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My TouchPad should be arriving later this month. I'm especially interested in the fact that it ships with Node.js

Don't be. Trust me, they have crippled node on the device. You cannot run any compiled binaries and there is no native SSL support. I have the same handle here as I do in their support forums you can see some of my discussions. Also, just getting started on how to write a "JavaScript service", which is what they call using node, is a exercise in guess work; there is no documentation.

SSL or binaries is not necessary for my use case. I just want to get https://github.com/bergie/noflo to run.

A half complete SDK with minimal docs? So it's just like before HP bought Palm then.

I think I spent half the year I had a pre1 waiting for an decent SDK, and the other half putting it back together and getting replacements. Then I gave up and got an android phone.

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