, this is alpha software, and things can go wrong. You’ll also lose music or other media stored in webOS when you follow these steps.<br />
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The current version of CyanogenMod for the TouchPad is based on Android 2.3.7. Once Google released the source code for Ice Cream Sandwich, developers will start working to port it to the TouchPad, but that work could take several months to complete.<br />
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1. Download and install the Palm Novacom software for your computer. You can find grab the latest software for Windows, Mac, or Linux <a href="https://developer.palm.com/content/resources/develop/sdk_pdk_download.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">from the HP website</a>.<br />
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2. The next step is to download three files from the <a href="http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?4011-Discussion-CyanogenMod-team-Touchpad-port" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">RootzWiki forum</a> and one more file from the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/moboot/downloads/detail?name=moboot_0.3.3.zip&can=2&q=" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">Moboot project</a>.<br />
If you want to install the Google Android Market and Google apps such as Gmail and YouTube (which you probably do), you’ll also want the gApps installer for CyanogenMod. You can download it <a href="http://goo-inside.me/gapps/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">from goo-inside.me</a> or <a href="http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Gapps#Google_Apps" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">from the CyanogenMod wiki</a>.<br />
All told, you’re downloading 5 files:<br />
<ul>
<li>ACMEInstaller.zip</li>
<li>update-cm-7.1.0-tenderloin-a1-fullofbugs.zip</li>
<li>update-cwm_tenderloin-1012.zip</li>
<li>moboot_0.3.3.zip</li>
<li>The latest gApps package for CyanogenMod</li>
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3. Unzip the ACMInstaller file to the same directory where Palm Novacom is installed. On my computer that directory is C:\Program Files\Palm, Inc.<br />
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4. Connect your HP TouchPad to your computer with a USB cable.<br />
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5. On the TouchPad you should see a USB notification. Tap the symbol to mount your tablet as a USB mass storage device on your computer.<br />
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<a href="http://liliputing.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/hpa_04.jpg" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-38536" height="256" src="http://liliputing.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/hpa_04.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="hpa_04" width="447" /></a><br />
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6. Open a file browser on your computer and create a new folder on your HP TouchPad called “cminstall”<br />
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7. Copy the update-cm-7.1.0-tenderloin-a1-fullofbugs.zip, update-cwm_tenderloin-1012.zip, and moboot_0.3.3.zip files into that directory. If you’re also installing gApps, drag tat file to the cminstall folder as well.<br />
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Do not unzip these files first.<br />
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8. Now it’s time to reset your HP TouchPad. To do that follow these steps:<br />
<ul>
<li>Tap the home button and then hit the arrow key to bring up a list of applications.</li>
<li>Navigate to Settings.</li>
<li>Choose Device Info.</li>
<li>Select the red Reset Options button at the bottom.</li>
<li>Tap the Restart option on the following screen.</li>
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If you want to install the Google Apps including the Android Market and Gmail apps, scroll down to the bottom of this article for details on how to add those features.<br />
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<a href="http://liliputing.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/hpa_02.jpg" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-38537" height="375" src="http://liliputing.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/hpa_02.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="hpa_02" width="500" /></a><br />
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9. As soon as the screen goes dark, start holding the Volume Up button — don’t let go until you see a big USB symbol on your display.<br />
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10. Your computer might take a moment to recognize the TouchPad.<br />
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11. Once it’s recognized, open a terminal and navigate to the Palm Novacom directory. On a Windows computer you can do this by following these steps:<br />
<ul>
<li>Click on the Start Menu.</li>
<li>Type “cmd” (without quotes) into the search box.</li>
<li>A terminal window should open up — but you’re in the wrong directory.</li>
<li>Type “cd c:\” and press enter to get to your root directory.</li>
<li>To navigate to the correct directory, type “dir” and press enter to see a list of directories.</li>
<li>On my computer, I next typed “cd Program Files” and hit enter, then “cd Palm, Inc” and hit enter again.</li>
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12. Enter the following command (without quotes) and hit return: “novacom boot mem:// < ACMEInstaller”.<br />
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<a href="http://liliputing.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/hpa_08.jpg" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-38534" height="253" src="http://liliputing.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/hpa_08.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="hpa_08" width="500" /></a><br />
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That’s pretty much it. For the next few minutes you should see text flying across your screen. When it’s done, the HP TouchPad will boot Google Android.<br />
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<a href="http://liliputing.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/hpa_05.jpg" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-38535" height="389" src="http://liliputing.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/hpa_05.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="hpa_05" width="500" /></a><br />
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In order to get back to webOS:<br />
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<li>Press and hold the power button.</li>
<li>Choose the reboot option.</li>
<li>Then select “reboot to webOS” from the next menu.</li>
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Note that you’ll <em>only</em> be able to reboot to webOS if you’ve installed the “moboot” file as described above.<br />
This method installs the open source CyanogenMod 7.1 version of Android on the tablet. It’s based on Google Android 2.3.7 software.<br />
If you didn’t install the Android Market and other Google apps, it’s not too late to do it at this point. Just follow these steps:<br />
<ul>
<li>Download the latest gApps package for CyanogenMod 7 <a href="http://goo-inside.me/gapps/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">from goo-inside.me</a> or <a href="http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Gapps#Google_Apps" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">from the CyanogenMod wiki</a>.</li>
<li>Copy it to the same “cminstall” directory on your TouchPad where you placed the CyanogenMod installers.</li>
<li>Run the ACMEInstaller program again from your computer — or you can try adding gApps during your initial installation.</li>
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If you’re familiar with using ClockworkMod Recovery, you can also place any update files in the root of your device’s storage and reboot into recovery from Android and use ClockworkMod to apply updates.<br />
Note that the first time you boot after installing gApps you may want to hit the “cancel” button instead of signing in with your Google account right away. That way you have time to connect to a WiFi network before the Android Market tries to load the list of available Google applications.<br />
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<strong>App support</strong><br />
Even if you do install the Android Market, you may find that some of your favorite apps aren’t listed. I couldn’t find the Facebook, Twitter, Google Maps, or Dolphin HD web browser apps when I searched the Market for them on the TouchPad.<br />
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This is likely because the Android Market doesn’t think they’ll be able to run properly on the TouchPad’s hardware. They will.<br />
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You just need to install them manually. If you have a rooted Android phone or another device you can use an app such as Titanium Backup or ROM Toolbox to create backup copies of any apps installed on your device. You can then email them to yourself or copy them to your tablet using another method.<br />
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I was able to successfully install all four apps listed above. They don’t all look great on the TouchPad’s 9.7 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel display, but they do run.<br />
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<strong>Update</strong>: There’s an update that fixes the problem with the Android Market that had prevented certain apps from being listed. There are two ways to install it.<br />
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Method 1: Using Android and ClockworkMod Recovery:</span><br />
<ul>
<li>Download <a href="http://www.multiupload.com/5MKAKAKUM6" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">update-cm-7.1.0-tenderloin-marketfix-Flemmard.zip</a> from Multiupload</li>
<li>Connect your tablet to your PC via a USB cable and mount your tablet as a USB mass storage device.</li>
<li>Copy the update file to the root directory of your device.</li>
<li>Press and hold the power button on your tablet.</li>
<li>Choose the Reboot option.</li>
<li>Select Recovery from the next menu.</li>
<li>Your tablet will reboot to ClockworkMod Recovery.</li>
<li>Use the volume buttons to scroll down to “install zip from sdcard.”</li>
<li>Tap the home button to select that option.</li>
<li>Tap the home button again to “choose zip from sdcard.”</li>
<li>Use the volume keys to scroll down and select the update file.</li>
<li>Tap the home key to select.</li>
<li>From the next menu, use the volume keys and home key to select the “yes” option.</li>
<li>After the install is complete, press the power button to go back to the main menu, and tap home to reboot your system.</li>
</ul>
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Method 2: Using Android or webOS and the ACMEInstaller</span><br />
<ul>
<li>Download <a href="http://www.multiupload.com/5MKAKAKUM6" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">update-cm-7.1.0-tenderloin-marketfix-Flemmard.zip</a> from Multiupload.</li>
<li>Connect your tablet to your computer and mount it as a mass storage device.</li>
<li>Create a folder called “cminstall” on your device.</li>
<li>Copy the update file to that folder.</li>
<li>Reboot your device into recovery mode by restarting the tablet and holding the Volume Up button until a big USB icon appears on the screen.</li>
<li>Follow steps 11 and 12 in the tutorial above to open a terminal, navigate to the Palm Novacom/ACMEInstaller directory, and enter market “novacom boot mem:// < ACMEInstaller” to start the install process.</li>
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Once you’ve done that, you should be able to find Google Maps, the Dolphin HD or Opera web browsers, or other apps in the Android Market.<br />
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If you’re wondering exactly how the ACMEInstaller works, you can read more about it at the <a href="http://www.cyanogenmod.com/blog/cm7-1-alpha-for-the-hp-touchpad-released" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">CyanogenMod blog</a>. Basically, the app resizes the webOS media volume to create space for Android system, cache, and data volumes. It then installs CyanogenMod, the Moboot bootloader, and anyother files such as the Google Apps.<br />
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This is why using the installer tool will erase any songs, photos, or other media stored in your HP TouchPad webOS media directory.<br />
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The good news is that CyanogenMod 7.1 for the TouchPad will then treat the webOS media area as if it were an SD card — so you can access webOS media from Android, or access your Android files from webOS.<br />
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You can find out more about how the first alpha release of CyanogenMod for the HP TouchPad works in my <a href="http://liliputing.com/2011/10/google-android-on-the-hp-touchpad-video.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">hands-on post</a>, or check out this video:<br />
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<strong>What to do if you can’t reboot to webOS</strong><br />
If you followed the instructions and put Moboot and ClockworkMod Recovery in the cminstall folder when you first flashed Android you should be able to use the “reboot to webOS” option to restart your tablet in webOS. If not, you can only reboot to Android — but don’t worry. There’s<a href="http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?7835-Cm7-faq" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">a way to fix this</a>.<br />
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<li>While in Android, connect your tablet to a computer via a USB cable.</li>
<li>A “USB connected” option will show up in your notification bar. Tap the option that says “Turn on USB storage.”</li>
<li>Your tablet should show up on your computer as a USB disk drive.</li>
<li>Create a folder called “cminstall.”</li>
<li>Place Moboot, Google Apps, or any other file you need to flash into that folder.</li>
<li>Reboot your tablet while holding the Volume Up button to enter recovery mode.</li>
<li>From your computer, follow steps 11 and 12 from the installation tutorial again to open a terminal, navigate to the novacom folder and use the “novacom boot mem:// < ACMEInstaller” command.</li>
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That should send the new components over to your TouchPad and the next time you boot you should have the missing features such as the ability to enter ClockworkMod Recovery to select your boot options.<br />
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<strong>What do to is ClockworkMod Recovery fails to install</strong><br />
It’s possible that Android may install properly, while the ClockworkMod Recovery installation fails. <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302433" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">One theory</a> is that this happens sometimes if you have a custom webOS kernel in the /boot partition. Here’s what you can do manually install the Recovery:<br />
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<li>Unzip the update-cwm_ternerloin-1012.zip file to the same director where Novacom and your ACMEInstaller files are located.</li>
<li>Connect your TouchPad to your computer and reboot into Recovery by holding the Up Volume button while you reboot.</li>
<li>Open a terminal and navigate to the Novacom directory.</li>
<li>Type the following (without the quotes): “novacom boot mem:// < uImage.ClockworkMod”</li>
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<strong>What to do if you’re pretty sure your tablet is frozen</strong><br />
First, make sure your device is really frozen. The install process can take a while, so it might look like nothing is happening even when there’s activity. But if five or six minutes pass and you find yourself looking at blank screen, try pressing and holding the power button and home button at the same time for about 30 seconds. This <em>should</em> cause your tablet to reboot.<br />
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<strong>Restoring webOS with the webOS Doctor</strong><br />
If you royally mess things up you can also try to restore your system to factory default condition using the <a href="http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/Webos_Doctor_Versions" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">webOS doctor</a>. The folks at webOS Internals have put together a nice set of <a href="http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/How_To_Recover" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">instructions for doing that</a>.<br />
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<strong>Bonus round</strong>: If Android isn’t your thing, you can also <a href="http://liliputing.com/2011/08/how-to-install-ubuntu-linux-on-an-hp-touchpad.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">install Ubuntu Linux on the TouchPad</a>.<br />
Note that while it’s pretty hard to completely “brick” the tablet and leave it entirely unusable, it <em>is</em> possible to do so. Installing Android may void your warranty — especially if you’re unable to restore the tablet to its factory default settings. So please proceed at your own risk, and understand that neither Liliputing nor the developers at CyanogenMod can be held responsible if something you do to your tablet causes it to stop working properly.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Source: </span><a href="http://liliputing.com/2011/10/how-to-install-google-android-on-the-hp-touchpad-with-cyanogenmod7.html">http://liliputing.com/2011/10/how-to-install-google-android-on-the-hp-touchpad-with-cyanogenmod7.html</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-65035341390352411572011-09-17T10:03:00.002-04:002011-09-17T10:03:54.929-04:00CyanogenMod’s latest HP TouchPad Android video shows WiFi, Android Market<br />
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The <a href="http://www.cyanogenmod.com/">CyanogenMod</a>
team has posted a new video showing the progress developers have been
making in porting Google Android to run on the 9.7 inch tablet. We’ve
already <a href="http://liliputing.com/2011/09/hp-touchpad-with-android-alpha-benchmarked.html">seen the benchmarks</a>
to show that Android performance is pretty good on the tablet, but now
we can also see that CyanogenMod has come a long way since <a href="http://liliputing.com/2011/09/cyanogenmod-7-on-the-hp-touchpad-nearly-everything-but-wifi-working.html">the team’s last video</a> — when Android already looked pretty good on the TouchPad.<br />
Major updates include support for WiFi, basic audio support, and
limited support for the Google Android Market (although it looks a
little funky on a 1024 x 768 pixel display).<br />
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The accelerometer is also now working, which means you can
automatically rotate the screen simply by changing the position of the
tablet from portrait to landscape or vice versa. You can also play video
games that use the tablet’s motion-sensing hardware.<br />
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Not everything is working perfectly just yet though.<br />
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While the HP TouchPad has a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual core
processor, it’s only using one of those cores in this latest demo — and
there’s a mediaserver app which is using most of the CPU cycles. The
CyanogenMod team is working on those problems.<br />
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There are also still some applications that don’t work. For instance,
the official YouTube app doesn’t work, but you can use a web browser to
watch videos from the online video site — but playback is still a
little choppy.<br />
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CyanogenMod 7 is a custom Android distribution based on Google’s
source code for Android 2.3 Gingerbread. It includes some tweaks for
tablets, but the team won’t be upgrading to Android 3.2 Honeycomb
anytime soon, since the source code isn’t available. Instead they’re
waiting for Google to release the code for Ice Cream Sandwich, the first
version of Android designed to run on both phones and tablets.<br />
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In the meantime, Gingerbread has a few key advantages over the webOS
3.0 software that originally shipped on HP’s tablet. First, there are
hundreds of thousands of third party apps that can run on Gingerbread,
compared with about 6,000 apps for webOS — and that includes high
quality eBook readers and other apps that are sorely missing for webOS.<br />
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When running webOS, the TouchPad can also feel a little sluggish at
times. When surfing the web, the tablet seems to fly. But I’ve spent a
fair amount of time waiting while launching applications or flipping
between apps that are already open.<br />
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HP has also discontinued production of webOS hardware, and while the
company has promised to keep the operating system alive by looking for
partners to license webOS for their phones, tablets, or other devices,
it’s not really clear at this point how frequently we’ll see new
software updates or third party apps for the platform. So installing
Android (even an unofficial version without support form HP) could help
make the tablet more useful and provide some hope of future (and equally
unofficial) software updates and improvements.<br />
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The CyanogenMod 7 team won’t be releasing their Android port for the
HP TouchPad to the public until some more of the kinks are worked out.
But progress the team is making is pretty remarkable.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://liliputing.com/2011/09/cyanogenmods-latest-hp-touchpad-android-video-shows-wifi-android-market.html">http://liliputing.com/2011/09/cyanogenmods-latest-hp-touchpad-android-video-shows-wifi-android-market.html </a>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-14833654623534071792011-09-16T10:44:00.000-04:002011-09-16T10:44:07.297-04:00HP TouchPad: Homebrew patches that improve productivity<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
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It is estimated nearly a million TouchPads have been sold by HP, making it one of the top-selling tablets behind the iPad. True they were sold at ridiculously low prices, but there are a lot of buyers happily using a darn good tablet as a result.</div>
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One of the strengths of the webOS platform is the homebrew development community building patches to the system to improve operation. Many of these are designed to <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/how-to-improve-the-performance-of-your-new-hp-touchpad/3866" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #005399; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">give better performance</a> by altering things behind the scenes, while others improve core apps to make them better serve the user’s needs. The letter patches (available through the <a href="http://forums.precentral.net/webos-internals/199090-preware.html" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #005399; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">PreWare</a> system) add features that become part of the core app once applied. Here are some good patches that make the apps work better.</div>
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<strong>UberCalendar HD.</strong> The Calendar app on the TouchPad is a decent application, but missing some functionality that this patch adds. UberCalendar adds a wonderful agenda view in the left pane of the display that displays all events collected from the view on the right-hand pane. The patch also adds a host of settings that can be enabled through the Calendar app preferences. While the standard Calendar app defaults to Day view only, this patch lets you choose the one you prefer (day, week, month). It is a primary example of one of the major advantages to webOS over other platforms: the ability to patch core apps instead of writing whole new apps to replace them.</div>
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<strong>ThumbNav Browser Controls</strong>. The TouchPad browser is very good, but the simple menu this patch adds makes it even better. With a simple swipe in from either the left or right edge of the display, a little menu pops up on the side of the screen presenting common tasks such as Next, Previous, and Add Bookmark. You can also fire off another instance of the browser to do other things. The ability to do these common tasks without moving you hand to the top of the screen is far more useful than you might think.</div>
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<strong>Browser Power Swipe.</strong> For those wanting an easy method for moving back and forward in the browser, this patch adds simple gestures to perform that function. Just swipe back to return to the previous web page or forward to go to the next page in the sequence.</div>
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<strong>Launch with Folder View Minimized.</strong> The email app in webOS is very good, but this little patch suits my preferences better. The Folder View normally displays on the left, showing email folders (Inbox, Starred, etc.). Since I almost always work in the Inbox folder, I was always collapsing this Folder View pane to devote more screen to the actual email. This patch does that by default.</div>
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<strong>Always Show Previous and Next Buttons.</strong> This patch adds buttons facilitating moving back and forth between individual email messages in the email app. They appear at the bottom of each email to make it a simple tap to move up or down in the messages list.</div>
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There are other patches available in the PreWare homebrew system and it is worth scanning through them to see if there are others you might find useful. The patches I have listed here are easy to use yet add a lot of functionality to my daily TouchPad usage.</div>
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Source: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/hp-touchpad-homebrew-patches-that-improve-productivity/4486">zdnet.com</a></div>
Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-9796029242511441262011-09-14T12:36:00.000-04:002013-08-03T17:49:20.558-04:00HP TouchPad Not Charging? How To Fix<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
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Many customers have complained that their HP TouchPad tablet will not charge and get a message stating the connected charger isn’t supplying enough power to charge the device.</div>
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The TouchPad charger is two pieces which twist apart. If they are not fastened correctly and tight, the tablet will not charge and/or you may get the error message.</div>
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Simply unscrew the top off, and then screw it back on snug making sure writing on the side of the connector are aligned correctly.</div>
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Most of the time this is a simple fix and you’ll have your TouchPad back up and playing. If not, you may need to contact HP.</div>
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Hope this helps many of you!</div>
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Source: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.digitaltweaker.com/news/2011/09/hp-touchpad-not-charging-how-to-fix/">http://www.digitaltweaker.com/news/2011/09/hp-touchpad-not-charging-how-to-fix/</a></span></div>
Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-59025064692582726722011-09-14T12:31:00.002-04:002011-09-14T12:31:29.973-04:00HP's TouchPad likely share gains show Android's tenuous tablet position<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
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HP’s TouchPad—and the $99 fire sale that came with its death—will slow the market share gains for Android tablets, according to IDC.</div>
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<img alt="" class="alignright" src="http://i.zdnet.com/gallery/6254062-610-457.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="300" />IDC said global media tablet shipments surged 303.8 percent in the second quarter compared to a year ago — to 13.6 million units. IDC is forecasting 62.5 million units for 2011, up from its previous outlook for 53.5 million units.</div>
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<a href="http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS23034011" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #005399; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">That overview</a>, however, is a footnote to the market share battle in tablets. As everyone knows, Apple’s iPad is top dog with 68.3 percent market share. RIM grabbed 4.9 percent of the market with its PlayBook and Android tablet share fell to 26.8 percent in the second quarter, down from 34 percent in the first quarter.</div>
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The upshot is that Apple and RIM thwarted Android’s tablet advance. RIM’s showing was solid overall, but the real hit to Android market share will come from HP’s TouchPad.</div>
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HP killed the TouchPad, but its liquidation sale was a hit. IDC said:</div>
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IDC expects many consumers who were on the fence about buying a media tablet to scoop up $99 TouchPads as a result of HP’s decision to end production of its tablet product. IDC expects close to a million TouchPads to ship into the channel before the end of the year. As a result, WebOS’s worldwide market share is forecast to reach 4.7% in 3Q11. However, with no clear plan to license or sell the OS to other vendors, IDC expects WebOS market share to shrink back to zero by 1Q12.</div>
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The bottom line is Android’s tablet share will fall to 23 percent in the third quarter before rebounding in the fourth quarter. It’s clear that price matters and Android tablets need to become less expensive in a hurry to gain market share.</div>
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In fact, Android’s tablet march looks downright shaky for the likes of Motorola, HTC, Samsung and others. Consider:</div>
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None of those items are good for massive Android market share gains.</div>
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Source: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/hps-touchpad-likely-share-gains-show-androids-tenuous-tablet-position/58041">ZDnet.com</a></div>
Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-28692608032685468782011-09-11T08:06:00.003-04:002011-09-11T08:06:49.925-04:00Touchpad Incredible App Review<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
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It has been <a href="http://www.precentral.net/exclusive-app-preview-incredible-webos" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #324a1a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: top;" title="Exclusive App Preview: Incredible! for webOS">more than a year in the making</a>, and incredible! is finally ready to hit the catalog. Geoff Gauchet (the developer also known as "Zhephree") has sent us the final version of his social streaming application for the TouchPad to show you what all of the hype is about. He also wanted us to let you know that incredible! is on its way to the webOS App Catalog right now, and should be available within the next few days. This is the very same app that we raised over $1500 earlier this year for, and now we finally get to answer that question, "Was all of the hype worth it?"</div>
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If <a href="http://www.precentral.net/app-review-glimpse-for-touchpad" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #324a1a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: top;" title="App Review: Glimpse [for Touchpad]">Glimpse by Inglorious Apps</a> is an extension of webOS multitasking in the form of an app, incredible! is an extension of webOS Synergy. It was made to bring all of your social streams into one place so that you don't have to access multiple apps to keep up with your entire network, and to give you complete access to manage what content is most prominent in your stream at any time. The app itself wasn't designed to allow you to manage the settings of those accounts or check your private messages; instead think of this as a way to more productively watch your Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Foursquare streams throughout the day (similar to Google Reader for social networks), and you'll start to understand why this app is still very useful.</div>
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You also aren't going to have access to a search function right away, either, which can be a bit of a bummer to those of us who like to keep up with the latest Twitter trends or look at all of the latest updates from someone on Flickr. At first this was a pretty major problem for me, cause I'm always doing searches to find what people are saying on various topics. But as I continued to use the app and get to see how it all works, I realized that you aren't supposed to use this app like a typical Twitter client. incredible! is a very different beast, indeed!</div>
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So how do you use it? Geoff has designed the app to put a lot of focus on the stream of content that is going through right now, rather than on what might have happened in the past. The main view is setup into three typical webOS 3.0 panes which, from left to right, show your action bar, the stream of content, and the details pane for individual items. After you've gone through the steps on first launch with setting up all of your accounts, these three panes will be lit up with activity that's going on right now, and if you set everything up wisely, you'll never skip a beat.</div>
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Before I explain how filters work, it's important to understand how to post updates or reply to messages. In the top left corner you'll find your "Send" button, which will give you access to updating specific accounts individually or all of them at once. I was a bit confused at first on how to change which account I was updating, but you'll notice in the dialog box that appears after tapping "Send", that there is a drop-down button in the bottom left corner (it will show your default account until tapped). Select that and you'll see a list of all of your groups and accounts that are available for that update or reply (obvious limitation here: you can't reply using Twitter if the item was posted on Flickr). Once you've selected the accounts that you want to post to, the other buttons should look familiar: adding a link, photo, location or smiley emoticon is as simple as tapping the buttons that are below the text field.</div>
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If you want to post to multiple accounts at once, you'll need to create a new "Group" using the menu option in the top left corner. Each group that you create will consist of multiple accounts from Facebook, Twitter, Flickr or Foursquare; and can have any combination and number of accounts included at once. Once you add the appropriate accounts and name your group (I have one called "Personal" and another called "Work") you'll have a new option available when posting a new item that will allow you to select that group for updating. Just as when you would select either your Facebook or Twitter account from the dialog box, now you can select your recently created groups to update or send pictures to all of those associated accounts at once.</div>
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With your accounts and groups now setup, you can start getting to the real meat of incredible!. You don't just have to view the same stream all day as life flies by; incredible! has a built-in filter system that makes these updates dynamic and intuitive. The easiest way to see this is by tapping the "Photos" icon in the left sidebar, which will then display all posts from your accounts that have photos included. Or you can tap on the "Filters" icon (which is just above Photos) to break down your stream by account or type. Where things get really cool, though, is with a feature that Geoff calls "Rules".</div>
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In the same way that Gmail allows you to create filters in your email based on the content, subject line or author; incredible! allows you to create rules that perform specific actions based on the author, content, account or service that the item is from. First tap and hold on an item that you want to create a rule for and then follow the instructions to set that rule. With this feature I am able to hide certain spammy people from my stream and highlight others so that they stick out more amongst all of the noise. You can even create custom rules with code that Geoff provides on his website, making the possibilities of what to do with these rules completely limitless. I've created a rule that searches for mentions of PreCentral and highlights them in my stream as Blue, but you might create one that keeps your best friend right in the foreground of your social life.</div>
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There are some other really nice touches that Geoff has included in the app. Images appear within the stream itself as thumbnails and websites show up in the details pane so that you can see them all at a glance before deciding to get a closer look. You can change the background image of the app to be one of the three pre-defined ones in the preferences, or to even pull in the background that you use on your Twitter account. You can also choose to use someone's real name rather than twitter handle while looking at their other accounts and updates, which makes being on a social network a little more... well.. social.</div>
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The app isn't without its downsides, though. Where other apps have spoiled us with pull-to-refresh, incredible! is stuck with a refresh button that activates each time you tap it. You also can't save images to your device or copy the URL to whatever item you're looking at to share it (though you can favorite it). Tapping on hashtags and other links open up the default web browser, which is certainly fine, but I'd have preferred to see it all within the app itself. There is also very sadly no JustType support, which means I'll have to open the app directly before updating any statuses.</div>
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The app itself looks fantastic and feels really good. It does lack a few features, but I think I'll find myself using it as my daily driver for keeping up with my networks. For managing my accounts or checking private messages and such, I have other apps like Facebook or Spaz HD that I can use if needed (and I <em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">will</em> be needing them). As Geoff has said in his latest blog update, though, he still isn't quite finished with it and updates might still be incoming if enough people demand something specifically, but he's going to take a break for a little while to let it all soak in before jumping back on the development wagon.</div>
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incredible! is coming and we're excited to see it arrive. It fills a much needed hole in the webOS app catalog as a beautiful and fast social network application that syncs with four major networks that are out there. We won't say it's perfect (what app is?), but we will say that it'll be worth the money once it hits the app catalog. </div>
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For smartphone owners, there is still hope to be held. Geoff has mentioned in his blog that he will continue work on it in due time, and will hopefully have a release sometime in the future.</div>
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Source: <a href="http://www.precentral.net/app-review-incredible">Precentral.net</a></div>
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Fullscreenweather.com is an interactive radar map that show the radar and temperatures. Storm tracking is a great feature that lets you know what direction the rain is going. Besides just working great on the desktop, this website also works great on the HP Touchpad. </div>
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The storm tracks feature is under the setting menu in the top left of the screen. Click on the radar selection and hit play to view the rain direction of movement.<br /><br />I use this website anytime that it's storming or the possibility of a storm. From my experience it's been very accurate.<br /><br />Be sure to check this website out at http://www.fullscreenweather.com<br /></div>
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Flipboard is not a new App for iPad because this App already runs since 2010 and until this article created Flipboard entering to the version 1.5 and still one of exclusive application for iPad.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #242424; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">With simple interface and ease use of operation, and capability exclusive content support from various of website, online magazine, and popular blog makes this application become “must have” App for iPad user. And also support from social media website like a Facebook, twitter, linkedin and others makes more interesting, just imagine all the content from your most favorite blog and your social media timeline Facebook and Twitter displayed and packaged at the one display with beautiful flip effect.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #242424; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For everyone that hobby to browse, read the article from website or blog, you should try this app, you will feel very comfort, have a better browsing experience. It’s sounds like advertorial post, but this is what i really feels using this app <img alt=":D" class="wp-smiley" src="http://www.hellonemo.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #242424; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And the good news is until now this app is still free. Yep still free! <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You can download this app flipboard at <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flipboard/id358801284?mt=8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; 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outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Source: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.hellonemo.com/blog/2011/09/05/flipboard-your-social-magazine/">http://www.hellonemo.com/blog/2011/09/05/flipboard-your-social-magazine/</a></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #242424; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; 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Read everything like a book. I hope they bring this to the HP Touchpad and webOS.</div>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-32568928374313253832011-09-05T12:01:00.001-04:002011-09-05T12:01:27.287-04:00New Blog LookI was tired of the dark theme and have decided to change the look of my blog. You may see some odd things as I'm in the process of changing it around. Hope you enjoy the new look. Be sure to check back to see the progress.Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-92095017992113362722011-09-04T20:39:00.000-04:002011-09-04T20:39:35.019-04:00Pixlr Online Photo Editor - Recommended<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Pixlr is an free online photo editor that works great if your not on a pc that has photo editing software or if your restricted on a company computer.</div>
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<br />Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-48317362741243641922011-09-03T17:40:00.000-04:002011-09-03T17:40:45.620-04:00webOS Pivot September issue now available; Always Learning<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div class="image without-caption " style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; text-align: center; display: block; "><img src="http://cdn.precentral.net/resources/images/000/105/414/large/enyo-findapps_2011-02-09_114035.png" class="attached_img" caption="" title="webOS Pivot September" author="Tim Stiffler-Dean" original="" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; " /></div><p style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; "></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; ">Another edition of webOS Pivot, the exclusive App Catalog Magazine for the HP TouchPad, has been pushed out to devices on schedule this week. In this September issue of the magazine, the Pivot team takes a look at education, learning and the information superhighway (the internet) and how your TouchPad can get you connected with it. </p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; ">As is usually the case with Pivot, this edition will give you a list of books to check out in the Amazon Kindle app to get your fall reading list set. You'll also see 23 total apps shared over 42 pages that cover a multitude of activities and interests. No matter what type of life you live, Pivot will have you covered with finding at least a couple of apps that you will want to download. Whether you're a student who needs to get Study Buddy HD or Pix for your homework, an amateur chemist who likes to have the Periodic Table on hand at all times, or if you just need to watch you caffeine intake to be sure you don't suffer from the affects described in Death By Caffeine HD.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; ">Check out webOS Pivot on the HP TouchPad right now by launching the App Catalog and waiting for it to download in the background. Then let us know in the comments; what apps did you download from this issue?</p></span></div><div>
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Update: I've managed to to Skype with video from desktop to Touchpad and iPad to Touchpad with success. Happy Skyping.Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-19027404152695086822011-08-28T17:02:00.000-04:002011-09-03T16:59:06.785-04:00My New Touchpad and My ThoughtsLike probably a lot of you out there I have a new 32 gig HP Touchpad. It's definitely a neat little device and I thought I would give my pros and cons about the device. I've been eying the Tablets for a while now and I had been looking at the Android tablets because they have the ability to use flash. I've played with with IPad and didn't really care about the way they function.<br />
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-ability to use flash<br />
-ease of use<br />
-portability (lighter than a laptop)<br />
-decent battery life (longer than a laptop)<br />
-multi-tasking<br />
-synergy (syncing different accounts)<br />
-price (can't beat $149 for a 32 gig and $99 for a 16 gig. While supplies last.)<br />
-ease of taking screenshot (power plus center button)<br />
-ease of closing apps (just swipe the card up)<br />
-Facebook app built in<br />
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<b>Cons</b><br />
-no SD card slot<br />
-no GPS<br />
-no rear facing camera<br />
-no ability to scroll within a webpage<br />
-lack of apps (we'll see if this will change with time)<br />
-inability to load images to a website with an upload button<br />
-no video output<br />
-no ability to format within email client<br />
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<b>Apps I Recommend</b><br />
-Groupon<br />
-CBS Sports<br />
-Angry Birds<br />
-Angry Birds Rio<br />
-USA Today<br />
-Box<br />
-Spaz HD Beta (Twitter Client)<br />
-Rev3webOS<br />
-DoodlePool HD<br />
-Video Flood HD<br />
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<b>Apps I Would Like to See on the TouchPad</b><br />
-Springpad<br />
-Taptu<br />
-Pulse<br />
-Slackerradio<br />
-Foxnews App (similar to the the iPad app.)<br />
-Blogger.com App<br />
-Dropbox<br />
-Netflix<br />
-Linkedin<br />
-Google +<br />
-Google Maps<br />
-Native Youtube App<br />
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Overall I am satisfied with the Touchpad. Hopefully we'll get more apps. I don't see why not with 500,000+ new Touchpad users. Grab one while you can.Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-15911798198592309762011-08-07T10:25:00.002-04:002011-08-07T10:29:22.396-04:00Baseball Card Collector's Dream Site - Zistle.com<a href="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j119/dhrandy/zistle.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j119/dhrandy/zistle.png" width="640" /></a><br />
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I know it's been a while since I've posted anything, but I had something I had to share with the world. I had the urge the other week to take a look around on the web and see if there were any websites where you can catalog your baseball (or any card) collection. I happened to stumble upon a forum that listed www.zistle.com as an alternative website to beckett.com (which charges a fee). I proceeded to zistle.com and my first impression is that the site is awesome. It's what every card collector dreams of. Now I don't have to go dig into my collection when I want to know what cards I have.<br />
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Zistle.com is an online community built by card collectors. They have did a great job on the websites design. It's very easy and simple to use.<br />
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Here are some reasons to use Zistle.com<br />
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<ul><li>Share your cards with everyone</li>
<li>Free pricing, real data</li>
<li>Automatic wantlist and tradelist</li>
<li>Export your data</li>
<li>Find new trade partners</li>
<li>Built and moderated by collectors</li>
<li>Have your whole collection in one place</li>
<li>And best of all, it's FREE</li>
</ul><div>Here is a screenshot of my collection.</div><div><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j119/dhrandy/zistle-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j119/dhrandy/zistle-1.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><br />
</div><div>You can view my collection at <a href="http://www.zistle.com/dhrandy">http://www.zistle.com/dhrandy</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>Finding this site even made me want to go out and purchase more baseball cards. I may just revive this old hobby. Go ahead and give it a try. You won't be disappointed.</div>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-55787592872630990712010-02-05T07:00:00.001-05:002010-02-05T07:00:07.295-05:00Android Amazon App<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/lifehacker/2009/08/amazon1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 170px;" src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/lifehacker/2009/08/amazon1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Ever at the store and want to know if Amazon.com has an item cheaper? Now you can just scan the item's upc and see what the price is on Amazon.com with the Amazon App. You can add remembered items and buy products right off your phone. Just use the search function if you can't remember what a product is. <br /><br />This app is free and syncs up with your Amazon account.<br /><br />These apps may work on the other "Google" phones, but I have the Eris and I'm basing my reviews on it.Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-12565981845651661932010-02-04T07:00:00.001-05:002010-02-04T07:00:06.476-05:00Android Pkt Auction App<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://androinica.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ebay01.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 137px; height: 207px;" src="http://androinica.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ebay01.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>Need an app for ebay? Pkt Auction is the app for you. It does all your basic ebay functions and a little more. You can search, go to My Ebay, find deals and even scan something you find at a store to see if ebay has it cheaper. See something you like on ebay, buy it right on your phone or add it to your watch list. You can even browse items you've bought, watched or selling. I can't see any reason for using any other ebay app. You won't be dissapointed. Best of all, it's free.<br /><br />These apps may work on the other "Google" phones, but I have the Eris and I'm basing my reviews on it.Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-1270230757105849702010-01-30T08:10:00.001-05:002010-01-30T08:11:39.707-05:00Daytona Beach, FLI'm at Daytona Beach for the Rolex 24 hour race. I won't have anymore post until next week. I just thought I'd let anyone know that actually reads my blog. Thanks for your patience.Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-7093244305951431242010-01-27T07:00:00.002-05:002010-01-27T07:00:08.158-05:00Android gStrings Guitar Tuner App<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.androidfreeware.net/img2/gstrings_tuner_android_1.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 152px; height: 229px;" src="http://www.androidfreeware.net/img2/gstrings_tuner_android_1.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Have you ever been at a store or friends house and need a tuner for your instrument? There's an app for that too, it's call gStrings. Very simple to use and it can be used for any instrument. You can tune to a specific note or just use the auto-tune function. To tune to a specific not just scroll through the letters.<br /><br />And you guessed it, it's free. Download from the Android Marketplace.<br /><br />These apps may work on the other "Google" phones, but I have the Eris and I'm basing my reviews on it.Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-13930660243547359342010-01-22T07:00:00.001-05:002011-09-04T20:43:27.160-04:00Android Flixter App<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Flixter is the only app you need for all your movie information at your fingertips. You can view movies in the box office, view upcoming movies, see your local theaters and showtimes, view movies on DVD and coming too DVD, and more.<br />
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You can also save movies you want to see. You can do this with your phone or from Facebook.<br />
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Flixter also has a Facebook app so you can see what your friends like and think of movies they have seen or want to see. This has to be the best movie app available. A must have for movie enthusiast. This app. is free and you can download it from the Android Marketplace.<br />
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-Get showtimes<br />
-View local theaters<br />
-Browse Dvd's<br />
-Watch trailers<br />
-Read reviews<br />
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These apps may work on the other "Google" phones, but I have the Eris and I'm basing my reviews on it.Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-29996373018964114212010-01-20T07:00:00.002-05:002010-01-20T08:58:09.593-05:00Android Ringdroid App<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.zdnet.com/blogs/ringdroid_screenshot_2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 460px; height: 306px;" src="http://i.zdnet.com/blogs/ringdroid_screenshot_2.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />If Zedge doesn't have what your looking for, then why not make your own ring-tone? That is exactly what Ringdroid does. You have two options. You can edit a current song that you have loaded on the phone, or use the speaker and record your own ringtone. Now you don't have any excuse for not getting what ring-tone you want. Best of all, it's free. Download this app from the marketplace and give it a try. You won't be disappointed.<br /><br />These apps may work on the other "Google" phones, but I have the Eris and I'm basing my reviews on it.Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465759682019450391.post-79507450543090742942010-01-19T07:00:00.002-05:002010-01-19T21:40:00.494-05:00Eris Android Ringtone and Wallpaper App<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.androlib.com/appscreenmax/zpCx.u.cs.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 137px; height: 206px;" src="http://www.androlib.com/appscreenmax/zpCx.u.cs.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />If your looking for ringtones and wallpapers for you HTC Eris, Zedge is the app to have. You can search thousands of ringtones and wallpaper. You even have the ability to search for what your specifically looking for. You can also "favorite" the ones you like so you don't have to download everything.<br /><br />Did I mention this app is free. Never buy another ringtone again. It integrates well with the HTC Eris and is quick. Just search Zedge on the marketplace.<br /><br />These apps may work on the other "Google" phones, but I have the Eris and I'm basing my reviews on it.Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412837729504918751noreply@blogger.com1