HP TouchPad 4G Specification
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Screen and input
The HP TouchPad includes a 9.7 diagonal multitouch capacitive touch screen. The
screen resolution is the same as the iPad's at
1024 by 768 pixels. Similar to most tablets on the market, the TouchPad utilizes a glossy display for deeper blacks, purer whites and richer colors. Certain people choose to use a stylus as their primary input method, which is why a capacitive stylus is available for separate purchase. Unlike other tablets with fixed virtual keyboards, the TouchPad opts for a more functional resizable keyboard. There are four sizes to pick from including
Xtra-Small, Small, Medium and Large. The TouchPad is also the only tablet with a number row on top of the common QWERTY layout for an easier access.
The TouchPad retains it's simplicity and has only three separate physical buttons. It has the sleep/wake button on the top right for bringing the
TouchPad in and out of sleep.. The TouchPad also has a home button at the very bottom of the front which launches the card view or the app launcher. This function can also be performed by swiping up from the bottom of the screen bezel. Finally, there is a set of volume rockers at the right of the device for adjusting system sounds or media volume. Similar to the iPad, users are able to hold the power button and the home button together to create a screen snapshot.
The
HP TouchPad is a tablet computer developed, and designed by Hewlett-Packard[1].
The TouchPad is aimed to be a primary contender to the infamous Apple iPad 2, and the Android Tablets available. Because of the fact that the TouchPad runs HP webOS, it has the same card multitasking found in the Palm Pre 2, HP Veer, and HP Pre 3 including the revered "stack" feature.
[2] The TouchPad also has an unobtrusive drop down notification system, which silently alerts you of any new email, alerts, or updates. Due to webOS's open nature, Homebrew's Preware application lets the user modify most of the software's features.
[3] The TouchPad has the second largest tablet app store with 400 tablet optimized applications at launch, and it is acclaimed to have the best quality apps available of any platforms. The TouchPad can also run most of the 6000+ apps available for the Pre phones in a small phone emulator. The TouchPad is the only tablet with a native FaceBook application.
[4] The HP TouchPad was launched on July 1, 2011 in the US, and July 15 in
Canada, UK, France, and Germany. The ATT 4G HSPA+ versions of the TouchPad is scheduled for release in the near future. The HP TouchPad is one of many new tablets to optimized a multi-touch, capacitive touchscreen which works great with webOS. One of the many features that sets the TouchPad apart is "Touch to Share." This feature allows the Pre 3 and the Veer to share information such as websites by touching their sensors with the TouchPad's sensors. Unlike the iPad, the TouchPad is able to receive calls and text messages sent to any webOS powered phone. This is possible because both the TouchPad and the webOS phones use the same Palm Profile, allowing the webOS phones to forward any incoming messages on to the tablet.
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5] One thing to note is that the TouchPads do not have a phone radio, thus they are unable to receive phone calls or texts by itself. Largely due to the criticism that Palm received for their advertising of the Pre phones, HP has stepped up their advertisement strategy. This new strategy includes the endorsement of the HP TouchPad by the British comedian, and actor Russell Brand.
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BATTERY
- Standard battery, Li-Ion
- Stand-by
- Talk time
Introductory price --- US$499.99 (16GB), US$599.99 (32GB)
GENERAL
- Type Tablet Computer
- 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- 3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
- Announced 2011, July
- Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2011, Q3
FEATURES
OS HP webOS
CPU 1.5 GHz dual-core processor
Messaging Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML
Radio No
Games Yes
Colors Black
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes
- Touchstone technology
- Digital compass
- SNS applications
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
- MP4/H.264/H.263 player
- Organizer
- Document viewer/editor
- Adobe Flash support
- Predictive text input
SIZE
- Dimensions - 240 mm (9.4 in) (w)
- 190 mm (7.5 in) (h)
- 13.7 mm (0.54 in) (d)
- Weight - 740 grams
CAMERA
- 1.3 MP HD front-facing camera
- Primary Yes
- Video Yes
- Secondary Yes
DISPLAY
9.7 in (
25 cm) XGA capacitive, multitouch screen; 18-bit color, 1024 × 768 px display
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 768 x 1024 pixels, 9.7 inches
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Multi-touch input method
- Gyroscope sensor
DATA
- GPRS Yes
- EDGE Yes
- 3G HSPA+
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- 4G HSPA+ variants
- Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
- WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
- Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
- Infrared port No
- USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
SOUND
- Alert types N/A
- Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
- 3.5mm jack Yes
MEMORY
- 1 GB DDr2
- Phonebook Practically unlimited entries
- Call records N/A
- Internal 32 GB storage
- Card slot No
