HP TouchPad
HP announced a new tablet recently, based on their webOS product acquired last year with Palm. The Palm brand is no more, but webOS lives on. Equipped with a dual core Snapdragon processor, it should be plenty powerful enough. How does it stack up?
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Requirement |
Met? |
Comments |
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Light-duty internet surfing |
Yes |
No Silverlight support |
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E-reader capability |
Yes |
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Well-developed app store |
TBD |
The potentially biggest weakness here is the webOS app store. |
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Netflix access |
No |
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Access to corporate email and calendar function |
Yes |
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Data access when traveling |
Yes |
3G at launch; no carriers noted yet |
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Playback of video content, including Media Center TV recordings and DVD rips |
Yes |
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Playback of music |
Yes |
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Remote access to your home server console |
No |
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Gaming |
Yes |
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Ability to edit Excel, Word and PowerPoint files while on the go |
Yes |
Quickoffice will be included with each unit |
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Handwriting recognition |
No |
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Integration with One Note |
No |
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DLNA compatibility |
No |
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User expandable storage |
No |
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Front and back facing cameras |
Front facing only |
Video calling is core capability |
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Integration with handset |
Yes |
Touchstone integration allows sharing of files, call transfer between phone and tablet, URL push |
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Battery life |
TBD |
Probably lower than iPad |
The Touchstone charging and synchronization capabilities are nice touches, and the device chooses the same screen size as the iPad. The one weakness here is the webOS app store. HP will need to get more traction with apps that people want in order to have a compelling story. This device is expected in summer 2011, pricing has not been determined yet and no carriers have announced for it yet.
TouchPad Specs
Are you going to add the Tab2 tomorrow?
If money were no object I would get the xoom. If money is an object, it’s hard to beat the “value” of the ipad 1. Unless some major price reductions happen, I would put the ipad 1 second only to the ipad 2.
I didn’t include the Tab as it was not designed around Honeycomb, but Tab 2 would be in the mix. Let’s see what they announce.
What about the ExoPC? Windows 7, 4h battery life. See for yourself: http://www.exopc.com/
Ii recently had one of those in my hands for a few hours. Absolutely terrible performance. Laggy, slow, not very usable. Atom just does not cut it for this application.