The HP TouchPad uses Palm's unique WebOS interface and delivers Adobe Flash-enabled Web browsing
Beats audio enhancement
And impressive compatibility with third-party calendar
Messaging
And e-mail services.
Top-notch
Intuitive user interface. Fast performance. 9.7-inch
4
3 screen excellent for video and photos. Synergy features make integrating with social networks and websites easy. Strong Facebook app.
Topnotch
Intuitive user interface. Fast performance. 9.7inch
3 screen excellent for video and photos. Synergy features make integrating with social networks and websites easy. Strong Facebook app
WebOS 3.0 is slick
Solid Facebook and email apps
Touch compatibility with Pre 3
Terrificsounding audio
WebOS has a slick
Tabletfriendly design
WebOS is slick
Elegant
Works well with your online accounts
Very good display
Speakers
Supports inductive charging
Great look and feel. Slick operating system...
One of the first platforms to have a tabletoptimized Facebook app — take that
Apple. Pair with a Pre 3 or Veer smartphone to receive texts or calls on the tablet itself. JustType navigation bar allows for quick device search from the home screen
Great multitasking & notification systems
Plentiful TouchPad optimized apps in the App Catalog
Unique webOS interface
Adobe Flash-enabled Web browsing
Beats Audio.
Performance
Multitasking
Screen quality.
Unique design
Decent performance
Intuitive interface
Excellent display
Loud speakers
Polished and easy to use
Excellent messaging and social media integration
Great multitasker
Solid construction
Elegant multitasking
Synergy integration
Nice display
Decent battery life
Intuitive and unique OS
Great screen size and shape
WebOS' ease of use and multitasking
"Synergy" with many web-based services
Solidly built and comfortable to hold
Secure operating system
Good interface
Great sound.
The editors didn't like
The TouchPad has a thick
Smudgy design
Offers no rear camera or HD video capture
Includes a limited app selection
And its unique cards system of multitasking isn't as fully utilized as it could be.
App is selection is limited at launch. No rear-facing camera or video-recording capabilities. Screen sometimes needs multiple taps. Almost twice as thick as the iPad 2.
App is selection is limited at launch. No rearfacing camera or videorecording capabilities. Screen sometimes needs multiple taps. Almost twice as thick as the iPad 2.
Bulky hardware
Occasionally spotty performance
Very limited app selection
Slow performance
Limited functionality
Poor app selection
Thick body
Buggy
Few native apps
Long boot time
No rear camera
No MicroSD card slot
Too few apps. Processor slow to open appsLook and Feel...
No backfacing camera means no awkward tablet picturetaking
For better or for worse. Beta version of Flash runs like an alpha version of Flash. No SD card slot means no room for easy expansion. Bundled QuickOffice app has difficulty displaying Google Docs. No tabbed browsing? For shame.
The HP TouchPad did not stand up to expectations, so much that it died before getting a chance to be improved. We express our deepest condolences to the Palm team who invented the brilliant webOS user interface. Besides a less sexy design than the com...
Abstract: It was an interesting week for prospective tablet buyers, as HP all at once decided to discontinue WebOS and all products based on it, following with a firesale of the failed HP TouchPad. The 32GB version was marked down from $499 to $149, and the 16GB...
Abstract: by Daniel Rasmus Regardless of if WebOS continues to exist to not, the HP TouchPad offered some lessons that Microsoft and Android developers, including Google, should heed. Failure is always a teaching moment, but rather than focus on what HP did ...
Apple's iOS and Google's Android aren't the only operating systems choices in the tablet market. HP recently joined the fray with webOS. See how its TouchPad tablet stacks up to the competition and what really sets it apart from the rest of the pack. I...
Decent battery life, Intuitive and unique OS, Great screen size and shape
No rear camera, webOS is sluggish, App design is sloppy, Tries too hard to mimic the iPad, Heavy and bulky, Fingerprint magnet
If HP can speed up the TouchPad and build the app library up more, we think there is a future for the platform, but for now, we'd still opt for an iPad or Android tablet. ...
Great multitasking & notification systems, Plentiful TouchPad optimized apps in the App Catalog,
Abundance of performance issues with the platform, Inability to shoot photos & videos, Display is on the dim side
There’s no video out, which on its face is a huge mistake. That will limit how much penetration the TouchPad can get; without video out, it’s not going to be the ideal product for sales teams to take to offices and show off. Perhaps that’s going to co...
Abstract: Tools: I will be the first to admit it I own an iPhone, owned an iPad but could care less about Apple. On the other had I really like HP and I think Palm is ok. So when the HP Palm aquasition was announced a flurry of thoughts ran though my head. Co...
I actually enjoyed my time with the HP TouchPad. When it came to surfing the web, and sending email it easily compares if not exceeds other tablets on the market. Its Achilles heal has to be the app selection. Sure it will get better over time, but it’...
