New HP touchpad

jocampo · 02-09-2011, 02:15 PM

http://m.engadget.com/default/articl...sic&postPage=1

jocampo · 02-09-2011, 03:55 PM

Just read that Amazon will be releasing Kindle for webOs, which is the HP touchpad operating system. It looks like Skype will join the club releasing a Skype version for webOs but including video conference capabilities.

Here's a short demo:http://www.viddler.com/explore/engadget/videos/2478/

elcreative · 02-09-2011, 04:11 PM

Nice picture, "coming Summer" is a pain in the neck... guess it's the usual, "Hurry up and wait..."

RockdaMan · 02-09-2011, 04:42 PM

Price?

tubemonkey · 02-09-2011, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by RockdaMan

Price?

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RockdaMan · 02-09-2011, 05:38 PM

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Opening, moving around and dismissing apps functions just the way it does on the Pre now, and is intuitive enough to make it onto tablets without any sort of problems. The only major issue is the speed.

This might be because of the fact that the TouchPad isn't done, and has six months of development time left. But every app, every notification and every multitasking feels that way. This is surprising since the TouchPad has a 1.2GHz dual core processor, but, webOS has never been a particularly speedy OS.

http://gizmodo.com/#!5756223/hps-tou...but-moves-slow

Dulin's Books · 02-09-2011, 06:38 PM

weird. i havent seen any slowness in other hands on ive just watched from engadget, tech crunch and others.

wodin · 02-09-2011, 06:38 PM

I had a Palm Pre with WebOS before moving to an Android phone. WebOS had some nice features like the card deck approach to multi tasking, but it was horribly immature, and the available apps were like a toy store. Perhaps HP will/has bring it up to speed, we shall see.

Dulin's Books · 02-09-2011, 06:43 PM

and actually if you look at the video that accompanies that article i'd say there isnt any slowness shown there either.

jocampo · 02-09-2011, 06:48 PM

No, does not feel slow ;-) ... that's all I can say.

MsCG1 · 02-09-2011, 10:06 PM

I've put off a new netbook purchase because I want to see what HP will do with WebOs for the PC.

goodereader · 02-09-2011, 10:26 PM

Cool thing on this device, is your Veero or Pre can send data right to it, so you if you have a webpage open on your pre, you can send it to your tablet. Neat features like sharing calender and contact data.

I like the fact its gonna do wireless printing with the Zeus line of printers, be nice if HP made wireless printers that worked with this and the Apple Air printing.

RockdaMan · 02-09-2011, 11:04 PM

More competition.

snipenekkid · 02-10-2011, 12:27 AM

the QNX OS, now I am not familiar with the tablet version, but the QNX OS is just a wunderbar OS. first used it back in 1990 and we are talking disklaess 286 workstations booking from a bootrom on the NIC. But 8 virtual machines natively on that OLD 286 with 512KB RAM. No crashes, fast and just a joy to work with. Too bad Blackberry is likely to bugger the things it has been bringing to the table for over 20yrs now.

petermillard · 02-10-2011, 02:07 AM

HP TouchPad (wonder how they came up with that name, lol...) looks nice. Wonder if they mean 'Summer' as in May, or 'Summer' as in September... Battery life would be good to know, along with price of course.

Favourite comment from the Engadget piece - "it's just a big Pre"

02-09-2011, 02:15 PM	#1
jocampo Layback feline Posts: 3,034 Karma: 6980745 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Device: Oasis 2nd gen, Sony DPTS1, iPad Pro 10.5"	New HP touchpad http://m.engadget.com/default/articl...sic&postPage=1 Last edited by jocampo; 02-09-2011 at 03:19 PM. Reason: Adding hyper link option

02-09-2011, 03:55 PM	#2
jocampo Layback feline Posts: 3,034 Karma: 6980745 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Device: Oasis 2nd gen, Sony DPTS1, iPad Pro 10.5"	Just read that Amazon will be releasing Kindle for webOs, which is the HP touchpad operating system. It looks like Skype will join the club releasing a Skype version for webOs but including video conference capabilities. Here's a short demo:http://www.viddler.com/explore/engadget/videos/2478/ Last edited by jocampo; 02-09-2011 at 04:07 PM. Reason: Adding link to Video

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Dulin's Books Wizard Posts: 2,806 Karma: 13500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Portland, OR Device: Boox PB360 etc etc etc	weird. i havent seen any slowness in other hands on ive just watched from engadget, tech crunch and others.

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Dulin's Books Wizard Posts: 2,806 Karma: 13500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Portland, OR Device: Boox PB360 etc etc etc	and actually if you look at the video that accompanies that article i'd say there isnt any slowness shown there either.

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goodereader Banned Posts: 39 Karma: 6106 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Vancouver BC Device: Many, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Pocketbook, Sony etc.	Cool thing on this device, is your Veero or Pre can send data right to it, so you if you have a webpage open on your pre, you can send it to your tablet. Neat features like sharing calender and contact data. I like the fact its gonna do wireless printing with the Zeus line of printers, be nice if HP made wireless printers that worked with this and the Apple Air printing.

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RockdaMan Banned Posts: 1,644 Karma: 213512 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: On the other side of over there Device: Pandigital Novel, Kindle G1 (broken), iPod Touch	More competition.

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snipenekkid Banned Posts: 760 Karma: 51034 Join Date: Feb 2009	the QNX OS, now I am not familiar with the tablet version, but the QNX OS is just a wunderbar OS. first used it back in 1990 and we are talking disklaess 286 workstations booking from a bootrom on the NIC. But 8 virtual machines natively on that OLD 286 with 512KB RAM. No crashes, fast and just a joy to work with. Too bad Blackberry is likely to bugger the things it has been bringing to the table for over 20yrs now.

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petermillard Evangelist Posts: 496 Karma: 2384998 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: London, UK Device: iPad, iPhone, K3 & Amazon - between them they cover my needs.	HP TouchPad (wonder how they came up with that name, lol...) looks nice. Wonder if they mean 'Summer' as in May, or 'Summer' as in September... Battery life would be good to know, along with price of course. Favourite comment from the Engadget piece - "it's just a big Pre"