HP is looking to move their TouchPad up to the 4G speed on the At&T network. This TouchPad features a 9.7″, 1024 x 768 display and runs the WebOS 3.0 operating system (the one that the Palm folks made for smartphones). The WiFi only version of the tablet uses a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chip, but [...]
Continue reading...19. May 2011 | by Jonas
With the success of the iPad, other folks are looking to copy Apple into the portable tablet space. The formula is to take an efficient and unbloated smartphone OS, and get it to fly on some portable hardware. Well, HP created their WebOS, and many thought it was simply a little too good for it not [...]
Continue reading...7. March 2011 | by Jonas
As far as iPad alternatives go, the HP TouchPad is one of the most anticipated ones. With the WebOS, there are already fans of the device, which is not available yet. However, it is a good sign that it has a product page at online retailer Amazon. The specs revealed are: 9.7” (1024×768) Touch Screen Display 1.6lbs 13.6mm thick HP [...]
Continue reading...9. February 2011 | by Jonas
HP is taking a page from the Apple playbook, and taking a phone OS, namely WebOS, which was the reason they acquired Palm, and ported it to a new tablet, the HP TouchPad. Palm fans may notice that the Palm name and logo are no longer part of the equation, but the sheer size of [...]
Continue reading...5. July 2010 | by Jonas
With the success of the iPad, and their early success in the tablet market, there is great anticipation of another tablet device to come onto the market. HP had been showing there Slate device at the CES, but it has been killed off. HP’s original plan was to put Windows 7 onto a tablet with the [...]
Continue reading...23. May 2010 | by Jonas
HP has definitely put their Slate device on hold. This is a response to the recent acquisition of Palm, and the skyrocketing sales of the iPad, and HP’s realization that a Windows 7 based tablet was not gonna fly. One of the reasons that Palm got acquired was for HP to get their WebOS. This allows [...]
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8. August 2011 | by Jonas
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