Topnotch, intuitive user interface. Fast performance. 9.7inch, 4:3 screen excellent for video and photos. Synergy features make integrating with social networks and websites easy. Strong Facebook app,
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.
The HP TouchPad is the most worthy competitor to the top-of-the-tablet-heap Apple iPad. There's room for improvement, but webOS 3.0 has the secret ingredient that iOS has always had, and that Google's Honeycomb still seems to lack: It's fun and simple ...
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Published: 2011-06-30, Author: Donald , review by: cnet.com
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
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
The TouchPad would have made a great competitor for the original iPad, but its design, features, and speed put it behind today's crop of tablet heavyweights.
Published: 2011-06-29, Author: matt , review by: gizmodo.com
Sponsored, The major concepts and foundations for an amazing tablet are there, and they're all genuinely innovative and fantastic. Cards may be the perfect metaphor for multitasking. Notifications are excellent. So's the Twitter for iPad-like sliding pane
Advertisement, There's no nice way to say this: Shit just plain doesn't work, far more often than it should. And there's no more guaranteed way to make something feel like a train wreck in slow motion than to make it run like it's a train wreck in slow mo
Youre stepping on my dreams, HP. The TouchPad is so close, closer than anything else, to being good. But its also very, very far from it.AdvertisementLook, give this thing six months. It could be amazing. If its not by then, well, I guess that says eve...
WebOS is a capable third (or fourth) entrant into the mobile OS race. As with Duckie, however, I worry that the average Molly Ringwald will go with the popular Blaine rather than the loyal and arguably better school nerd. I don't agree that the TouchPad w...
Like most other tablets on the market right now, I’m far more excited about the device’s potential than I am about the product I have in my hands today. Honeycomb could be great with a visual overhaul, more attention to detail and some unique, defining...
The first WebOS tablet gets some things right, but stumbles more than it succeeds. HP TouchPad Review: Not Ready for the Tablet Big Leagues HP TouchPad Review, by Melissa J. Perenson June 29, 2011 Hewlett-Packard is the latest PC maker to jump into ta...
Multitasking-friendly interface, Powerful Beats Audio speakers, Integrated Skype video calling, Time-saving Just Type feature, Keyboard has dedicated number row, Can send and receive texts and phone calls when paired with webOS phone
Sluggish, buggy performance, Heavy and smudge-prone design, Lackluster apps/game selection, Below-average battery life, No tabbed browsing, Can't yet edit or create Office documents
This is going to sound like a broken record, but the TouchPad is yet another tablet that feels unfinished. The interface is more elegant and intuitive than what you'll find on Android Honeycomb tablets, and we appreciate the time-saving features such a...
Oh, happy day, when one first receives a device that's been eagerly anticipated for months. Sad, sad day when that device fails to live up to one's expectations. We all wanted the TouchPad to really compete, to give us a compelling third party to join the...
See Also, HP TouchPad Tablet Lands in Stores July 1, First Look: HP's Untouchable TouchPad Tablet, Let's Get Small: HP's Tiny WebOS Smartphone, HP Launches WebOSPowered Tablet, Phones, GLab: HP TouchPad Tablet, Android Honeycomb, Verizon iPhone, HP Touch
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
Abstract: The HP TouchPad brings the highly rated Smartphone WebOS operating system to a tablet PC. It's a very user-friendly way of interacting with a tablet. But the software is let down by a sluggish performance on the hardware.There are three market leading ope...
