HP TouchPad Touched by Android webOS Devs Could Win TouchPad

web OS Developer HP TouchPAD

web OS Developer HP TouchPADBargain hunters who were able to get the tablet deal of the year, a cheap full-featured TouchPad for $99 are now closer to getting a touch of Android running as an app in webOS and a new prize-winning text-to-speech app.

There is an Android app that runs from an IPK and lets Android run within a card.  It is believed to be running as virtual machine or Android SDK emulator.  It doesn't run YouTube videos or audio and lacks multi-touch, but gives webOs a touch of Android.

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Dare2Compare: HP TouchPad vs Amazon Kindle Fire vs iPad - What Fire Sale Wins?

Kindle Fire

Kindle FireThe new Amazon Kindle Fire Android tablet eReader announced today is being called the iPad killer with fewer features than the iPad 2 but less than half the price. How does it compare the tablet bargain of all time the HP TouchPad? Amazon is taking preorders for the Kindle Fire, right now with a release date November 15.

We suspect Amazon  may sell-out of the Kindle Fire over the holidays because other Kindle readers achieved that status.  Some analysts have concluded the reason why the Kindle Fire is an iPad killer is "It's the price, stupid."

The best features of the  Kindle Fire are the dual-core processor, free Amazon Cloud storage, cloud accelerated mobile browser and of course the $199 price.

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