Comments on: HP TouchPad enters fray http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 06:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1023232 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1023232 My printer-before-last was an HP. Worked great, lasted for years. When it finally died, I got another HP. Worst piece of crap ever. It wouldn't function with its own software. Straight to the trash. My printer-before-last was an HP. Worked great, lasted for years. When it finally died, I got another HP. Worst piece of crap ever. It wouldn’t function with its own software. Straight to the trash.

]]> By: tim http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1023245 tim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1023245 <blockquote>There was an interesting surprise at HP's press conference, too: WebOS will also be made available for PCs.</blockquote> .. for as long as it takes for microsoft to point out that they will stop letting HP have Windows unless it goes away.

There was an interesting surprise at HP’s press conference, too: WebOS will also be made available for PCs.

.. for as long as it takes for microsoft to point out that they will stop letting HP have Windows unless it goes away.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1023505 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1023505 Heh, WebOS... without spelling the O and S as single letters, it reads "webos" a phonetically equivalent of the spanish word "huevos" (eggs) which by the way, in México is a slang for... well... testicles. Me and my co workers laughed so hard... Heh, WebOS… without spelling the O and S as single letters, it reads “webos” a phonetically equivalent of the spanish word “huevos” (eggs) which by the way, in México is a slang for… well… testicles.

Me and my co workers laughed so hard…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1023251 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1023251 Very novel. Very novel.

]]> By: ben http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1023522 ben Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1023522 I thought that smallest phone was a gag at first. But now I'm really excited about it, looks real nice to me. I haven't seen much in the way of actual form factor innovation in the smart phone world and this is a nice change of pace, and an interesting proof of concept if it goes over well in the market. I thought that smallest phone was a gag at first. But now I’m really excited about it, looks real nice to me. I haven’t seen much in the way of actual form factor innovation in the smart phone world and this is a nice change of pace, and an interesting proof of concept if it goes over well in the market.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1023267 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1023267 Honestly, that demo video makes me want to buy an iPad. Honestly, that demo video makes me want to buy an iPad.

]]> By: warreno http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1023018 warreno Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1023018 I really hope they do this, and that it works. If WebOS actually does manage to live up to the hype, if their tablet is decent, and if it ports to the desktop, we'll have a whole new, and interesting, software field out there, ideally one that puts more emphasis on user experience than on nerds' personal fetishes. What I mean by that is if WebOS has the same kind of presentation as iOS/OSX, things might get very interesting indeed. Imagine being able to spend an entire week without having to use a stylus or a command line. Imagine using desktop software that just gets the hell out of your way and lets you work. Now imagine having all of that on a non-Apple device. I'm writing this, BTW, on a 27" iMac, with my phone and pad sitting right beside it. I like Apple, but I also like worthy competition. I really hope they do this, and that it works. If WebOS actually does manage to live up to the hype, if their tablet is decent, and if it ports to the desktop, we’ll have a whole new, and interesting, software field out there, ideally one that puts more emphasis on user experience than on nerds’ personal fetishes.

What I mean by that is if WebOS has the same kind of presentation as iOS/OSX, things might get very interesting indeed. Imagine being able to spend an entire week without having to use a stylus or a command line. Imagine using desktop software that just gets the hell out of your way and lets you work. Now imagine having all of that on a non-Apple device.

I’m writing this, BTW, on a 27″ iMac, with my phone and pad sitting right beside it. I like Apple, but I also like worthy competition.

]]> By: jfrancis http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1023059 jfrancis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1023059 What about the one from India - the Adam, I think? What about the one from India – the Adam, I think?

]]> By: pro player http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1164132 pro player Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164132 It's going to be a revolution of the whole world of gamers, it's going to be big I could not wait to see what games stretch for this platform. Here's a post I wrote where I review some possible scenarios regarding this platform. http://progamerworld.blogspot.com/2011/07/video-games-in-future-gamer-plea.html It’s going to be a revolution of the whole world of gamers, it’s going to be big I could not wait to see what games stretch for this platform.
Here’s a post I wrote where I review some possible scenarios regarding this platform.

http://progamerworld.blogspot.com/2011/07/video-games-in-future-gamer-plea.html

]]> By: geekd http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1023078 geekd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1023078 "without having to use ... a command line" Some of us actually prefer it, and use it by choice. :) “without having to use … a command line”

Some of us actually prefer it, and use it by choice. :)

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1023361 Michael Smith Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1023361 I am interested in the idea of having WebOS on three types of devices. HP could offer a UI with absolutely seamless integration between devices on all scales. Imagine being able to drag an unsaved document directly from your PC desktop to a phone or tablet and continue working on it later with its state perfectly replicated on a different device. I am interested in the idea of having WebOS on three types of devices. HP could offer a UI with absolutely seamless integration between devices on all scales. Imagine being able to drag an unsaved document directly from your PC desktop to a phone or tablet and continue working on it later with its state perfectly replicated on a different device.

]]> By: haineux http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1022873 haineux Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022873 1) "Summer" 2) "No announced price" Wake me when I can buy one. Mean time, it does, actually, look interesting. Sorta like a mirage. 1) “Summer”

2) “No announced price”

Wake me when I can buy one. Mean time, it does, actually, look interesting. Sorta like a mirage.

]]> By: DrPretto http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1022878 DrPretto Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022878 I like the Touchpad, but Motorola Xoom with Android Honeycomb 3.0 still is better. Touchpad doesn't include back camera, Xoom has one of 5.0 MP. I like the Touchpad, but Motorola Xoom with Android Honeycomb 3.0 still is better.
Touchpad doesn’t include back camera, Xoom has one of 5.0 MP.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1022881 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022881 "Enters fray" and "out later this year" seem mutually exclusive. Particularly since no pricing information is available, it's not real. “Enters fray” and “out later this year” seem mutually exclusive. Particularly since no pricing information is available, it’s not real.

]]> By: kagemeister http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1022889 kagemeister Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022889 I want the really tiny one on the left. I want the really tiny one on the left.

]]> By: alexv http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1023145 alexv Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1023145 "Out until later this year" - meaning it will be unceremoniously dropped soon after it's introduced. “Out until later this year” – meaning it will be unceremoniously dropped soon after it’s introduced.

]]> By: DrPretto http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1022890 DrPretto Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022890 Motorola Xoom display = 1280 x 800 Look at this Touchpad vs iPad vs Xoom vs Playbook specs comparison chart on Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-vs-ipad-vs-xoom-vs-playbook-the-tale-of-the-tape/ Now iPad has some good challengers. Motorola Xoom display = 1280 x 800
Look at this Touchpad vs iPad vs Xoom vs Playbook specs comparison chart on Engadget:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-vs-ipad-vs-xoom-vs-playbook-the-tale-of-the-tape/
Now iPad has some good challengers.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1022903 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022903 Wake me when somebody figures out how to make a tablet that's 8.5x11. Kno have apparently shat the bed, so no, they don't count. Wake me when somebody figures out how to make a tablet that’s 8.5×11.

Kno have apparently shat the bed, so no, they don’t count.

]]> By: geekd http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1022910 geekd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022910 This is not coming out until summer, when, presumably, iPad 2 will already be available. So keep in mind, this is not competing with the iPad, but with the unknown iPad 2. Also, we don't know it's price. So, really, we won't know the shape of the "pad" market for summer 2011, until summer 2011. This is not coming out until summer, when, presumably, iPad 2 will already be available. So keep in mind, this is not competing with the iPad, but with the unknown iPad 2.

Also, we don’t know it’s price.

So, really, we won’t know the shape of the “pad” market for summer 2011, until summer 2011.

]]> By: allen http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1022911 allen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022911 Heheh, good. Mac fans aren't happy unless they can complain about how some company stole Apples' ideas, and that pad looks very similar to the ipad. Maybe it's key differences will just be an independence from Itunes and support for multiple data carriers. Heheh, good. Mac fans aren’t happy unless they can complain about how some company stole Apples’ ideas, and that pad looks very similar to the ipad. Maybe it’s key differences will just be an independence from Itunes and support for multiple data carriers.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1023170 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1023170 Competition is good, but I probably still won't buy a tablet until someone makes one that supports a pressure sensitive stylus so I can use it as a true digital sketchpad. Competition is good, but I probably still won’t buy a tablet until someone makes one that supports a pressure sensitive stylus so I can use it as a true digital sketchpad.

]]> By: tamgoddess http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1022915 tamgoddess Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022915 What is with the perspective, here? The tiny one looks like it's the size of a grape. It's actually the size of a credit card. Photography fail. What is with the perspective, here? The tiny one looks like it’s the size of a grape. It’s actually the size of a credit card. Photography fail.

]]> By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1023953 Halloween Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1023953 I've known some adults with remarkably small, almost childlike hands, who might be able to work with the Veer. Maybe it's going to be marketed to children? I’ve known some adults with remarkably small, almost childlike hands, who might be able to work with the Veer. Maybe it’s going to be marketed to children?

]]> By: robulus http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1022932 robulus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022932 No that's full size. Their tablet is four feet long. No that’s full size. Their tablet is four feet long.

]]> By: robulus http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1022933 robulus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022933 Actually it sort of looks more like OSX than iOS. Actually it sort of looks more like OSX than iOS.

]]> By: i_prefer_yeti http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1022934 i_prefer_yeti Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022934 Mugatu has been using the Veer for a month now. Tiny is so hot right now. Mugatu has been using the Veer for a month now. Tiny is so hot right now.

]]> By: ikelleigh http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1022945 ikelleigh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022945 Dumb. They are essentially competing with last year's iPad, so yes these specs make it look better. They would have been wise to wait a couple of months for confirmed specs on the iPad 2 and compete with THIS year's model. Otherwise this is just another one of those "Hey we can make pad computers too!" announcements that make some of these companies appear less relevant. Dumb. They are essentially competing with last year’s iPad, so yes these specs make it look better.

They would have been wise to wait a couple of months for confirmed specs on the iPad 2 and compete with THIS year’s model.

Otherwise this is just another one of those “Hey we can make pad computers too!” announcements that make some of these companies appear less relevant.

]]> By: bklynma http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1022950 bklynma Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022950 Really? Who wants a phone that tiny? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWTaS-GaBmA Really? Who wants a phone that tiny?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWTaS-GaBmA

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1023464 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1023464 To this day I still can't comprehend why HP abandonned the 2005 TC-1100 tablet design. If they would have kept it evolving HP would have beaten the Ipad like 3 years before its birth. Last week one of my two HP average laptop died, and I wont ressucitate it. I have one last HP laptop left and everyday I refrain from throwing it through the window. HP has stop innovating years ago, now theyre just followers, and in a mediocre way too. Today being a huge company doesnt guarantee survival, you need to be ahead of the pack. This model is a shameful example of how HP is barely following new techs, and poorly competing... Amazes me that i'm wondering... humm does this have a headphone jack? does it do bluetooth 3? Boooh. Digital regression... Nothing more... To this day I still can’t comprehend why HP abandonned the 2005 TC-1100 tablet design. If they would have kept it evolving HP would have beaten the Ipad like 3 years before its birth. Last week one of my two HP average laptop died, and I wont ressucitate it. I have one last HP laptop left and everyday I refrain from throwing it through the window. HP has stop innovating years ago, now theyre just followers, and in a mediocre way too. Today being a huge company doesnt guarantee survival, you need to be ahead of the pack. This model is a shameful example of how HP is barely following new techs, and poorly competing…

Amazes me that i’m wondering… humm does this have a headphone jack? does it do bluetooth 3?

Boooh.

Digital regression… Nothing more…

]]> By: tyger11 http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-enters-f.html#comment-1022960 tyger11 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022960 Apple & other tablet makers: wide screen or GTFO/DIAF. Apple & other tablet makers: wide screen or GTFO/DIAF.

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