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[TouchPad General] TooSlo:
Preware

pReader - Supposedly a great ebook reader. I'm going to throw some books on there tonight and test it out.

JSTop - Task killer, not sure HOW needed it really is, but I've read good things about it so far.

Dope Wars (not TP sized) - Old school games!

HP App Catalog

Robotek HD - Fun game so far, pretty shallow

Sparkle HD

iStoryBooks - Great kids storybook app

Coloring Book HD - Another kids app

Advanced Browser - Better than the baked in browser

Quell HD - Puzzle game, I've only made it part way through so far, but it's fun-ish.

Angry Birds/Rio - If you haven't played it, you can come out of your cave now.

Facebook Tablet - This is a damn fine looking app if you use FB.

Galcon Fusion - Was wary, but found a hacked version to try out. Quite a bit of fun.

TED - Was surprised that there was an app for this. Includes podcasts and conferences.

Spaz HD Beta - Twitter client, it feels ok, since there isn't anything like TweetDeck yet.
[TouchPad General] buildall:
Where is the Kindle app

I can not find the Kindle app for webos on Amazon or the HP store, does anybody have it or was it never finished.
[TouchPad General] johnnewhouse:
its only available in America, for some reason England does not get it
[TouchPad General] sowazit2you:
Do you need kindle or just looking for a decent ebook reader, I have been using pReader native version and it is working pretty decently.
[TouchPad General] sowazit2you:
Actually just found the ipk for kindle it should work if you install it with preware http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6W2L9R12
[TouchPad General] xeonwales:
http://xeonwales.blogspot.com/2011/08/getting-started-with-your-touchpad-uk.html

Check out my Blog, it has all the info on setting up Kindle on a UK Touchpad :)
[TouchPad General] pwnst*r:
I only use apps that were optimized for the Touchpad. I've also not paid for any yet so these are all free:

USA Today - no real news apps to choose from. This looks good and does the job. I wish there was a real BBC app

InterfaceLift HD - nice app to browse recent photos and easily apply them as wallpapers. Nice UI

Angry Birds - duh

Box for Touchpad - 50GB of cloud storage for free with the ability for sharing the box? Yes please.

Accuweather - Nice layout, must have

Last.FM - since Pandora is not optimized for TP, Last.FM is really sharp (but subscription based)

F1 Calendar 2011 HD - :)

NPR Reader - Nice layout if you love NPR

TED - (TED talks) get it

Comics HD - Nice UI for your web comics (RSS)

Mosaic Reader - RSS feeds lay out articles in a mosaic fashion. Very cool.
[TouchPad General] buildall:
Wanted Kindle as already have books and account.
[TouchPad General] Aston Martin:
It's supposed to be coming to the UK end of August, according to Pre Central.
[TouchPad General] Denonite:
TouchPad Desktop Apps

If anyone is looking for a desktop app for syncing pod-casts, music and movies Doubletwist works exactly the same with TouchPad as it does with Android devices. Just mount it as a USB drive and start Doubletwist you can then sync music and videos and subscribe to podcasts with it.

You can also sync iTunes play lists

Enjoy
[TouchPad General] deeman:
Ive downloaded hp own music sync software its based on the songbirds desktop software, it seems quite fast but my touchpad aint come yet so had no time test http://hpplay.com/
[TouchPad General] dhayden:
firesale..this is to get us addicted to webOS then....

that is my thinking too....can you imagine 1 or 2 million people addicted to webOS and give me a break [purchased programs too]. This is the best marketing strategy I could have imagined...I have tried all android, apple os, windows etc I have come to really love the HP touchpad. For the price, for the quality, for the ease of use without compromiising any of the previous 2 reasons, this is perfect for me. To each their own, I have really found what works for me. I love my viewsonic gtab, but the screen is no comparison. Some article state that best buy will send back 500,000 to hp. And HP will put them in a landfill to save money than to sell them this cheap. Hell, I will buy 5 more for xmas, but they get a us tax break by putting them in a landfill. So sad. I started with the HP tc1000 then the tc1100 which I still have, this is an improvement to me for what I need. I only wish it came with pen support like OneNote and I would be in heaven I can still dream...thanks dan
[TouchPad General] dhayden:
sparkle hd

you got to try sparkle HD. Ok I am hooked and the music is so harry potter kinda...enjoy...I am :) bought it too....worth it to me...

ps I Love my touchpad...oh my god...Ok I am sick... Or maybe not...

oh got my 71 yr old mom hooked FINALLY...on a computer she understands and can't put down...took 20 yrs, but its cool and we are enjoying it together...with alittle pain of a learning curve..if a 3 or 4 yr old can learn this, she can too....lovin it. Thanks HP and XDA. You programers are the greatest....dan:)
[TouchPad General] crump84:
Is Spaz HD my only Twitter option? Its alright but it seems to be lacking features.
[TouchPad General] erick161:
Battery Manager, like androids, available?

I'm looking for something that perhaps tells you how long your TouchPad has been off the charger, what apps and such is pulling the most battery. I've become very accustomed to having such a neat little thing in android.

Is there anything like that for the TouchPad? Would be a good measure for people overclocking.
[TouchPad General] apd:
Decent Podcast / Videocast App

Has anyone come across a decent podcast / videocast app. I regularly watch quite a few of the TWIT netcasts and would like to have some easy way of downloading them /subscribing to them (preferably as easy as it is in iTunes!)

Any thoughts?
[TouchPad General] yareally:
HP (palm branch) did pay for the licenses and HP probably gave them a very very small budget, just by looking at how they have treated palm recently since buying them.
[TouchPad General] pwnst*r:
I'm looking for something for TWIT as well. Not sure if you watch Revision 3, but if so check out Rev3.
[TouchPad General] Exadical:
App like Tapatalk?

Is there an app like Tapatalk for Android?
[TouchPad General] Penecho:
Taskmanager for Touchpad

I was wondering if there is something like a taskmanager for the Touchpad?

Sometimes when i "close" apps (push them over the top) they are still activated, like skype, the music player or email...

Is there a way to really close those applications?
[TouchPad General] apd:
Yes, have listened to Rev 3 for some time (along with a few other casts!) but TNT is the only one I subscribe to.
[TouchPad General] dajogejr:
WebOS Nav Software

Getting my touchpad today...

I already have an Asus Transformer.

I use Google Maps/Navigation a lot when driving around. Looking at houses for sale, etc.

What kind of Navigation/GPS software are you folks using with this device?
[TouchPad General] beardedspoooon:
I don't think the wifi one has GPS. It comes with bing, which I do not care for.
[TouchPad General] Penecho:
I guess the only possibility is to connect a external GPS device via Bluetooth... Wifi model does not have GPS
[TouchPad General] jpierson:
Keep an eye on http://blog.palm.com/palm/ they just posed another set of free apps yesterday... but I bet they are already sold out :)

Big Boss (Fair Play Labs, $1.99, rlhul24446cnvjo)

Camera for TouchPad (Keen Studios, $0.99, qnauu98845swgrt)

Angry Birds Rio HD (Rovio Mobile Ltd., $1.99, xsgsc06319eeqrk)

Quell HD (Fallen Tree Games, $1.99, urber52865hgtqc)

Pennant (Vargatron, $4.99, ltrns51564vabdu)

FlightPredictor HD (gregstoll.com, $1.99, htukc87057kxshv)
[TouchPad General] k1l:
the TP only got networkGPS, so not working for real navigation since its wifi only
[TouchPad General] djvdorp:
Thanks heaps, nice share!
[TouchPad General] Humper.GFX:
What about using a bluetooth gps with it? R there any apps for it?
[TouchPad General] peepeesea:
[Q] cant find Pandora in apps catalog and..

i cant find Pandora Radio app in the hp app catalog and every search i have done on google says it should be there. i searched and it returns no results.

the other weird thing is all the paid apps are in Euros..

i checked my regional settings and it says English as the language and US and the formats. is there some where else i supposed to change it?
[TouchPad General] pwnst*r:
Pandora doesn't have an Touchpad app, only a palm app. Sucks. Try last.fm.

As far as your second question the only place I was asked about a region was the initial set up.
[TouchPad General] peepeesea:
the first couple of links from a google search for "pandora touchpad" seem to reference that such an app does exist. Pandoras site says it will work on the Pre... there's gotta be a way to make it work on the Touchpad.

No one else uses Pandora?
[TouchPad General] Tecnica001:
I am just happy I don't have to settle for hours of angry birds and or solitare

I installed the SNES emulator app and put in some roms this is awesome

I also did some video test and surprised most formats I use play smoothly.

This hands down is the best $172.00 I have spent.

Now if someone can manage to emulate a gps device like a garmin or tomtom

and I can connect a bluetooth gps receiver that would be the icing on the cake for me as I take the touchpad with me in the car since I am a field tech for a large company having this bigger screen for navigation would be better then glaring at a 4inch screen.
[TouchPad General] pwnst*r:
I didn't say it didn't work, it's just not optimized for the Touchpad. In other words, it's not full screen, but the size of a palm device.
[TouchPad General] fast96:
I agree Pandora works, just needs updating for screen size. I also have the volume increasing app, sounds better.

Does anyone else have problems with sports apps? I have the CBS sports app and the other "scoreboard" app. But, when i tried to access the Yankee and Red Sox ingame score tonight at work, I got a "No games Scheduled" response. The date and time is set correctly. And, when i use my Iphone there is no problem getting pitch by pitch scoring. Any help?

Also, it would be nice if there was an ESPN app for the touchpad.

Thanks

Dan
[TouchPad General] pwnst*r:
I would caution others not to install the volume app. You risk blowing your speakers in the long run and/or shortening their lifespan. Unless the app did something other than just increase decibels, it's a placebo effect if you think it actually sounds better. Not knocking you, but warning others.
[TouchPad General] NCspecV81:
From what I've been reading in the irc channels for the android port is that the touchpad does have GPS onboard. It's just locked out through software. I remember specifically reading from one of the devs there that its very probable and highly likely that GPS functionality will exist on the android ports.
[TouchPad General] 9kracing:
Why even bother with an app? The pandora site works great in the browser. I've found most things I used an app for on Android, I can just get the full experience with the touchpad browser.

Your PC doesn't have many "apps" but you still manage just fine on it.
[TouchPad General] Troute:
Here's a TechRepublc teardown of the TP, no sign of any gps hardware in there :(

http://www.techrepublic.com/videos/dojo/hp-touchpad-teardown-and-hardware-analysis/6254112
[TouchPad General] peepeesea:
this is true, except that it doesn't "work great" on my Touchpad at all, the buttons on the site are so damn small and for whatever reason i cant switch to the new website version. i click the link at the top of the page to "try the new version" the page reloads and nothing happens. it worked once but i had to clear the browsers cache to fix a problem logging into Amazon and now Pandoras page is all screwed up. Amazons page wont stay logged in and when i try to log it it freakes out and all i can see are just text links scattered all over the page. i have to clear the cache then reboot the device to get it working one time.. then it breaks the next time..

maybe there is another browser i can use on the Touchpad?
[TouchPad General] pwnst*r:
Lol, so true and a good reminder to most of us, including me.
[TouchPad General] gizmo2431:
any other browser? Words with friends won't work with the TP browser either. Also struggled on my yahoo fantasy football page.

also can't fill out survey monkey lol
[TouchPad General] lebye:
for those looking for a remote deskop app, there you go: http://signup.splashtop.com/

Splashtop app coming :)
[TouchPad General] peepeesea:
if anyone is interested i fixed the problem with my App catalog and subsequently fixed the Pandora issue.

i had to wipe the device and register a new email account the reset up everything. my app catalog now knows i am in the US and i can download Pandora.
[TouchPad General] pwnst*r:
You mean the not optimized for Touchpad version or did you find something else?
[TouchPad General] peepeesea:
yea whatever version is available to download from the App catalog. the reason i couldn't see it before was because my App catalog thought i was in the UK, which i am not. even though all my regional settings on my Touchpad said US and the settings for my WebOS account also said US.

i tried just wiping the device then resetting it up with the same account but it goes through a thing that "restores your apps" but it still thought i was in the UK. so that's when i wiped it again and tried with a new email account.
[TouchPad General] GunsOfTheNavarrone:
So is there a Fandango app for Touchpad? I can't find it when searching the market, but on HP's website I know there was a picture of one. Also, several websites talk about the app. Am I going crazy?
[TouchPad General] Aston Martin:
Theres a SNES emulator, someone needs to get the PS3 controller working with it. :D
[TouchPad General] fast96:
I can't get the NES emulator to complete the download from preware. Is it me, does someone else want to confirm their download?
[TouchPad General] McBoogle:
Downloaded fine and works perfectly for me :confused:
[TouchPad General] maxxur:
For those that are whiping everything just to be able to get pandora/catalog to work/show all apps, just do this:

-download Impostah from Preware

-go to Activation

-Set it at United States, English, type in ANOTHER email address than the one you've used before, set a password.

-choose Create New Profile

-then login with that profile

-pandora/catalog now works properly, you might get some error for the catalog which vanishes magically after a while

-you can now always switch back to your other account by going to Impostah/Activation, and entering your normal account/pw and login with that.
[TouchPad General] peepeesea:
mine downloads but then it looks like it hangs at installing...
[TouchPad General] fast96:
I went to the developer's site, and they advise loading it from a PC with Quick install. Tried that, and it loaded. But it sucked. LOL It requires buttons to play I think.
[TouchPad General] atriad:
Terminal Emulator Application

Is there a Terminal Emulator App for use on the Touchpad? or just use Novaterm remotely from a PC connected by USB?

I searched on-line for a good 20 mins. I'm very sorry if this has been asked previously.

Paul
[TouchPad General] dwl99:
[Question] Shutdown app?

Is there such a thing as an app that would shut down the Touchpad with one tap? I've had a look on Google & Preware but can't see anything.
[TouchPad General] easyski:
if you add the webOS testing feeds in preware you can download "xecutah" "xterm" and "xserver" after installation, launch xecutah, from xecutah launch xserver then go back to xecutah and click on xterm and it will turn the xserver card into a command window. Might sound confusing but is very easy. If you do not know how to add feeds to preware, search google.
[TouchPad General] AcuraKidd:
what I would be more interestd in having is the option of a shutdown option when clicking the option menu in the top right corner

I absolutly hate having to hold the sleep button for several seconds to shutdown...
[TouchPad General] djmegatron:
a few games

Hey everyone there are a few choice games for free on WAREZ SITE REMOVED

read the reviews and download.

when you get to the download page click slow download wait 30 secs and download.

use webos installer to install them.

[ side note need for speed can take up to 20 minutes to install ]
[TouchPad General] stang3O2:
is there a PDF audio reader?

Does anyone know if there is an app that will read pdf's to you? On my pc Adobe has the 'Read Out Loud' feature where the computer voice reads the documents to you but it is not on the touchpad adobe app, does anyone know of a way to get that?
[TouchPad General] TooSlo:
Every new and shiny device brings in a flood of people who aren't familiar with the XDA community.

All of this being said, I just posted this in the kids apps thread, but I'll include here as well.

Coloring Book HD

Just Draw

Animal ABC's

iStoryBooks Free (Don't have paid yet)

Kung Fu Panda 2 Storybook

Angry Birds (Rio as well)

I've found myself playing a fair bit of the following.

Robotek HD (Though it's panning out to be pretty imbalanced at higher levels)

Sparkle HD (SO MUCH FUN!)

Galcon Fusion

Quell HD

Other apps that I enjoy.

SoundersFC (I'm Sounders 'til I die!)

Matrix Exhibition

Khan Academy

DI.FM

TuneIn Radio
[TouchPad General] SCWells72:
This is a good thread. Some distilled version of it belongs stickied at the top with the primary apps that every new TouchPad owner should install (or at least consider).

In addition to the TouchPad I also have a rooted Nook Color and an iPhone 4, so while I don't *need* any particular app for the TouchPad, I would love to get to a point where I most/all of my primary activities are possible on the TouchPad. I'm very, very close at this point, though I am missing a few key apps to get there. I would love to know if anyone knows how I can get these working short of waiting on the Android ROM:

WebEx - This is the big one. One of the huge appeals of a tablet is that it lets me leave my heavy laptop behind much of the time. However, we use WebEx *extensively*! I don't expect to present/share from the TouchPad, but I'd like to be able to at least view others' screens. I can do this on both the iPhone and Nook, but the TouchPad screen is so much better suited for it. I'd hoped that Cisco at least had a Flash-based read-only client for WebEx, but no such luck. Any thoughts?

Words with Friends - Yeah, yeah...but I recently got hooked on this and have a ton of games going at any given time. I have it on both the phone and the Nook, so really it's not an issue at all that it's not on the TouchPad, but I'd love to have it there anyway. I tried the Flash version in Facebook but while the screen renders, I can't select and move tiles.

Comic reader - I have ComicShelf HD which is actually pretty decent, but it does lack bookmarking/remembering where you were and doesn't quite go full screen...the status bar is still there. Are there any other .cbr/.cbz readers for the TouchPad out there? I may just contact the ComicShelf HD guy and open some enhancement requests as a registered user.

Also, I was at a conference last week and used the TouchPad as my primary device while attending sessions. Because QuickOffice had just added editing for Word docs, I used that app to take notes. Even though I was saving to the local storage, it would lock up saving sometimes...often enough that I stopped using it and moved to the simple sticky note app. Has this happened to anyone else? If so, do you know if a fix is on the way or perhaps if there's a way to work around it?

Anyway, really enjoying the TouchPad, especially at the $99 price point. I can't wait for the Android ROM, though in all honesty I'm so enamored with webOS I'd prefer to see the Dalvik VM project bear fruit so that I can run Android apps under webOS!
[TouchPad General] lexconner:
[Q] Is There any Total Backup Software

Other than the HP cloud, is there something that will backup everything
[TouchPad General] Tilde88:
+1. Would like to see some sort of Titanium Backup for webOS.
[TouchPad General] kevina90:
save and restore
[TouchPad General] nunjabusiness:
Originally Posted by Tilde88

+1. Would like to see some sort of Titanium Backup for webOS.

save and restore

Sorry Kev,

Kinda like equating a bone-stock Ford Focus with a Saleen Mustang. :D

They both do essentially the same thing - drive down the road and back - but how well they do it and how much control and power you have is very different.

TB does a lot more than just "back up" stuff too, especially the paid version. One of my only paid apps on my Honeycomb tablet, and it has paid for itself in hassle savings.
[TouchPad General] JaimitoBond:
[Q] Best photo viewing app?

Does anyone know a photo viewer that's better than the stock photo viewer? I don't like the interface that much, it's certainly worse than the ipad one. the facebook app on tp works well, except they are for low res fb online pics.

and why does the stock photo viewer makes another copy of the jpg, but in smaller resolution? It takes a 6 MB jpeg original and makes 2 more: one a thumbnail, and another one 180kb file that you view. Why can't it display the native file instead?
[TouchPad General] Mad_Wolf:
guys is there any way to install a good msn messenger client or clone and one twitter app ?
[TouchPad General] Gigabytex:
idk about msn but for Twitter you could use Spaz HD, free. There's one app that's being made called Graphite, https://twitter.com/#!/GraphiteWebOS you can follow it there, seems like its close to launch.
[TouchPad General] Aston Martin:
I think for MSN you're limited to web based, ebuddy etc.
[TouchPad General] Foch3:
Today HP rep said we are getting a Netflix app because of how many units sold.
[TouchPad General] gryedouge:
Picsel SmartOffice news

For those who are curious about Picsel SmartOffice, here is an encouraging response i got from Picsel

"Thank you for your enquiry about Picsel Smart Office. A WebOS version of SmartOffice is in Development and will be available soon.

For product updates please register at *Picsel* or Like us at *Facebook*

Kind regards,

Paul

--

Product Support Team, Picsel UK Ltd., Glasgow UK"
[TouchPad General] herzzreh:
specify app

I have a US TP, trying to get Spotify on it... Has anyone had any luck
[TouchPad General] bassrebel:
I just got my Touchpad today and honestly I haven't been able to check it out cuz my wife keeps using it >.<

Anyways, I'm wondering... does WebOS have any apps to stream media from your local network?

I use iMediaShare for android.

Thanks! :)
[TouchPad General] brendonsmall:
Kalemsoft media player has a server app you can run on your pc to let you stream media, but it's not free.

Right now I'm using www.emitapp.com to stream. I already had it installed for my android phone. They don't have a webOS app, but it does have a web interface that uses flash, and it works pretty well on the touchpad.
[TouchPad General] wolfram9999:
Hey folks, just curious as to whether anyone knew of a way to enable a fullscreen mode for the browser that would eliminate the "chrome" until it is needed (or an alternate browser replacement that would allow this). I'd like to be able to use a web-based remote desktop solution like LogMeIn, but having to scroll back and forth to see my full PC screen is bothersome.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions. :)