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Android running as test app on HP TouchPad
Android has found yet another way to run on HP's TouchPad, courtesy of a Chinese developer.
A developer dubbed Chomper has created a test version of a WebOS application package, or IPK file, containing Android. Installed on an HP TouchPad, the IPK file lets TouchPad owners essentially run Google's mobile OS as its own app.
TouchPad users daring enough to try it out can download the IPK from a Chinese Web site (Google Translate version) linked by a poster at a forum hosted by tech site PreCentral.
Installed this way, Android appears to run fairly smoothly, according to … Read more
