HP EliteBook 2740p multitouch tablet hands-on
Posted on 01/19/2011 9:18:27 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Oh, hello. A trusted tipster just sent in these internal renders of HP / Palm's "Topaz" webOS tablet, which is one of two tablets currently being developed in Sunnyvale. That's right, two tablets: the 9-inch Topaz and a 7-inch model codnamed Opal -- a lineup that fits nicely into Palm's "Something big, Something small, Something beyond" tagline for its upcoming February 9th event. Looking at the render, we're seeing the no-button design we'd previously heard about (we're assuming the gesture area rotates with the display), a front-facing camera, a micro USB port on the bottom, and what appears to be a Vizio Tablet-style three speaker arrangement for stereo audio in both landscape and portrait modes -- that's two speakers along the left side and a third on the right. (That's just a guess, though.) We'd also note the back appears to be a glossy material, which might rule out a giant Touchstone for charging -- Touchstone backs have heretofore been soft-touch, but anything can change, we suppose.
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Update: We're told that they both have unspecified 1.2GHz processors,
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WebOS on a tablet....huh...anyone got experience with it?
HP’s webOS tablet: why is it special?
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The ink on HP’s press release was hardly dry when speculation about a webOS tablet began; by the time of their investors call, it was inevitable that they’d be peppered with questions about the possibility of Palm’s elegant OS on more sizeable hardware. For their part, beyond a tidbit promising they were looking at smartphones, slates and potential netbooks, HP are playing things close to their chest. Still, we’ve not been shy before in putting forward our opinion that webOS would make for a mighty fine tablet platform, which raises the question: exactly what needs to be done before a webOS slate could come true?
As Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein told us a few weeks ago, webOS was designed not as a pure smartphone platform but as a “mobile device OS”, suited to screen dimensions starting at cellphones and scaling up accordingly.
HP EliteBook 2740p multitouch tablet hands-on
I’ve been using WebOS on a Pre for the last six months. It’s hands down the most satisfying phone OS I’ve ever used. I couldn’t live without the multitasking at this point, and the gesture interface is very intuitive and easy to use. It’s a little sluggish out of the box, but they’ve made it insanely easy to overclock. I’ve been running it at 1.2ghz without a hiccup for the last month. Tons of homebrew support out there if that’s your thing, check out http://www.precentral.net
As for the Pre hardware- meh, I’ve had better. The screen is nice, but the keyboard is so-so and limited to portrait mode. The slide is cool looking but not well engineered. I’m ditching it the second Sprint gets a new WebOS device.
Touchstone charging is awesome, and another thing I can no longer live without. It’s rock solid in the car, and great for bedside alarm clock use.
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The great thing about WebOS is that it's also REAL LINUX so a lot of the MeeGo Qt apps could be ported to them as well. We already have most WebOS games working on the N900.
Not a tablet, but I did try the Verizon WebOS phone.
I never knew it was possible to hate an inanimate object as much, as intensely and with as much passion as I hated that phone. Despite the fact that Verizon bundled FREE hotspot capabilies into the phone (a $25/month value) - I paid $50 to return that phone - only to discover that Verizon was incapable of retracting my Contacts from the WebOS phone, and put them into a different phone.
Things that I considered automatic in a regular phone, were not present in the WebOS phone. Things like Speeddial, voice dial, or even being able to scroll to the "M" in my contact list were not available. I had to crawl through my contact list, starting with 'A' for every phone call. I could not set a 'Favorite' or 'Speed Dial' number.
The WebOS phone was one of the biggest contributors of my decision to leave Verizon and get the AT&T iPhone 4. Love the phone!! Hate the excruiating AT&T coverage. I can't reliably get data coverage at International Airports (Minneapolis, Denver, Salt Lake, Dulles, Baltimore, ect). I would think that an airport would have plenty of antennaes - and have fantastic reception. Not so for AT&T.
I will be among the throng selling my iPhone 4, and using the proceeds to terminate my AT&T contract early - and getting a Verizon iPhone. The iPhone is fantastic!!
Thanks for the info.
HP PalmPad leak hints at webOS features to come: Call forwarding (to slate?), app sharing
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Second, "seamlessly move app and content experiences" seems to imply that HP and Palm intend to use the cloud to allow you to do away with syncing and be able to start work (or a game) on one device and finish it on another. They could just be pointing out that you can get the same experience on multiple devices - but the hints in that netbook-name-dropping training video have us thinking there's something more ambitious planned. Think beyond, indeed.
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My experience with my WebOS Palm smartphone is exactly like the experience I had with Palm PDA’s. The software is outstanding, the hardware not so much. Since HP bought Palm I’m hoping the new hardware will be better, because I really like WebOS.
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