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 Originally Posted by iprice
Android on TouchPad is a double edged sword.
With the door open to use Android apps on the TouchPad it'll be the death-knell to native TouchPad apps. As users flock to buy Android apps, TP apps will be ignored - devs will leave webOS and it will die.
The TP doesn't need HP to kill it - the users will. 
I doubt that the number of Touchpad users geeky and knowledgeable enough to a) want to install Android and b) willing to jump through the hoops will be even a sizeable minority.
I really don't see the majority of Touchpad users 'flocking' to buy Android apps. You'll see a lot of it here on the forums of course, but most people will be perfectly happy with their Touchpads as supplied.
It's that majority you need to target with new webOS developments.
Also, surely a dual boot into Android can be compared to providing a SCUMM virtual machine, or n64 emulation or an Infocom interpreter, particularly if we're talking about games as in this thread? It's threatening because it's on a grander scale, but essentially you're just extending the capabilities of the device. Nobody is decrying the efforts to provide those other emulators.
Spyke
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