Hewlett-Packard: TouchPad News and Discussion Thread
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^ Someone pissed in that dude's cheerios.
Anyways, there is no sim card slot (or there shouldn't be)- apparently they had plans to release a version of our touchpads with AT&T as a service provider, but that was obviously scrapped.
Who knows though, a prototype with a sim slot could have been sold, much like how a couple people now have gotten Qualcomm Developer's Touchpads with Android 2.1 running on them.
As for adding memory, a breakdown showed that the memory chips are soldered on.... so short of someone wanting to become an electric surgeon, you are stuck with how much memory space you paid for.
Anyways, there is no sim card slot (or there shouldn't be)- apparently they had plans to release a version of our touchpads with AT&T as a service provider, but that was obviously scrapped.
Who knows though, a prototype with a sim slot could have been sold, much like how a couple people now have gotten Qualcomm Developer's Touchpads with Android 2.1 running on them.
As for adding memory, a breakdown showed that the memory chips are soldered on.... so short of someone wanting to become an electric surgeon, you are stuck with how much memory space you paid for.
As for Miz...we're used to it by now.
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From: Kennesaw, GA
http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/c...get-photo-roto
No real commentary there.
Not that I'd really want to put a sim card in it, because someone would scream tethering and I'd be charged four million dollars to send an IM.
No real commentary there.
Not that I'd really want to put a sim card in it, because someone would scream tethering and I'd be charged four million dollars to send an IM.
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From: Irvine, CA
Interesting... looks like the sim card holder/connector is atleast complete.
As for tethering, I currently do wireless tether through my rooted/unlocked android phone (like a ninjaz) running CM7. Haven't been caught so far...
As for tethering, I currently do wireless tether through my rooted/unlocked android phone (like a ninjaz) running CM7. Haven't been caught so far...
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I have seen a steady increase in price for the 32gb on ebay over the course of this week.
Office depot has the Touchstone charger for $39.99. Price match at a local Staples if you can and then throw in a $10 off $40 coupon (add a filler if you have to). Supposedly my local Staples has it in stock if anyone wants me to go check.
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By the way I finally learned about all this preware stuff alst night and installed the new 1.5Ghz kernel. Actually makes a difference!
What else should I install?I got Govnah and Preware I think. Thats about it.
Anything else worthwhile from the preware library?
What else should I install?I got Govnah and Preware I think. Thats about it.
Anything else worthwhile from the preware library?
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Nothing else really on preware
