HP TouchPad Not Quite Dead – Updates Coming for Android, webOS

HP may have decided to open source webOS, but they’re clearly not giving up on it. Earlier this week HP released an update for the zombified TouchPad. It’s now up to webOS 3.0.5, and the latest version adds a number of usability improvements:

• Faster switching between Day, Week, and Month views, and faster event display in Calendar.
• Faster scrolling when reading an email message.
• Email attachments are now saved with draft messages.
• Added sender photos and IM presence indicators in Email.
• Improved stability when watching video in the Web app.
• Improved handling of MP3s that are transferred from a computer using USB Drive mode.
• Added a dedicated view of contacts available for a video call, for quicker setup of a video call.
• New alert when video quality might be lower because of network issues.
• When typing, pressing the space bar twice inserts a period. This can be toggled on and off.
• Added support for HTTP Live Streaming.

The update should be pushed out to your tablet, so there’s a good chance that you already have it.

But that’s not the only news today. The team of hackers working to port Cyanogen Mod to the TouchPad posted a teaser video a couple days ago. They’ve got the latest version of CM working on the TouchPad. That means that when they’re done, the TP will be able to run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

It’s still a work in progress, though.