Hewlett Packard's TouchPad is running on the defunct webOS for now but hackers and developers are hard at work porting the popular Android OS as its primary operating system.

The Android-modding group, CyanogenMod, has released a video showing the Android software running on the TouchPad. Though the mod is still in its Alpha testing stage the group is confident that the TouchPad will soon be running on other OSes.

"Our ultimate vision is to create a multiboot solution where the end user will be able to boot into WebOS, Cyanogenmod, and/or other OSes," the CyanogenMod team said in a statement to the Android-enthusiast blog RootzWiki.

The CyanogenMod team has been trying to get its software on every device running the Android OS since the introduction of the HTC Dream mobile phone back in September 2008. The software offers more features that aren't in the official Android OS. It basically allows users more control over their phones including overclocking the processor toggling the notification pull-down.

The team's progress in getting the Android on the TouchPad has been bogged down by the lack of hardware. HP's TouchPad has been experiencing resurgence of late especially since retailers have cut down prices to $100 a unit. The team is now looking for volunteers to give spare TouchPads for the development effort.

"We have talented and experienced developers who cannot contribute effectively due to a lack of hardware," the team wrote in its statement.

CyanogenMod isn't the only software developers looking into modding the Android into the TouchPad. Hardware modification website Hacknmod.com has offered cash prizes to any group who can mod the Android into the tablet first.

For now CyanogenMod seems to be in the first place with its own software. The group promises to have better stability and more features for its Alpha version of the Android OS.