With HP TouchPad selling like hot cakes for the very sexy $100 amount, now the webOS slate is being purchased by some people simply for customization potential. I’m talking here about the ability to run Android with a few tweaks. There’s a video demo below of Android booting on the TouchPad and the OS in the CyanogenMod flavor seems to be running on the device right now.
Other platforms are expected via ports soon, but right now Cyanogen is all about Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread on the tablet, not Honeycomb. That will be the deal sealer, in case it gets installed, since that’s what everyone wants: a $100 Android 3.x tablet with dual core CPU and great touchscreen. I’m wondering what Samsung thinks about Cyanogen working on HP’s gear, but then again the company is thinking about buying part of HP or the entire webOS, so they won’t mind…
The developers are now focused on the touchscreen driver issue, trying to make the device as responsive as possible. For now, it’s best to keep your TouchPad away from such tweaks, till the people who are familiar with software development finish their work… and don’t forget the video below:
