Comments on: Take Two Tablets & Call Me In Six Months

By: mjgraves

mjgraves — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 02:17:00 +0000

I had seriously considered installing Android on one of our Touchpads. However, before I could act in that impulse the Nexus7 that I had ordered arrived. My appetite for an Android tablet is for the moment quite satisfied. I think that the 7″ form factor is seriously compelling.

I may yet put Jelly Bean on the Touchpad. I have it on the Galaxy Nexus and the Nexus7. I’m very impressed with it so far.

By: Aron Griffis

Aron Griffis — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:09:00 +0000

I have a Touchpad running ICS (CyanogenMod 9) and it works well, albeit without camera support. It was easy to install. I don’t purchase new hardware trivially — not because of the purchase price but because of the ongoing cost of time investment to maintain devices — so I haven’t even considered getting a different tablet yet.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:07:00 +0000

BTW, here is the original youtube instructions I followed. The process is the same for ICS so make sure whatever instructions you use follow the same basic instructions.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Android is a must for any Touchpad owner. It literally takes 15 minutes and is dual boot if you ever want to go back and remember what WebOS was like. I’e never gone back.

By: mjgraves

mjgraves — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:59:00 +0000

Given the pile of stuff collecting in the corner of my office, I’m pretty bad at actually getting stuff listed on E-Bay. I have three SIP phones and an older tablet all sitting idle awaiting new homes.

Greg (who works at HP) has a Touchpad running ICS. He says that he prefers it to his iPad.

So that’s 1 for and 1 against thus far.

By: Dave Michels

Dave Michels — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 04:38:00 +0000

I would not screw around with it. Life is too short for this stuff. Keep the HP tablet for movies and email or sell it on ebay. The new Nexus 7 is $199, tightly integrated with the very thin hardware. The hardware specs on the Nexus 7 are very impressive.

If you upgrade the HP and like it, you will want better hardware anyway. If you don’t like it, it won’t be as easy to sell.