I'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.
Link to new blog
www.homeandtechdad....
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
CyanogenMod 7.1 Alpha 2 now available for the HP TouchPad
The CyanogenMod team has released a second alpha version of Android for the HP TouchPad 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.
Alpha 2 is still rough around the edges, but it includes a number of new...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
HP releases webOS 3.04 for the HP TouchPad (with new camera app)
HP may not be selling very many HP TouchPad tablets 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.
Among other things, webOS...
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Cyanogenmod 7.1 Touchpad Android App Recommendations
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.
My Thoughts
The apps don't seem quite as polished as WebOS apps. It looks like some of them just took the phone app and enlarged...
Friday, October 14, 2011
How to install Google Android on the HP TouchPad (with CyanogenMod7)
The CyanogenMod team has released the first public build of Google Android for the HP TouchPad 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...
Saturday, September 17, 2011
CyanogenMod’s latest HP TouchPad Android video shows WiFi, Android Market
The CyanogenMod
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 seen the benchmarks
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 the team’s last video — when Android already looked...
Friday, September 16, 2011
HP TouchPad: Homebrew patches that improve productivity
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.
One of the strengths of the webOS platform is the homebrew development community building patches to the system to improve operation....
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
HP TouchPad Not Charging? How To Fix
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.
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.
Simply unscrew the top off, and then screw it back on snug making sure writing on the side of the connector are aligned correctly.
Most of the time this is a simple fix and you’ll have your TouchPad back...
HP's TouchPad likely share gains show Android's tenuous tablet position
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.
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.
That overview,...
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Touchpad Incredible App Review
It has been more than a year in the making, 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...
