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Even beyond smartphones (I never used WebOS on a smartphone), it was amazing on the HP TouchPad. I acquired one after the fire sale and used it waaay past it's

by sjs382 9y ago

Even beyond smartphones (I never used WebOS on a smartphone), it was amazing on the HP TouchPad. I acquired one after the fire sale and used it waaay past it's EOL. Sad that it just stopped booting one day. :-/

xeromal 9y ago
I had one too. I loved that thing.
rlonstein 9y ago
I still have one of the 32GB developer units from when HP was trying to entice people to write for it. I ran Cyanogen and Evervolv on it for a while. It will, with a bit of fiddling, run Nougat (see https://forum.xda-developers.com/hp-touchpad https://forum.xda-developers.com/hp-touchpad) but the various pieces of the support tools, ex. novacomm, are decrepit and compiling them on current Linux and toolchain didn't result in a working tool so you have to bodge around with old binary releases. Given how slow the device feels with Marshmallow and then Nougat, I will probably save my pennies for a newer tablet. As to not booting, they're really hard to brick. They can however run down so that even the battery icon won't show. Try charging it using the original charger or other that can do 2A for a day or two then attempt a hard reset.
agumonkey 9y ago
I'm reading this on one. With Android KitKat (lineageos). It's stable and fast enough to browse and read pdf. Funky, someone actually built Android 7 ans even 8 Roms. V7 is OK but a bit slower. V8 runs but since they started on february, there were large issues with play store, the os boots and runs fine, which is amazing in itself, but most apps fail. I still have the webos partition and booted it after trying v8 and god how Swift it was(sic). Would love to see the LG version run here too.
jsjohnst 9y ago
I’ve got 3-4 of the developer units and still marvel over how responsive and easy to use it is. I think it was better than on phone honestly. Haven’t used the phones in years though, so maybe memory is jaded. Will need to pull one out of my drawer and see if they still charge (mixture of Palm Pre versions and one other I forgot it’s model name).
garmaine 9y ago
I've got 3 of them in various states of working I'd happily ship to an enthusiast who'd value them. I've long since switched to the iPad Pro, but I'm too nostalgic to throw them away / recycle. What a wonderful device it was, just poorly price (before the fire sale).
- wastedhours 9y ago
  Same - I have one from the firesale laying around, but can't bring myself to get rid of it. Was a really nice device, and the OS was a dream.
  - garmaine 9y ago
    My kids loved it as I had it loaded up with their favorite Disney movies, and they had figured out how to operate the camera. The interface was simple and intuitive enough for a toddler to use. They still call the new iPad a "TouchPad". I continued using it as a glorified e-reader until the Apple Pencil--taking notes and markup PDFs is what finally made me switch. I wouldn't go back as iOS has finally surpassed what Palm/HP had half a decade ago, but it still holds a place in my heart. Kinda like the Amiga, Commodore 64, and BeOS.
bigtunacan 9y ago
I loved the Touchstone inductive charger 7 years ago... I've always wondered why it has been so slow to be adopted for other phones and tablets.

by sjs382 9y ago

xeromal 9y ago

I had one too. I loved that thing.

rlonstein 9y ago

I still have one of the 32GB developer units from when HP was trying to entice people to write for it. I ran Cyanogen and Evervolv on it for a while. It will, with a bit of fiddling, run Nougat (see https://forum.xda-developers.com/hp-touchpad https://forum.xda-developers.com/hp-touchpad) but the various pieces of the support tools, ex. novacomm, are decrepit and compiling them on current Linux and toolchain didn't result in a working tool so you have to bodge around with old binary releases. Given how slow the device feels with Marshmallow and then Nougat, I will probably save my pennies for a newer tablet. As to not booting, they're really hard to brick. They can however run down so that even the battery icon won't show. Try charging it using the original charger or other that can do 2A for a day or two then attempt a hard reset.

agumonkey 9y ago

I'm reading this on one. With Android KitKat (lineageos). It's stable and fast enough to browse and read pdf. Funky, someone actually built Android 7 ans even 8 Roms. V7 is OK but a bit slower. V8 runs but since they started on february, there were large issues with play store, the os boots and runs fine, which is amazing in itself, but most apps fail. I still have the webos partition and booted it after trying v8 and god how Swift it was(sic). Would love to see the LG version run here too.

jsjohnst 9y ago

I’ve got 3-4 of the developer units and still marvel over how responsive and easy to use it is. I think it was better than on phone honestly. Haven’t used the phones in years though, so maybe memory is jaded. Will need to pull one out of my drawer and see if they still charge (mixture of Palm Pre versions and one other I forgot it’s model name).

garmaine 9y ago

I've got 3 of them in various states of working I'd happily ship to an enthusiast who'd value them. I've long since switched to the iPad Pro, but I'm too nostalgic to throw them away / recycle. What a wonderful device it was, just poorly price (before the fire sale).

wastedhours 9y ago
Same - I have one from the firesale laying around, but can't bring myself to get rid of it. Was a really nice device, and the OS was a dream.
- garmaine 9y ago
  My kids loved it as I had it loaded up with their favorite Disney movies, and they had figured out how to operate the camera. The interface was simple and intuitive enough for a toddler to use. They still call the new iPad a "TouchPad". I continued using it as a glorified e-reader until the Apple Pencil--taking notes and markup PDFs is what finally made me switch. I wouldn't go back as iOS has finally surpassed what Palm/HP had half a decade ago, but it still holds a place in my heart. Kinda like the Amiga, Commodore 64, and BeOS.

bigtunacan 9y ago

I loved the Touchstone inductive charger 7 years ago... I've always wondered why it has been so slow to be adopted for other phones and tablets.