HP may resurrect TouchPad, head of PC business says

Yes, really. There is currently a collection going to the first person who gets Android fully installed and functional on the touchpad. The current bounty right now is $2,300 and that number will probably creep up a little more before there is a fully functional port on the touchpad.

Just because you aren’t an Android user doesn’t mean everyone else isn’t. Pull your head out of your ass.

After using a Asus Transformer (3.2) and going to the TouchPad…Webos is far more stable, better organized, better web, better on screen keyboard, spell checker, better account integration, better facebook integration, betting IM integration, better speakers, the list goes on.  It covers the core use of a tablet and does it better!   Android more over honeycomb is an unfinished messy implementation of android.  It is buggy and unorganized.  Yes it has more apps but it also needs more.  I need 3 apps to do IMing on an Android, I need one on the TP…the one it came with.  Browser Force closes even with 3.2, Web is choppy, and the UI get extremely slow from time to time.  And as I said no in line spell checker…stupid!  Putting android on this now is a waste. If the webos does indefinitely die then I might considering it.  But using both side by side…there is no reason to move.  Webos is far more polished!  If anything put preware on and run some of the patches…it is far easier then rooting and the device because substantially faster!!  HP has dumped the hardware but has not bumped the software.  I have seen froyo running on it…yet another waste of time!  

The commenting structure won’t let me reply to you for some reason Soapboxpreacherman but all of the things you are mentioning are baffling. First, Honeycomb isn’t the most stable OS but you are definitely not familiar with Android if you are having this many issues. 

Keyboard? There are literally at least 5-10 alternate keyboards you can download from the market specifically for Honeycomb. Spell check? This is done by most keyboard AS YOU ARE TYPING! Account integration? I have never had a problem on my Acer a500 with connecting various accounts to it. Facebook? Well lets be honest, facebook is shitty and so is their application on Android. This isn’t Google’s fault, you might want to shoot an email over to facebook about that one. IM? There are at least 10 multi-protocol IM clients for Android. Speakers? Yeah, I will give you that one.

The main difference between webOS and Android similar to how it differs from Apple’s iPad. With Android you aren’t coddled like a baby. Android isn’t for all users and its pretty clear that you aren’t one of those users. I would highly suggest you pick up an iPad or a TouchPad.

As to you bringing up Honeycomb here, the people trying to port Android to the TouchPad aren’t porting over Honeycomb. They are porting in a specific order so that they can progress the development of the device. The Cyanogen Mod team is attempting to get CM7(2.3.5) running on the TouchPad with Tablet features built in. Currently the source for Honeycomb isn’t available to developers.

That advice works both ways.

There is no reason to assume that a substantial number of TP purchasers are buying with an eye towards future Android use. Most apparently simply bought because it was a ridiculous deal and they figured to use it as an email/browser device for cheap.

Interesting. You assume I am a webOS user and not a Andriod user. I had the thunderbolt, charge, and many other android devices. You see, I buy them at retail, try them out and resell. With that said, I believe that 90% of users DO NOT root their android devices nor are aware of a port in process. A small percent of users read tech blogs like BGR. Gizmodo, Engadget, et al. In the grand scheme, a few dozen people that will port android to the TP is inconsequential in the long term. What version of android are they messing with anyway? There’s some many devices that are still on 2.1.

My head is now out of my ass.

“Currently the source for Honeycomb isn’t available to developers”
But…but…but Android is supposed to be *open*!

Grizzly I know a lot about android…rooted a number of devices.  I am not impressed.  The fact that we need to root’n'rom to get the most out of android shows me that either google nor the manufacturer has done a good job on implementation.  And yes my transformer with either onscreen keyboard it has does not spell check.  It is in accurate, sluggish and buggy.  Honeycomb feels like a beta release and is very unorganized.  Especially when you compare it to iOS or WebOS.  It lacks polish and isnt very stable.  The task management is poor, memory management is poor, battery life depends on the device can be good unless we are talking thunderbolt.  My Sammy phone is great on battery for a smart phone but it is a pig performance wise.  TouchWiz is garbage and tries to copy apple, it is slow but with a root and a rom, it is much better but to expect the average user to do this to get this and other android devices to run substantially better is foolish.  There is too much fragmentation in the android arena and as much as you try and justify it I am getting off the bandwagon.  It is apparent you do not own a webOS device and just because you played with one at the store for 5 minutes doesnt make you a critic.  

As for account integration something you know nothing about.  With webos the email app (Singular) does yahoo, gmail (Multiple), exchange, IMAP, POP, Hotmail, etc.  All in one!  With android, I need the gmail app for gmail (in order to get all out of gmail).  I need the built in android email app for exchange (or touchdown), then a 3rd app for yahoo (There app)…that is 3 apps compared to 1!  As for gtalk…the first gmail account you add is the one and only one gtalk uses…it supports one account logged in at one time!  So I need 2 other IM apps on android, eBuddy to cover AOL, Yahoo, and my other gmail account.  Then I need Skype…WebOS…the built in app…THAT DOESNT HAVE ADS does it all!   1 App!  Facebook…Friendcaster, FriendMe…they are alright but the free version have once again ADS and they dont run well.  Yet again Webos has a better app for facebook…without ads!   

Just my opinion but, Webos is more intuitive, cleaner, more stable, simpler, more organized and considerably more user friendly.  If android and iOS had a kid web OS would be it.  Oh and need I mention the notification system…webos is light years ahead of the rest in this department.

But dont let me stop you from drinking the android kool-aid, I like android but people like you make me dislike it because you are narrow-minded and an android troll.    Their are other tablets and smartphone that in many eyes rival those of your might android.  I am a user of all and I prefer webos to them all.  And I have prewared mine…which was substantially easier then rooting or jailbreaking.  Not to mention it can be all reversed without starting over!

“Jailbreak and over clock”  that is a lame answer.  Sure for the less then 1% of people that is a fix, but for the stupid masses of consumers that just bought that thing, they are going to notice the lag and that is not going to help WebOS at all.  In order to be sucessful, a device has to be good out of the box.

Something people said about Android for ages…..

umm, since when did spin off == shutdown? lol, I guess you think HP will stop selling PC’s in the mean time. Touchpads or whatever they call them will be back once Windows 8 ships. Like it or not, HP has a better chance with Windows 8 compared to webOS.