So I hear thousands of people are buying HP TouchPads because they want to run Android on the tablets, an operating system which does not yet run on the TouchPad. Stop now. You must stop. If you’re buying a TouchPad in the hope that soon “TouchDroid” will have a great, stable, fast version of Android for it, you are falling into a major geek trap.
Never, ever buy a product based on a feature it doesn’t have.
I get questions all the time from people who want to buy stuff based on manufacturer promises that may never be fulfilled (or worse, based on Internet rumors of possible future features.) Someone emailed me today asking if I could absolutely guarantee that the Samsung Omnia 7 Windows Phone will get the next version of its OS, dubbed Mango. No. There are no guarantees. If you want Mango, wait until there are phones running Mango, and purchase one of them.
There’s a great 1980s song which goes, “Never had a doubt, never a doubt … promises, promises, why do I believe?” (And now that video is the best thing you’ve seen all day.) We want to trust. Promises are seductive.
But promises are also constantly betrayed, and not always by choice. Unexpected roadblocks pop up. Companies get sold. Things that once looked possible prove surprisingly difficult.
via Don’t Buy an HP TouchPad to Run Android | News & Opinion | PCMag.com.
