Installing Android on HP TouchPad from a Mac

Yesterday I finally took the time to install Android on my HP Touchpad.  So far, this is very cool and I highly recommend it!  The documentation that is out there for this process is a little "fuzzy" so I wanted to document the links I used as well as what was different for me because I installed it from a Mac instead of a Windows platform.

Here are the links I used, go read/watch all of them before you get started to understand the process end to end.  I used pieces of each of them.

• Here is the link to the actual files you will need to download.  You will need the ACMEInstaller, moboot, the cm-update, and the tenderloin files
• Here is the link to the two files you will need to enable the Android Market to log in to a Google account and download apps.
• Watch this video for an idea of how to install it from a Mac.
• Watch this video for a much better tutorial of the process.
• Lastly, this link will explain step by step how to do the entire process end to end, but it is for a Windows PC.

Some notes on my install:

• I copied the ACMEInstaller to my Desktop to make it easy to find from the Mac Terminal program
• I copied the moboot, cm-update, and tenderloin zips to a folder called cminstall on the Touchpad
• I DIDN'T install the Palm SDK on my Mac. You don't need it for novacom. novacom is built into the Mac and you can kick off the novacom from terminal.
• Once Android was installed, I copied the google app zips to the root of the Touchpad to make them easy to find

So how is it?  So far so good. I've been playing with a few apps, the Touchstone works for charging, and the battery drain in standby seems to be less than WebOS.  I'll post an update as I play with it more.