CyanogenMod 7 On the HP TouchPad

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by franze • 15 years ago

48 32 15 years ago

Maakuth• 15 years ago

Whoah, that was fast! Of course WebOS uses Linux kernel as well, so no need for driver porting and such. Still, impressive feat.

gcb• 15 years ago

exactly. Getting to a shell on the touchpad was easier than on my nexus one.

...now, ignore android and webos... Just get X running there and you will have the killer tablet system. Period.

no need to reinvent the wheel.

newman314• 15 years ago

X already runs on the TouchPad

Google Xecutah or see http://twitpic.com/5rg5rr for a sample

yardie3• 15 years ago

Not to be a downer but they are still running a phone OS (android 2.3.5) on a tablet, which already has an OS built to run on a tablet. Beyond the technical merits of it (getting it to boot something other than webOS) this seems like a step backwards. IMO, webOS is a superior OS to Android. And now that some of the WebOS guys have been picked up by Google android can only get better.

I'd be more impressed if they got Honeycomb running on the thing.

Anyway I have a Nook Color and some of the menus scroll like crap because of the S/W rendering at 1024x600. I can't imagine the situation getting any better with 1024x768 screen.

j_col5• 15 years ago

> IMO, webOS is a superior OS to Android.

+1. I really don't understand why there is so much effort to install non-tablet OSs on a tablet with a lauded tablet-optimized OS already installed....

angryasian3• 15 years ago

not trolling but I don't see how webos a tablet os is different from android 2.3. The launchers (depending on which one you install with android ) serve the same purpose displaying your apps but on android you can at least use your home screens and customize.

edit:asking a legit question, from a user experience pov.. tablet optimized os, in this case webos works in the same way as Android 2.3. What makes webos specifically tablet optimized. Just asking for clarification if he means the stock apps are optimized for tablet, the only ones making any difference would be email and calendar. On webos non tablet optimized apps show up as cards in the middle of the screen ( Pandora), its terrible.. where as on Android at least they will stretch.

aw3c22• 15 years ago

Applications!

And also probably the touch handling? From what I heard the Touchpad was terrible at eg straight line scrolling out of the box.

watty4• 15 years ago

The goal is to run Android tablet versions - these are just the first steps to make that happen.

angryasian3• 15 years ago

Its been a week since the firestorm, getting CM7 working this fast is already impressive enough. I have no doubts Honeycomb will be soon.

I don't see any difference with running Android 2.3 vs webos. I find webos inferior in browsing experience, apps, localization, customization and ability in general. Webos is slick and polished, but not even close to what Android can do. I'm very much looking forward to getting Android on my tablet.

pilif• 15 years ago

> Its been a week since the firestorm, getting CM7 working this fast is already impressive enough. I have no doubts Honeycomb will be soon.

Unfortunately Not. Honeycomb is closed source (aside if the kernel) and only available to a few OEMs.

Google maintains that it's just not ready for public release, but that was nearly a year ago now, so I wouldn't be surprised if Gingerbread was the last public release. Even more so with the recent purchase of Motorola.

(though I'd love to be proven wrong by Google of course)

iaskwhy• 15 years ago

I'd say the biggest reason for this is that Android is still being updated while webOS probably isn't going to change much in the future. So far webOS is my favourite tablet OS though.

watty4• 15 years ago

From what I read the easiest path to getting Android tablet versions to run (Gingerbread, ICS) is to start with the phone version of 2.3.5. It seems that all of the dev teams are taking this approach. Once they finish it will be running the tablet version but of course the alpha version with phone os and no touch support is a step backwards from WebOs.

WebOs is arguably better than Android. The huge advantage Android has is apps. I've had the Touchpad for a week and feel like I've already downloaded all of the quality games in the market - can you imagine how much fun I'll be having in a year?

sp332• 15 years ago

It's not really about the OS, it's about the apps. There aren't nearly as many apps for WebOS as there are for Android.

lawnchair_larry• 15 years ago

Does CM7 make for a good tablet OS? Like half of the internet, I have a TP order in limbo, but this gives some promise in case support is lost for webOS.

j_col5• 15 years ago

I have a Touchpad and a Pre3, and I have to say I love them both. When you get your Touchpad, please give webOS a go as it is a fanastic platform, you may find yourself wanted to keep it and hoping that HP keep it alive (like the rest of us long-suffering webOS fans). It also has lots of tablet-optimised applications, all you could need really.

ddw• 15 years ago

I have to say I'm really digging the Touchpad for web browsing, which is primarily would I would want a tablet for. I can see some people needing more applications, but this is fine for me.

That said, is there a way to get Gmail working through the web browser? Because I'll be sharing the Touchpad with someone else I don't want my credentials in the email app.

joenathan• 15 years ago

Here are some screenshots of CM7 with the Tablet Tweaks. I'd say it makes for a very good tablet OS!

bho• 15 years ago

really impressive and fast work! for me, however, I would like to see an implementation of Dalvik VM as a "card" similar to how they've managed to boot Ubuntu/LXDE as a "card". That way, we could retain the best of both worlds - webOS + android apps. This would be akin to the Alien Dalvik project on the Nokia stuff. Does anyone know what it would take to port Dalvik over? It must be possible, but this is outside of my area of knowledge.

CyanogenMod 7 On the HP TouchPad

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