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I like WebOS, so it's too bad that the form factor lags behind a generation. A 1.6 pound device will be palpably less comfortable to use than the new generation of 1.3 pound devices (iPad 2 and Galaxy Tab 10.1).
Can you really tell the difference between 1.6 pound and 1.3 pound gadgets ?
It's not the second coming or anything, but for those of us that don't want to buy Apple, and think that android is ugly. WebOS devices are a nice balance.
It's also been true that Samsung has not been able to get clean devices out. They are buggy and expensive.
The TouchPad may not be as fast as an iPad 2 or the new Samsung tablet, but it will be faster than the iPad 1, and most of the Android Tablets on the market. The OS is clean and is easy to use.
If the device sells well the app market is not yet crowded and there will be plenty of room for app developers to create a niche for themselves.
I also think that HP will have better distribution into the enterprise.
Touch to Share will not just be about moving files between your phone and tablet, it will be about moving files between all of these devices including your laptop, your printer, and your mobile, ( maybe even your camera ).
Imagine if Mom could buy a printer, a camera, and a phone and just print out photos by taping her phone to the printer. What if you could print out those TPS reports by tapping your tablet on any one of a hundred printers in an enterprise?
And then there is the touch stones, which wirelessly charge your devices.
Yes, I am excited someone is finally competing with iDevices by creating a better experience, not just a cheaper one.
HP don't just make it cheaper, make it easier to use across all of my devices.
And don't forget that there is that rumor of dropbox integration into webos 3.
"Touch to Share capability for sharing web addresses between HP TouchPad and compatible webOS phones" I'm sure all 5 people who still have the palm pre can barely contain their excitement... Seriously, what's HP thinking? I think the Palm Pre came out with more fanfare, and that didn't turn out that great. If all that really differrentiates HP's tablet from the iPad is the OS, well, quite frankly, it's been done befo…
I enjoyed reading your comment from my pre, while sitting in the park on a nice day. I agree that the fanfare over gee-whiz features is just hype. What should interest you is the potential, though unlikely emergence of another serious competitor. As with copy/paste, multitasking, notifications, and over-the-air updates, having competitors that show that Apple is not the only place great ideas come from can only be go…
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The 500MHz processor in the original Pre really does hold back WebOS. Running an overclocked custom kernel, I have mine set at 1GHz, makes a huge difference to the usability and surprisingly doesn't reduce battery life by much (which is partly due to the custom kernels clocking the CPU back to 500MHz when the screen is off). It looks like HP/Palm have learned from this and aren't going to make the same mistake twice,…
As I was completely unaware of overclocking in WebOS and specifically for the original Pre (which I have), I'll save the user the bit of googling I did to find overclocking. I had no idea it was this easy in preware: http://www.precentral.net/why-i-overclock-my-palm-pre-its-ea... So now I have my distraction for the next half-hour while I play with the overclocking options and test the responsiveness. So thank you fo…
I am a fan of the Android notifications but I have told that the webOS ones are even better! This should be an interesting device all in all.
I like WebOS, so it's too bad that the form factor lags behind a generation. A 1.6 pound device will be palpably less comfortable to use than the new generation of 1.3 pound devices (iPad 2 and Galaxy Tab 10.1).
If that's the case, I think you should go out and do some exercises. Can you really tell the difference between 1.6 pound and 1.3 pound gadgets ?
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> But they don't mention RAM or cpu. How's saying that it's 1.2 ghz cpu is not mentioning cpu? As for RAM, Wikipedia page says it'll have 1 gb.
sorry, typo, I meant gpu (or is that integrated into the SoC?)
> ... comes paired up with Adreno 220 GPU ...
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sorry, typo, I meant gpu (or is that integrated into the SoC?)
Ah, right, GPU. Here: http://www.fudzilla.com/mobiles/item/21816-qualcomm-official... > ... comes paired up with Adreno 220 GPU ...
Preview for their lead game doesn't look "console quality" to me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY7lUziafr4 Though the first games usually don't max out the hardware and of course tablets will probably go through a few generations before the next console generation (excluding nintendo's Wii U), so it's only a matter of time. Just not there yet.
I saw elsewhere that it's not as powerful as the iPad 2 (though clocked 20% faster...)
I like WebOS, so it's too bad that the form factor lags behind a generation. A 1.6 pound device will be palpably less comfortable to use than the new generation of 1.3 pound devices (iPad 2 and Galaxy Tab 10.1).
If that's the case, I think you should go out and do some exercises. Can you really tell the difference between 1.6 pound and 1.3 pound gadgets ?
I'm in good shape, thanks.