***The Official HP TouchPad Thread***

[Greebo]

Annoyances for me so far, any workarounds?

- No home page in browser
- No storing of passwords in the browser
- Rubbish bookmark icons (image from target page) with no way to customise them
- No way to organise bookmarks

- No way to switch between Facebook accounts in the Facebook app

Although I havent tried it yet I thought the advanced browser did most of these?

Advanced Browser for webOS extends the functionality of the standard browser and adds a couple of useful features like: * Start page with bookmarks * Remembering and auto filling login names and passwords * Searching webpages * Tabs (requires webOS 3.0.2) * Remembering open Tabs (coming soon) * Instapaper integration (via Paper Mache from Ryan Watkins; Available for free via the webOS app catalog) * Twitter integration (via Spaz HD from Funkatron Productions; Available for free via the webOS app catalog) Advanced Browser for webOS is also integrated with SecuStore 2 from MaKleSoft. Web logins that a stored in SecuStore 2 can be opened in this app for use with the auto filling feature!

 

[Greebo]

Or to replace your internet icon with a homepage:

just just go to the page you want.... Hit share... Add to launcher.

then replace the globe icon with the icon for the webpage you just saved to launcher. Yeah you lose the shiny globe, but it serves an identical purpose.

 

[Cosimo]

Although I havent tried it yet I thought the advanced browser did most of these?

I'd forgotten about this. Got to try it as the lack of tabbed browsing is driving me nuts tonight.

 

[gsf600y]

Anyone played with developing Apps yet?
Basic ones using Enyo seem fairly straightforward, but I've not figured out how to do anything clever/useful yet.


Quite fun playing in Virtualbox with a virtual Touchpad though

 

[aeschylus]

I'd forgotten about this. Got to try it as the lack of tabbed browsing is driving me nuts tonight.

use glimpse.that lets you have multiple windows on 1 screen

 

[Cosimo]

Android comes a step closer:

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[gsf600y]

And they've got it dual-booting with WebOS too

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

The speed they're developing this is astonishing but the more I use WebOS the more disappointed I'll be to move to Android.

 

[shaffaaf27]

for tethering, use freethether by webos-internals its on their testing feed

 

[DIABLO]

The speed they're developing this is astonishing but the more I use WebOS the more disappointed I'll be to move to Android.

WebOS doe's have it's good points and could have been a great OS if they had given it more time and got rid of some of the quirks and rough edges, but i personally can't wait for Android almost purely for the much much wider choice of apps because for me the touchpad feels handicapped because i can't use it how i want to use it because of the missing apps.

 

[unwashed potato!]

The speed they're developing this is astonishing but the more I use WebOS the more disappointed I'll be to move to Android.

enlighten me. what does WebOS do that you really like?

 

[Its_Me]

for me webOS is ok, but its broken. Feels like I am using some beta OS.

I could live with it, but it does frustrate me.

 

[mrgubby]

just realised you can change the size of the touch keyboard, cool

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

enlighten me. what does WebOS do that you really like?

I prefer the look and feel, the multitasking, the way the apps are integrated in to the OS, Email and Facebook being two such examples as well as the app market

 

[Ahleckz]

My touchpad needed to be charged from nothing today. The charging is awful. Unlike laptops/MP3 players/anything else I've charged, it needs to be plugged in for a fair while before it'll turn on. Then you run the battle of angling the cable just right or it doesn't charge.
A right pain!

 

[shaffaaf27]

i had that. Try another cable worked for me.

 

[Wingz]

anyone know which stylus will work on the touchpad, my sister has very long nails.

 

[Beans on toast Dave]

mines developed the crack by the speaker, only tiny maybe 3mm
called up hp yesterday, they argreed to repair it, had to state to the woman at least 5 times that i have not dropped it, eventually said "lets get this straight now i have not dropped it" she never asked again
they are sending me a prepaid box to send it back in
i did think about ignoring the crack, but on a device thats a week old i should not have to put up with it

 

[DarkShadow]

Woah, a crack in the casing?

 

[JBod]

anyone know which stylus will work on the touchpad, my sister has very long nails.

Pics of this problem?