The best second-best tablet

Source: http://Arstechnica.com

The Good:

  • Many features of webOS—Just Type, threaded messaging, Pivot—make the TouchPad awesome to use
  • Card interface makes it easy to manage open applications
  • Internal hardware allows for smooth operation
  • App selection is sizeable, and Pivot may encourage developers to pursue a spotlight that isn’t based on sales numbers
  • Stereo speakers provide great sound

The Bad:

  • Form factor is heavy and chunky-feeling
  • On-screen is a little small to comfortably type on
  • No rear camera or photo/video-taking applications
  • Phone-optimized webOS apps can’t be enlarged
  • Lack of external video options hinder it in a supplementary role, an increasingly popular use for tablets

The Ugly:

  • Flash video performance is crippling and unacceptable
  • The way opening apps and cards integrate can quickly create a mess on the homescreen
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Rumor Mill: HP’s Touchpad in June For $499

Ya you have heard it… or it may be a rumor…Says a HP source on this matter

If this rumor turns out to be true..then i feel personnaly that the tablet war will exactly start from june 2011..here’s why

  • Web Os Rocks..(Color me a HP PR guy)
  • Touch pad will emerge as a true Ipad contender as only HP controls Web Os and only Hp release Web Os tablets like Apple
    • All android tablets are  fighting  itself for the top android tablet  and with ipad(Means Fragmentation by the words of Steve Jobs)
    • Hp’s Marketing strategy..this company sells 2 Pc’s and 2 printers every second…So we all know its capacity
    • A $499 price point would be a killer as all android tablet makers are scratching their groin to reduce their price to $499

    But What happens if this is just a rumor??

    Time Will tell who will be the best Ipad killer(I mean it no body can kill ipad that easily unless Steve jobs does himself )

    Update :

    Look @ this one from  arstechnica

    See more on Touchpad here : Touchpad

    And One more thing..Did you heard that Rim’s tablet…I hope steve jobs was correct as 7 inch tablets as DOA(Dead on Arrival).Its a proven fact that even samsung which released a 7 inch tablet is changin their strategy to a 8.9 inch tablet..

    Final Point:-

    2011  is the year of Ipad2 which wont face any competition from 780’s plus tablets other than touch pad

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