Android on Webos devices

I've just seen android become available on the HP veer and i've got some mixed thoughts.

I'd love android on my pre 3 but yet again having webos is a way of letting my phone stand out from the crowd.

I've just seen android become available and on fully working device. To put android on your HP device, you have to run through the exact same steps like you did for the touchpad but i'm not getting into that now as this blog is more concentrated on the android on HP devices.

Android isn't fully working on the HP veer, it's a good build and all the apps work except from two, that's the phone app and the messages app... That's right you're not able to send/recieve phone calls or texts so makes the rom that you've put onto the HP veer, is just an iPod. It's a good job you can dual boot the HP devices, which means you can have multiple operating systems running off the same hard drive.

You're probably wondering why i'm only saying the HP veer, well the android version for the pre 3 isn't available to the public, the HP veer and the touchpad use most of the same drivers such as bluetooth and wifi. For it to come available on the pre 3, they'd have to write all the different drivers for it.

I've already switch over to android on the touchpad since it's such a better operating system on a tablet. Webos on the touchpad is pretty good but it lacks apps and that's one of the main problems most people have with webos. The only reason I switched over to android on the touchpad was youtube, watching videos using the webos internet browser was slow and laggy and lacked html5 capabilty.

Webos on the pre 3 is really really good and it doesn't bother me that there's virtually no apps in comparison to the likes of android and IOS. i've got emulators and a few other puzzle games and they are perfect for me.

I'd love android on the pre 3 when it eventually comes out but webos is what gives my phone identity and if I put android on it, it will just be another android phone that nobody cares about. I'd dual boot the phone just like what I did with the touchpad but i'd rather stick with webos for my main operating system.