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by Robelius • 15 years ago

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barredo• 15 years ago

Will HP continue WebOs or will they switch to Android? If they're going with WebOS, i'll buy one.

CaveTech• 15 years ago

I believe HP already announced they remain committed to webOS and that it was still in development.

rbanffy2• 15 years ago

There is, of course, the elephant in the room: nobody currently builds WebOS devices.

Which is too bad - I love my Palm Pre.

j_col• 15 years ago

It's rumoured that Meg Whitman (HP CEO) will make an announcement about the future of webOS today:

http://www.precentral.net/webos-all-hands-meeting-scheduled-...

bgarbiak• 15 years ago

Has anyone managed to get the 32GB/$150 version from that Developer Device Program announced in November?

chrislomax2• 15 years ago

I didn't get one and I had to dig around to see that they have all gone. They didn't even have the courtesy to email everyone to say they had sold out.

If you go digging around the forums there is a short paragraph on it somewhere

sequence7• 15 years ago

Yes, I actually got two and am liking them a lot more than I expected to.

jdhzzz• 15 years ago

I am reading this from my 32 GB model I got through the program. Still getting used to it. It is a good browser/mail reader. Tedious to type on. Biggest gripe is there is no undo (escape) key.

I still have a code for a second one. I wonder if it would be honored.

pktm• 15 years ago

Nope. Still foolishly hopeful.

cubicle67• 15 years ago

nope. I'd really like to though

I really like WebOS (never seen it first hand - can't get devices for love nor money in Aus), and I want to see it do well.

rbanffy2• 15 years ago

Got no contact from them.

shibboleth• 15 years ago

I got mine in mid- to late- November. I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far; good games coupled with a good media streaming app make it a nice device for me.

chrislomax2• 15 years ago

Anyone know if this will be available in Europe??

Indyan• 15 years ago

Ditto. Does eBay USA provide international shipping?

nodata• 15 years ago

ebay doesn't provide any shipping. either use a dropshipper or ask the seller to ship to you.

sevenproxies• 15 years ago

>and with HP still undecided on the fate of WebOS I’m not going to spend my money on a potential brick

This sounds like a misnomer. Can a device that is primary focused around web-browsers be considered a brick?

ovi256• 15 years ago

It's a bit more future proof than a device missing a browser. However as the browser is not updated, it will lack future technologies.

freehunter4• 15 years ago

And a device that can have Android and Ubuntu/Debian installed on it. The CyanogenMod team is working on porting Ice Cream Sandwich. An openly hackable device lasts much longer than a planned-obsolescence, closed-platform model.

firefoxman12• 15 years ago

I know the current way to get Ubuntu on it is the chroot method, but why hasn't anyone hacked the WebOS Doctor to have a boot loader to dual boot Ubuntu? Or even have a system like a GDM login that gives the option to start X/Gnome instead of the native environment so you wouldn't need Ubuntu at all?

nwatson• 15 years ago

There's a rumor HP is running Windows 8 on Touchpads internally for development purposes. I've looked but haven't found examples of people installing Win8 on Touchpad. This would be a cheap way to check out the OS on its major intended target form factor for cheap. Any pointers?

weagle2001• 15 years ago

I gave a TouchPad to my mother-in-law for her birthday and she loved it. I think the TP is a great transition device because the interface is quite easy to use. Plus she was able to print to her HP printer, so she was happy. The TP didn't get a lot of love from reviewers, but it is a solid tablet.

Ravenlock• 15 years ago

Curious about the ability to put Android on one of these (in case WebOS ends up a dead end) - has anyone here tried it? How'd it go?

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