The Verge - Android for TouchPad: progress continues with Wi-Fi, market access, dual-cores and more

CyanogenMod brings Android to the TouchPad in alpha form

2011-10-13T15:05:23Z

Since the HP TouchPad's release, near-immediate death, and subsequent $99 fire sale, developers and new buyers have been itching to get Android on the tablet. Cyanogen, unofficial king of the Android developers, announced it's hit the mark with CyanogenMod 7.1.0, an enhanced version of Gingerbread that appears to be the best-working Android we've seen yet on the TouchPad. Cyanogen called this build the "Lower Your Expectations" Edition, and indeed "working" is used loosely here: many functions don't work, many apps won't run, and battery life is apparently pretty bad. But Android's running, and most of the mission-critical stuff is there: buttons work, there's sound and wireless support, and the accelerometer and touchscreen are running...

Android for TouchPad now runs on both cores, has hardware-accelerated video

2011-09-20T13:07:00Z

If you saw last week's video of CyanogenMod's Android port for the TouchPad, you probably noticed some lag, audio glitches, and choppy YouTube playback. Happily, those problems are all fixed and both Snapdragon cores now active, complete with hardware accelerated video. The result is visibly improved smoothness, HD video playback, and high-quality YouTube. As usual, the team won't be releasing anything until it's ready, but it's getting closer — check out the latest video after the break.

Android for TouchPad now boasts Wi-Fi, Market

2011-09-15T20:02:00Z

Team CyanogenMod has made some progress porting Android to the Touchpad, with Wi-Fi now working, bringing Market access with it. The team says there are still some limitations, and there is some visible lag, but that could be because the software currently only uses one core. Some brave souls may still want to try this on their own TouchPads, but Team CyanogenMod won't release anything to the public until they have a "properly working" port. Head past the break for a video of the progress and hit up the source link for the finer details.