Not exact matches
They might have lost a boatload of money with buying WEBOS for two billion dollars, and lost money on the
hardware as well, but everyone knows the word
TouchPad now.
But do the
hardware and software work
as well together
as Apple's tablet, and can the
TouchPad compete with the horde of Android - powered slates out there?
As for
hardware, the
TouchPad uses a dual - core 1.2 Ghz Snapdragon processor, 9.7 ″ 1024 × 768 LED display, and has a mini-usb port and headphone jack.
Those that still own
TouchPad tablet will fare better,
as it can be turned into a very capable Android tablet that can run every Android version up to KitKat with full
hardware support for wireless charging and the front facing camera.
And manufacturers do get this choice — when creating a laptop with a Synaptics
touchpad, manufacturers can choose to configure that same piece of
hardware as a precision
touchpad or use the legacy approach.
The software has a feature that will let you use your device
as a virtual
touchpad and keyboard for a PC, and they will also support Android's neural network API to let developers make full use of
hardware acceleration for machine learning applications.
The same goes for the Precision
touchpad, which is brilliant both for the drivers
as well
as the
hardware design.
The non-final
hardware has a simple four - button pad where the eventual controller will have a color touchscreen, but you can certainly see how the twin
touchpads hold up
as analog stick alternatives.