In a very convenient turn of events, one buyer of a firesale-priced HP TouchPad at Best Buy multiple days ago claims his came out of the box with a further special treat — it’s running Android, 2.2 to be exact. a potential reason behind the existence of this unicorn tablet will be seen within the two YouTube videos posted of the device thus far, where it flashes a Qualcomm Innovation Center (Quic) logo which implies it may be some type of development project that slipped into retail. We queried Qualcomm about this TouchPad’s provenance ourselves and received just a “We don’t have any touch upon the video” in return, so the verdict to believe that it’s real or an extremely well executed hoax is yours. Obviously, you can now be the primary to unravel this riddle, for the reason that owner has market it on eBay. Another perk is the power to snag a TouchPad-running-Android bounty posted by HacknMod that’s as much as $2,150 as of this posting. Relevant links are below, including the initial Reddit post, both videos and the auction, so while our charge cards will remain securely in our wallets those who find themselves more trusting — or simply can’t believe anyone would will be dumb enough to attempt and sell a pretend — can put a bid in in the event that they so choose.
[Thanks, David & Dennis]
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