HP TouchPad

[Tusan_Homichi]

One problem I heard was that WebOS was sluggish on that hardware. They said it wasn't that WebOS was slow, but that the tablet was under powered. I can't remember where I heard this, but that is probably a big reason they dropped the price to $99 trying to get rid of them.

I'm not so sure that was the case afterall:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4658/its-not-qualcomms-fault-dispelling-touchpad-myths

Plus, there are WebOS optimization guides which make it seem to me like there were some poor performance choices that HP made with regards to the OS:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/how-to-improve-the-performance-of-your-new-hp-touchpad/3866

 

[YosemiteSam]

I'm not so sure that was the case afterall:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4658/its-not-qualcomms-fault-dispelling-touchpad-myths

Plus, there are WebOS optimization guides which make it seem to me like there were some poor performance choices that HP made with regards to the OS:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/how-to-improve-the-performance-of-your-new-hp-touchpad/3866

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

 

[DIAF]

every store demo of webOS ive ever messed with has seemed sluggish to me.

 

[kmp77]

One problem I heard was that WebOS was sluggish on that hardware. They said it wasn't that WebOS was slow, but that the tablet was under powered. I can't remember where I heard this, but that is probably a big reason they dropped the price to $99 trying to get rid of them.

Isn't that the tablet where the developers put the software on an iPad and it ran twice as fast? Seems the hardware was underpowered for the OS.

For $99 what do you have to lose?????

 

[Cowboy Brian]

Where can it still be had for $99 or 149$

 

[TheCount]

Where can it still be had for $99 or 149$

Nowhere, pretty much sold out everywhere.

 

[vta]

Nowhere, pretty much sold out everywhere.

Sounds like an awesome marketing ploy.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

Where can it still be had for $99 or 149$

http://www.precentral.net/coming-soon-touchpad-fire-sale-part-2

Keep an eye on HP.com I guess.

 

[trickblue]

An IT buddy told me that HP is getting out of the PC business. Gonna sell the division to Dell. If this is true, I'm sure they will still use the HP branding...

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

I've got one on the way as well. It's $99 for a tablet that runs WebOS. That's pretty awesome.

WebOS has the best feel of any of the major mobile OSes, but it doesn't have nearly the developer support. It's too bad that it was mishandled so badly.

Can I still get my hands on one of these for that price?

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

I got it today. It's pretty heavy and is a bit sluggish out of the box, but after the 3.02 update and a few tweaks, it's running great. Now, I just need to do some lifting so my arms don't get tired holding that thing up to use it.

Another thing that I wish they would have done: more gesture support. The Palm Pre had a bunch of different gestures you could do at the bottom of the phone in the gesture area. You could swipe up to bring up the card view/app launcher, swipe left to go back, right to go forward, etc. From what I can tell, the only gesture that works is the swipe up. That sucks.

 

[Wimbo]

Now, I just need to do some lifting so my arms don't get tired holding that thing up to use it.

It weighs about 1.6 pounds. If this is heavy for you, then I suggest you start your lifting plan with these :

 

[YosemiteSam]

It weighs about 1.6 pounds. If this is heavy for you, then I suggest you start your lifting plan with these :

:laugh2: