How To

How to install homebrew apps on your TouchPad or webOS smartphone

By: Derek Kessler in: Apps, How To on: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 8:32 pm EST

Ready to jump into the wide world of homebrew on your TouchPad, Pre, or Veer? Alright! Here's what you need:


Dress up your Pre for Christmas

By: Derek Kessler in: How To on: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 6:54 pm EST

Christmas is right around the corner, and that means it's time to get your smartphone in order for the holiday. What all do we mean by that? Well, you can start by strapping some chihuahua-sized reindeer

Patch adds arrow keys to TouchPad keyboard, finally gives us a way to navigate text

By: Derek Kessler in: How To on: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 6:40 pm EST

We’re TouchPad fanboys here, but we know our favorite webOS tablet has some shortcomings. But one of our biggest annoyances is navigation in text fields. Rather, the lack of navigation. If you want to

Homebrew: Speakers not working? Fix it with PulseAudio Restarter

By: Tim Stiffler-Dean in: How To on: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 3:42 pm EDT

A common "feature" of every webOS device that has been made from the very beginning, is how conveniently often all of the sound would completely stop. Nothing is worse than wanting to play your music for

Here comes Hurricane Irene: Charge 'em if you got 'em

By: Phil Nickinson in: How To on: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 9:41 am EDT

Here's a quick no-brainer or two from your hurricane-prone pals at Android Central for those of you in the path of Hurricane Irene, scheduled to make landfall along the North Carolina coast on Saturday

Switching away from webOS? SPE has you covered

By: Derek Kessler in: How To on: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 2:55 pm EDT

If you’ve had enough of the drama surrounding webOS, we can’t really say we blame you. It’s enough to drive even the most grounded smartphone user over the edge. Thankfully, if you’re leaving webOS, our

So, you just bought an HP TouchPad? Here's what you need next...

By: Derek Kessler in: Apps, Featured Articles, How To on: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:32 pm EDT

You saw the news, you braved the lines, and you got away with an HP TouchPad for a ridiculous price. Lucky you! You have in your very hands the latest and greatest in personal computing technology, even

Developer How-To: Mojo apps on the TouchPad

By: Geoff Gauchet in: How To on: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 4:41 pm EDT

Developer Geoff Gauchet, the man you know as Zhephree and the force behind such fantastic apps as neato!, foursquare, and growlr shows up how to make your Mojo phone app scale up nicely on the big screen


Google Maps just got a lot better for webOS (with a work-around)

By: Tim Stiffler-Dean in: How To on: Mon, 30 May 2011 2:54 pm EDT

Thanks to the diligent workers found in our forums (especially rmausser), you can now get access to the very same (improved) Google Maps mobile website that Android and iPhone users have access to. With

Got your new HP Veer 4G? Here's what you'll need next:

By: Tim Stiffler-Dean in: How To on: Sun, 22 May 2011 8:14 pm EDT

If you've already jumped ahead and gotten a new HP Veer 4G from AT&T, you're probably wondering what you need to get next to accompany your tiny webOS device and show of some of its muscle. We've looked