The Official HP TouchPad Thread

Cosimo · 24 Aug 2011 at 15:56

JBod said:
Dont forget to do the webOS update. That will be another cup of tea right there.

That was the system update. I've added tea and snacks.

MikeHunt79 · 24 Aug 2011 at 15:56

Bry said:
remember the state of apps is very poor. Unless android comes out or a lot of people start developing apps then this won't change.

however, one of those 2 outcomes will almost certainly happen now

Do you know if Android supports multi-touch at all? Or does it depend on what version it is?

Cosimo · 24 Aug 2011 at 15:59

CPW have dispatched my Touchstone and Keyboard which was ordered this morning at a silly price of £65 including delivery. They are still in stock.

shaffaaf27 · 24 Aug 2011 at 16:13

samadhi said:
Just to let you guys know that the Touchstone charger works perfectly with the official case, you just need to pay attention to the orientation of the tablet. The home button needs to be either at the bottom or to right as it's facing you, otherwise it won't charge.

Anyone know if there's an alternate browser? The standard one doesn't seem to support drop down menus or the ability to turn off auto complete. Also anyway to pair a Wii mote?

Had this running @ 1.728Ghz for hours and Govnah reports the battery temp @ 32oc, not too shabby maybe it can go 1.9-2.0Ghz?

look for advanced browser in the catalog.

Bry said:
remember the state of apps is very poor. Unless android comes out or a lot of people start developing apps then this won't change.

however, one of those 2 outcomes will almost certainly happen now

honeycomb has less tablet apps then webos 3.0 has tablet apps.

Wyrdo · 24 Aug 2011 at 16:13

Bry said:
Guess it depends on opinions I'm finding very little that I want or ones that are free (with potential android I don't want to pay yet).

I'm of the same opinion, plus I have an iPad which has all the apps I need on it anyway

Only thing I really want is the Kindle app on this and I updated before reading about how to get it on

Bry · 24 Aug 2011 at 16:14

MikeHunt79 said:
Do you know if Android supports multi-touch at all? Or does it depend on what version it is?

Tbh I thought so but wasn't sure. Just looked up tech specs of a few android 3.0 tablets and they all support multi touch.
Therefore it would depend if the port of android supports it

Bennie-Mac · 24 Aug 2011 at 16:31

Well well apparently I have a package waiting for me at home

Great service from CPW, not so great from Yodel whos tracking information still says its at the depot in England...

matthewhotdude · 24 Aug 2011 at 16:32

The UPnP app is actually really good bit pricey but worth it

MikeHunt79 · 24 Aug 2011 at 16:37

Bry said:
Tbh I thought so but wasn't sure. Just looked up tech specs of a few android 3.0 tablets and they all support multi touch.
Therefore it would depend if the port of android supports it

Thanks, I guess it's going to be a case of wait and see then. I think I'll see how I get on with WebOs first however, and it will be interesting to see if some apps like TouchOSC which is currently being ported to ANdroid also get a WebOS port...

NuclearWinter · 24 Aug 2011 at 16:38

shaffaaf27 said:
honeycomb has less tablet apps then webos 3.0 has tablet apps.

Honeycomb doesn't need tablet specific apps because Android apps scale. So there are already thousands of apps that work perfectly in Honeycomb without needing any change.

Bry · 24 Aug 2011 at 16:40

anyone found an app that supports file browsing via network shares?

Cosimo · 24 Aug 2011 at 17:08

NuclearWinter said:
Honeycomb doesn't need tablet specific apps because Android apps scale. So there are already thousands of apps that work perfectly in Honeycomb without needing any change.

There are many apps that don't resize/scale correctly to 1280x800 in Honeycomb. They may work correctly but only look ok because they haven resized properly to the native resolution. There will be a fix to address this but it won’t fix them all. Honeycomb does need tablet apps and there are a number of specific tablet apps which display beautifully using the 1280x800 landscape resolution.

meghatronic · 24 Aug 2011 at 17:09

ignore.

Ahleckz · 24 Aug 2011 at 17:11

Any apps that can stream from my computer to the tablet?

thepeganator · 24 Aug 2011 at 17:12

Ahleckz said:
Any apps that can stream from my computer to the tablet?

Not that I've found yet...

Although I didn't look that hard yesterday...

fini · 24 Aug 2011 at 17:14

Anyone know of a decent office app. I can't find anything that will let me create a word document!

matthewhotdude · 24 Aug 2011 at 17:15

Ahleckz said:
Any apps that can stream from my computer to the tablet?

BHOME is a UPnP player if thats what you mean

shaffaaf27 · 24 Aug 2011 at 17:18

Ahleckz said:
Any apps that can stream from my computer to the tablet?

KalemSoft Media Player

shaffaaf27 · 24 Aug 2011 at 17:20

fini said:
Anyone know of a decent office app. I can't find anything that will let me create a word document!

http://www.precentral.net/kerris-quickoffice-document-editing-due-this-week-1

NuclearWinter · 24 Aug 2011 at 17:36

simulatorman said:
There are many apps that don't resize/scale correctly to 1280x800 in Honeycomb. They may work correctly but only look ok because they haven resized properly to the native resolution. There will be a fix to address this but it won’t fix them all. Honeycomb does need tablet apps and there are a number of specific tablet apps which display beautifully using the 1280x800 landscape resolution.

There are still many that do scale well and look fine without needing any change. Far more than the paltry number of webos tablet apps.

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