The Touchpad was decent hardware but it was up against the iPad 2. The 16gig version was $499 yet the camera function didn't even work correctly when it was released! It should have been released at $399 at the most. Who at HP made this decision? Did they really think they could justify $499 for hardware that had fewer apps and 1 camera instead of 2 and was thicker than the iPad2?!
If you have a Touchpad check out the XDA Developers forum here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1247
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The other place to look for Android on the Touchpad is rootzwiki (http://rootzwiki.com/forum/217-hp-touchpad/). Either forum will get you what you need most likely though, but I'm an admin on rootzwiki for what it's worth.
As for the internals... well, after that month I left mine gathering dust for a year whilst waiting for Android support to mature. I turned it back on to discover the touchscreen no longer worked. Someday I'll try and fix it, as it seems like it'd be a competent secondary Android tablet to leave around the house.