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HoneyPad for iPad – The Honeycomb for iPad Theme

On September 7, 2011, in Hacks, by TechAdmin
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You may not install Honeycomb on iPad but it doesn’t mean that your iPad can’t get the Android love. HoneyPad is a Honeycomb theme for iPad / iPad 2 that lets you change the look and feel of your iPad to match that of Android Honeycomb powered tablet. Download links are given at the end of the post.

The theme can be installed on any jailbroken iPad or iPad 2. It installs via DreamBoard and works in a way that you’d actually feel like running Android Honeycomb on iPad. Some features of the theme are listed below:

  • almost a fully functional Android Honeycomb OS for iPad
  • App folder which will include All, Favorites, Games, Social and Utilities folder (editable)
  • Setting page which will incude Widgets, App Shortcuts, Wallpapers, Themes, and More
  • Add, Remove and Move the widgets on the fly
  • Add, Remove, Edit and Move predefined App shortcuts on the fly
  • Widgets added so far LiveWeather, Animated Weather (optimized for iPad), Honeycomb lock, HTC date weather, Sticky Note (functional), Calendar, Facebook Widget and Calculator (more to come)
  • 20 Panoramic Wallpaper to choose from (more to come)
  • Shift Mode – drag and flick widgets and App Shortcuts to reposition.
  • Predefined Themes which will include Asus Eee Pad Transformer (Default theme), Motorola Xoom and HTC Flyer (more to come)
  • Panoramic Wallpaper

You can get the theme from Cydia with all these cool features. It comes in 2 versions, HoneyPad Pro ($2.99) & Lite (free). You can test the theme by installing the lite version first and can then purchase the pro version with full features. Here are some screenshots of the theme:

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If you’d like a walkthrough, here are 2 videos:

HoneyPad for iPad Video Preview

Download Honeycomb for iPad Theme:

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How to Root Motorola Xoom WiFi 3.2.2 Honeycomb [Pre-Rooted ROM]

On September 1, 2011, in Hacks, How to, by TechAdmin
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Motorola Xoom Honeycomb 3.2.2 root is now available. If you own a Motorola Xoom WiFi, you can update your device with pre-rooted Android 3.2.2 Honeycomb ROM. Here are the steps:

Root Xoom WiFi 3.2.2 Honeycomb

Process to flash custom rooted ROM on Xoom is simple and easy. If you have some experience rooting Android devices already, you can opt for simple steps:

  1. Download ROM and put it on root of your SD card
  2. Reboot Xoom in recovery
  3. Perform Nandroid backup
  4. Factory reset Xoom
  5. Flash custom ROM

All these steps are detailed below comprehensively.

Step 1: Getting Ready to Flash Rooted Honeycomb in Xoom

  1. Download the ROM Android-HC-3.2.2-Stock+Rooted-1.1-SOLARNZ.zip
  2. Place the downloaded ROM on root of your SD Card.

Step 1: Put Motorola Xoom in Recovery Mode

First you need to reboot Motorola Xoom in Recovery Mode, after that you can perform a factory reset on Xoom. Follow the steps below:

  1. Turn your device on, then switch it back on
  2. On startup when Motorola logo appears, press and hold Volume Down button
  3. When Android recovery text appears, press the Volume Up button. Your device will now enter in recovery mode.

Note: In recovery mode, you can navigate up and down using Volume Up and Volume Down keys while Power button can be used to select an option.

Step 2: Take Nandroid Backup & Factory Reset Motorola Xoom

  1. Once in recovery mode, press & hold Power button.
  2. While holding the Power button, press & release the Volume Up button.
  3. Navigate to “backup and restore” and select it.
  4. Select “backup” to perform your data backup.
  5. Once Nandroid backup is complete, navigate to Wipe data / factory reset, then press Power button to select it.
  6. It will ask for confirmation, select  Yes, delete all user data option to factory reset Xoom.

Step 3: Flash Rooted Honeycomb 3.2.2 ROM

  1. Select Flash Zip from SD Card
  2. Then select choose zip from sd card
  3. Select the zip file that you put onto the root of SD card.
  4. Wait for process to complete.

That’s it! Enjoy the root on Xoom Honeycomb 3.2.2 Android.

via XDA

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Android with CyanogenMod 7 (CM7) on TouchPad: TouchDroid plans Android on HP TouchPad

On August 22, 2011, in Mobiles, by TechAdmin
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The prospect of Android on TouchPad looks great. And a team of developers is trying to do this already, with project TouchDroid. They’re trying to port Android Gingerbread on TouchPad to start with and the work has already started on the project. It should be great news for those enthusiasts who just purchased HP TouchPad after HP announced the death of webOS hardware and put it on sale for $99. While webOS may be superior than Android to some, no future updates will mean that users will ultimately have to look for something else to run on their HP tablets.

TouchDroid Logo

TouchDroid team plans to port CyanogenMod 7 (CM7) on TouchPad after they’re done with the Gingerbread port. The work won’t stop there though as the team has plans to install HoneyComb on HP TouchPad ultimately. This could be a long process but will definitely be worth the wait. Here’s the roadmap:

  1. Port Gingerbread on TouchPad
  2. Port CyanogenMod 7 (CM7)
  3. Honeycomb port for TouchPad
  4. Install Ice Cream Sandwich, when it launches

This sounds like a great plan and HP’s tablet is high on specs as it ships with 1.2 GHz processor and is really capable of running Android.

So, if you purchased HP TouchPad for $99, you may soon be privileged to own a $99 HoneyComb tablet that could run as better as Xoom or Galaxy Tab. This sounds like an awesome deal but for now, you just got to wait and enjoy the webOS till a stable Android port is released.

It all started when HP announced that “it will discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones”. Microsoft’s Brandon Watson was quick to offer free tools, training and devices to ‘published’ webOS developers to help them make switch to Windows Phone.

To Any Published WebOS Devs: We’ll give you what you need to be successful on #WindowsPhone, incl.free phones, dev tools, and training, etc.

Android community is also looking to use this opportunity by porting Android on HP TouchPad so that users could run all the Android apps on their HP tablets.

Head over to rootzwiki for more info.

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Motorola Xoom Price: $600, Official Release Date: March 27

On March 16, 2011, in Tablets, by TechAdmin
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Motorola Xoom

Motorola has issued a press release confirming Motorola Xoom price and official release date. As per the press release, Motorola Xoom WiFi price will be $599. The WiFi-only edition of Motorola Xoom has the same hardware and specs except the 3G and 4G functionality.

As for availability and release date, Motorola Xoom will be releasing on March 27 on multiple retailers across the US. You’ll be able to purchase it from Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, Stables, Sam’s Club, Costco and RadioShack.

Motorola Xoom runs on Android 3.0 Honeycomb and is arguably among the premier rivals of Apple’s iPad, and iPad 2. The 10.1 inch tablet is powered by 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, has 1 GB RAM and 5 MegaPixels camera.

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How to Install Honeycomb on Nexus S

On March 14, 2011, in Hacks, How to, by TechAdmin
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Want Honeycomb on Nexus S? Now you can, as Android 3.0 SDK has been ported onto Google Nexus S. It’s, however, far from ideal port at the moment and is not recommended unless you are feeling really adventurous. Also, most of the things are not working, so it would be pointless. Irrespective of that, if you want to install Android 3.0 Honeycomb on Nexus S (at your own risk), here is the guide:

Installing Android 3.0 Honeycomb on Nexus S

Before you Begin:

Step 1: Install ROM Manager on your Nexus S from Android Market.

Step 2: Launch ROM Manager and install ClockworkMod Recovery from there.

Step 3: Connect your Nexus S with computer and copy the downloaded zip file in internal memory of the phone.

Step 4: Restart your device in Recovery Mode, from ROM Manager.

Step 5: Once in Recovery Mode, select backup / restore and create a complete backup. You will have to wipe everything during installation.

Step 6: Move to main Recovery menu and do a complete wipe of your device, Delvik Cache included.

Step 7: Return to Recovery Main menu and select Flash ROM from SD Card.

Step 8: Specify the location where you placed the zip file in step 3.

Step 9: Follow onscreen instructions to install Honeycomb ROM for Nexus S.

Step 10: Reboot your device!

That’s all! If you face any problems, head to the ROM thread over at XDA-Forums.

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Apple iPad 2 vs. Copycats [Infographic]

On March 2, 2011, in Tablets, by TechAdmin
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It’s Apple iPad 2 vs. Copycats now. As Steve Jobs said: “Will 2011 be the year of the copycat? If we did nothing, maybe a little bit… probably not.” Here’s a brief comparison of iPad 2 and other tablets:

Apple iPad 2 vs. Copycats

via GeeksareSexy

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Motorola Xoom Price $1200 at BestBuy

On February 13, 2011, in Tablets, by TechAdmin
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Good news: You can pre-order Motorola Xoom from BestBuy on Thursday February 17. Bad News: Motorola Xoom price is $1200. Earlier there’ve been rumors that the iPad rival (yes, yet another rival) will cost around $800. Here is the listing from BestBuy:

Motorola Xoom Price on Best Buy

The price sounds bit too much at the moment however it’s quite understandable since it’s exactly the price of 32 GB iPad 3G. Let’s see how Honeycomb powered Motorola tablet performs.

Pre-order Motorola Xoom from BestBuy

via Engadget

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Download Honeycomb Android 3.0 SDK Preview

On January 26, 2011, in Tablets, by TechAdmin
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Android 3.0 Honeycomb Preview SDK

Google has just released Android 3.0 Honeycomb Preview SDK for developers. Android 3.0 Honeycomb is built specifically for tablets and large screen devices. Here are some highlights of Preview SDK:

  • UI Framework to assist in creating apps for large screen devices.
  • New Holographic UI with drag-drop, new widgets and themes
  • Support for 2D & 3D graphics
  • Support for multicore (single & dual-core) processors for optimized performance
  • Multimedia features with support for HTTP Live Streaming, MTP/PTP file transfer and pluggable DRM framework
  • New APIs to support Bluetooth A2DP & HSP for audio streaming
  • Enhanced administrative policies for enterprise with support for encrypted passwords

Start building for Android Tablets NOW:

Download Android 3.0 Preview SDK

via Android Developers

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Official Android 3.0 Honeycomb Preview Demo Video [Android for Tablets]

On January 5, 2011, in Tablets, by TechAdmin
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Android 3.0 Honeycomb

Google has unveiled Android 3.0 Honeycomb preview video. The video shows next generation of Android aka Honeycomb for Tablets. It’s early preview of Honeycomb and confirms the next version of Android to be 3.0, it will be specific for tablets and demonstrates a great User Interface, here’s the video:

Looking forward to Android 3.0 Honeycomb Tablets.

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Dell Streak 7 Ad Slideshow Leaked

On December 23, 2010, in Tablets, by TechAdmin
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Engadget have got hold of what looks to be Dell Streak 7 Ad slideshow that may be planned for CES 2011. Dell Streak 7 may feature Android Honeycomb and as the name reveals it will feature 7-inch display. Dell Streak came with 5-inch screen. Motorola is also set to reveal Android powered Tablet at CES 2011.

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Let’s see what Dell has to offer in the new Tablet.

via Engadget

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