H-P discontinues webOS handsets, tablets - Page 22 - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

Arthur Dent · 2012-07-26, 04:36 PM

Well, from a geek point of view, getting such a valuable piece of hardware on which to spend long hours of experimantation proving the concept that it may work with another OS, the "deal" is out of this world, no doubt about that.
For every other purpose the $300 dollars in savings cannot justify the countless hours and nerves wasted to make it do the simple things it is supposed to do. No need to add that grandma can't even root it to start with. In the case of a similarly great deal, she can at least start the $500 car and drive it home.

TKG26 · 2012-07-26, 09:27 PM

Grandma may though have quit enjoyed checking facebook,email and the web just fine with webOS. Although app support was next to nill. The table on its own was actually very good. I used it for about a month as is before i rooted and started the flash dance. And to be honest it was one of the easiest most stable root and rom able hardware i have ever dealt with..

100$ webOS tablet that does everything very well but cant play angry birds was already a great deal.... A bit of geek work to get it to run android priceless

Arthur Dent · 2012-07-27, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by TKG26

100$ webOS tablet that does everything very well but cant play angry birds was already a great deal.... A bit of geek work to get it to run android priceless

The fact alone that it didn't play Angry Birds makes it a wonderful device and a great deal.
But you wasted that

gzink · 2012-07-27, 03:40 PM

Doesn't play Angry birds ???

asif9t9 · 2012-07-28, 07:27 PM

Yeah been so long since I was on WebOS, but it did have Angry Birds.

2012-07-26, 09:27 PM	#317
TKG26 Veteran Join Date: May 2007 Location: OTTAWA Posts: 2,892	Grandma may though have quit enjoyed checking facebook,email and the web just fine with webOS. Although app support was next to nill. The table on its own was actually very good. I used it for about a month as is before i rooted and started the flash dance. And to be honest it was one of the easiest most stable root and rom able hardware i have ever dealt with.. 100$ webOS tablet that does everything very well but cant play angry birds was already a great deal.... A bit of geek work to get it to run android priceless __________________ Licenced HVAC TECH: "Without seeing your problem i can only offer suggestions, no warranty is included with my advice"

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2012-07-26, 04:36 PM	#316
Arthur Dent Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Calgary Posts: 2,727	Well, from a geek point of view, getting such a valuable piece of hardware on which to spend long hours of experimantation proving the concept that it may work with another OS, the "deal" is out of this world, no doubt about that. For every other purpose the $300 dollars in savings cannot justify the countless hours and nerves wasted to make it do the simple things it is supposed to do. No need to add that grandma can't even root it to start with. In the case of a similarly great deal, she can at least start the $500 car and drive it home.

2012-07-27, 03:40 PM	#319
gzink Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 912	Doesn't play Angry birds ???

2012-07-28, 07:27 PM	#320
asif9t9 Veteran Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Oakville, Cogeco Posts: 2,981	Yeah been so long since I was on WebOS, but it did have Angry Birds.