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Originally Posted by grndslm
mgmueller,
What would you think about a 7" HP TouchPad -vs- Playbook??
Would you be more favorable of the TouchPad than you are now? I'm wondering if this is why you rate the Playbook slightly better is because of its "nimble" size? The Playbook OS seems to run fairly slow to what I'm accustomed to on webOS w/ Pre, so I'm surprised at your conclusion.
Supposedly, the 7" version should be out in about 6 weeks.
Are the Touchpad freezing problems still an issue for you?? Others seem to say that this is only a problem during signup?
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My "gut feeling" about TouchPad for the moment:
It's "plasticky". Nice enough, but definitely not in my top 3 design-wise. PlayBook on the other hand I find a beauty, probably even my #1 design-wise.
I don't find the PlayBook OS slow. Actually, I find HP's OS slow at times, for example when flicking apps off the screen. But honestly it's hard to decide, as there are that few apps for both systems.
I clearly prefer the 16:9 form factor of PlayBook over the 4:3 ratio of TouchPad.
I don't like the cover of TouchPad very much. Basically, it's the same as the original iPad1 cover.
I won't go for a 7" TouchPad, I'm fine with the size I've got. I'm actually not quite sure, which size to favor. When I bought my Samsung Galaxy Tab about 9 months ago, for maybe 3 months it was my absolute favorite. It was winter then and I easily could pack it in my coat pocket - no chance to be as portable with iPad for example. But I'm rarely doing this anymore. For one, it's easier in winter than in summer. And in addition, I'm mostly using (some of) my tablets when traveling. And then size isn't that important. If I don't have to worry about "traveling light", I sometimes prefer 10" over 7". It doesn't matter much to me for reading eBooks. But for surfing and such, size can be of advantage.
Maybe the 8.9" of the new Samsung Galaxy Tab is the perfect compromise?
Anyway, one of the Galaxy Tabs (8.9" or 10.1") will be my next one. In the "worst case" maybe even both.
But I won't go for a bigger PlayBook (at least not for the next 6 to 12 months, as long as there is such a serious problem with availability of apps) or a smaller TouchPad...
I didn't have any problems with TouchPad freezing. But then again, I've only used it for maybe 5 hours so far. No eBook app yet...