HP TouchPad Wi-Fi 32 GB 9.7-Inch Tablet Computer
Store more files on the go and get more done with the HP TouchPad Wi-Fi 32GB, a tablet designed to work like you do. Connect, play, surf and share more easily. Organize your related activities into card stacks on the brilliant 9.7-inch diagonal LED backlit multitouch display. Enjoy websites with Adobe® Flash® content and hear music the way the artists intended it to be heard with Beats Audio. You can also use the front-facing camera and microphone for live video calling. HP webOS helps you multitask seamlessly.
Sign in to your online accounts and this HP tablet pulls information together automatically. See your Face book friends’ birthdays in your contacts, compare work and personal calendars side by side, and view your work and personal e-mails together or separately. Just Type lets you create messages, search the web and more without launching an app first. Receive notifications of new messages, e-mails and events without interrupting what’s on your screen.
Plus, charge this HP tablet wirelessly using the optional HP Touchstone Charging Dock. The HP TouchPad Wi-Fi 32GB also works better together with other HP webOS devices: Touch to share websites with your HP Pre3 or Veer Smartphone.
HP Synergy
Get contacts, calendars, messages, photos, and email automatically synced from sources like Facebook,® Google,™ and Microsoft® Exchange.1
Keep multiple email accounts open at once
View work and personal messages together or separately1
Just Type
Simply start typing to search the web, update your status, or begin just about anything.2 Think about what you want to do, not how you have to do it.
Entertainment Everywhere
Download movies and TV shows, play games, listen to music, read books and magazines, and view photos.3
Browse the full web with blazing speed, as well as support for the latest web technologies, including Adobe Flash2,4
Hear music the way the artist intended with Beats Audio™—only from HP
Video Calling
Have a face-to-face conversation on a large, vibrant screen.5
Bought this from Amazon, as always got it quick. My back ground is I've owned an IPAD and asus windows tablet. After trying them out I was still unsatisfied with the products. It wasn't providing me what I was looking for. I wanted a tablet with good battery life, good aps, experience the 'real' web, do some entertainment (videos, games, music), keep myself connected with social media, and finally do some note taking for work/ everyday things. Looking at the reviews and the advertisements I gave the HP Touchpad a go.
The Breakdown based on a few days exp:
OS: A +
HP OS is probably the highest point in this tablet.
Synergy makes the whole multitasking a breezy and keeps everything in synch. The whole process to get connected with your email, facebook, and calendar is simple.
* You can just do lots of things out of the box, no need to go hunting for apps.
* No Icons Everywhere in the home screen.
* You can browse the WHOLE internet without having black screens because of "missing a plugin".
APPs: B-
HP App market is lacking. You could take in to account that it just launched and will have more coming. If you patient you'll start seeing new ones every week. From whats available NOW you can manage. There are games and several productivity apps worth checking out.
Hardware: B-
* This is the weakest thing for me for the Hp Touchpad. Every Tablet in the market right now has : front /back camera, expandable memory slot, hdmi output, and Real USB connections.
* HP TP has front camera, max 32 gb memory, and one micro usb connection. WTF... Lacking big time.
* If your like me that likes options for inputs/outputs this is a low blow.
* Screen for HP TP is great, all the pictures and videos look nice and I think the resolution is fine. The touch response is good too.
* Battery is good too. 5-6 hours . If you leave it on all night it will get low on battery. Not much standby power.
Price: B-
* The majority of tablets are 300-499 range. The 32 gb TP is ~560 bucks in amazon. Hardware wise its not worth that. A little too steep for the competition.
* Conclusion: HP Touch's operating system could just be the seller here for people that are in search for something friendly and do real multitasking. Or people that didn't like android or iOS.
* Price and Hardware are big negatives. Probably the best thing is get this when the price drops under 450 or wait for second Generation.
* You just got to see what is important to you and what specifically you "need" in a your tablet.
Here are some positives:
* +HP gave a 50 buck credit for apps
* +free box.net 50 gb of space online
* + found preware homebrew community that releases apps and anything you can think of to add a whole different experience . They have a app to overclock the CPU :-)
* +new apps added weekly
* +noticed faster internet and processing with updates
With the touchpad being cheaper. Give this a try. Support will be there for a while because over 250k of units are out there and HP is making more. Developers love the touchpad.