Not exact matches
He planned to let Palm's webOS software permeate the
company's various hardware lines, including PCs, phones and the much - publicized
TouchPad tablet.
The HP
TouchPad 4G is expected to be available only in 32 GB version since the
company has not mentioned the 16 GB or 64 GB variant of this
tablet.
So while the absence of the HP
TouchPad signifies one
tablet less for the consumers to consider, the
company continues to maintain a presence in the enterprise
tablet segment.
The
company's new
TouchPad tablet will run on Palm's WebOS 3.0, which was previously seen on the Palm Pre line of phones.
HP's new
tablet is built from the
company's history of computer devices, with the acquisition of Palm that delivers the operating system behind the
TouchPad.
Things are set up beautifully right now — Nook Color is selling well, the HP
TouchPad at $ 100 took off so fast that HP is thinking about un-killing the
TouchPad,
companies like Asus are selling half a million
Tablets a month (supposedly).
The
company should soon have fresh lot of
TouchPad tablets at its disposal.
Apart from being the first
tablet running Web OS, the
TouchPad is also important as HP's first
tablet from the California based
company.
Recently the the HP press conference held in San Francisco where the
company debuted its
TouchPad WebOS
tablet, and it had something very interesting underneath its hood.
The HP
TouchPad has finally seen the demand and lineups for the
Tablet that the
company had initially hoped for.
«
Tablet computing is a segment of the market that's relevant, absolutely,» Bradley said while also adding that the
company might go for providing the
TouchPad another lease of live.
While the
company canceled all current webOS smartphones and
tablets this summer, HP has continued to push out software updates for the million or so HP
TouchPads that had been sold.
JAPANESE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
COMPANY Sharp has decided to axe its 5.5 in and 10.8 in Galapagos
tablet range only nine months after launch, echoing HP's recent decision to abandon its
Touchpad.
HP already has drawn up grand plans with its 9.7 inch
TouchPad device though that isn't the only
tablet that the
company has lined up for a future release.
HP famously bought webOS and then brought a
tablet to market based on that Palm - developed platform, the
TouchPad, which ended up being a dismal failure that the
company shut down very quickly.
Bradley said the
company could resurrect HP's short - lived
TouchPad tablet computer, which was introduced on July 1 before being terminated only about six weeks later.
HP's
TouchPad liquidation sale says a lot about the
company, the
tablet market and its ability to keep an e-commerce site running.
In a memo that was sent out to HP affiliates today, the
company has announced that the price of the
TouchPad tablet will be reduced by 70 - 75 %!
HP
TouchPad is the first
tablet from the
company, running the latest HP WebOS 3.0, featuring 9.7 ″ display of the IPS - LCD kind with 768 × 1024 pixels of resolution, and «EZ - clean» oleophobic coating, «true multitasking,» Touch - to - share, 1.3 megapixels front - facing camera with support for video calling, 16 GB or 32 GB of on - board memory (no memory card slot), 1 GB DDR2 RAM, internal stereo speakers, Beats Audio technology, 6300mAh battery, integrated GPS, Amazon's Kindle e-book store, 802.11 b / g / n Wi - Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, A-GPS, HP Synergy, cloud syncing services.
The operating system runs the
company's
TouchPad tablet and a range of smartphones.
Bit of a surprise that the
TouchPad didn't follow the same suit as the other
tablet makers looking to take on Apple by including both a front and back camera but, on reflection, the
company picked the right one of the two.
Apart from the Reader, the WebStorage app, an instruction manual and
touchpad control software, the
company keeps its
tablet blissfully free of crapware, including only the Kindle app.
That's months after the
company introduces the
tablet to challenge Apple's iPad (and likely the expected iPad 2), Android 3.0 - based
tablets such as the Motorola Xoom and HP's
TouchPad, among others.
The tech world was not exactly blown away by HP's
TouchPad when the
company introduced the WiFi
tablet Feb. 10, but most analysts came away convinced the machine was a solid No. 2 entrant to chase Apple's iPad.
HP has announced that the
company's first ever webOS powered
tablet, HP
TouchPad will launch officially on July 1st in the USA for $ 499.99 (16 GB version) and $ 599.99 (32 GB version) respectively.
HP has already offered two limited - time sales on its
TouchPad tablet since it launched just last month, and now the
company has permanently shaved $ 100 from its
tablet's price tag.
The
company launched the HP
TouchPad in 2011 and discontinued the
tablet just two months later due to disappointing sales.
the HP
Touchpad is the latest one to join the big
tablet war and it is the first
tablet from the
company, running with latest WebOS 3.0.
Fusion Garage hasn't explained why the base price of the
tablet has dropped so much before the device even started to ship, but I wouldn't be surprised if it had something to do with the fact that HP's poor - selling
TouchPad tablet suddenly became a wild hit with bargain - hunting consumers when the
company canceled the product and dropped the price from $ 399 to $ 199.
Hours after news broke that Hewlett - Packard was considering a spin - off of its PC business, the
company also said that it will discontinue support for webOS devices, including the
TouchPad tablet.
Tags 4G Amazon Android Apple
companies gadgets Google HP Hutchison Whampoa INQ Kindle LG LTE Microsoft Mobile moconews Motorola
tablets technologies / formats
TouchPad webOS Windows Phone