HP TouchPad :Review

Well, the wishes have finally been realised in the HP TouchPad, a 9.7-inch tablet running webOS 3.0. It's powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor, with 16GB or 32GB of storage. It comes in at £399 for the 16GB version and £479 for the 32GB model – a pound-for-pound match with the equivalent iPad models.

However, the TouchPad has a few tricks up its sleeve that separate it from the iPad. It's got support for Adobe Flash built in, a standard USB connector for charging or connecting to your computer, Beats Audio-powered stereo speakers and wireless charging using HP's Touchstone technology. The latter of these also allows you to simply touch the soon-to-be-released Pre 3against the TouchPad to transfer websites back and forth between them.

Physically, the TouchPad doesn't stray far from the mould set by the iPad and adopted by the rest of the tablet world. An all-black glass front houses the 9.7-inch multi-touch screen, which has a resolution of 1024 x 768. Above it (in portrait) is a 1.3MP front-facing camera. There's no rear camera on the TouchPad.

HP TouchPad Tablet key features :

• 9.7 inch touchscreen display
• HP WebOS 3.0
• 1.2 GHz Dual Core processor
• 1.3 mega-pixel front camera (there is not rear camera)
• Wi-Fi n
• 16/32GB storage
• Beats audio technology
• HP Touchstone support

HP TouchPad Tablet specifications :

• 9.7-inch XGA capacitive, multi-touch screen with a vibrant 18-bit color, 1024×768 resolution display
• Operating System : HP Web OS
• HP Touchstone for TouchPad
• Weight : 740 grams
• Dimensions : 240x190x13.7mm
• Processor : Dual Core CPU 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8060 1.2GHz
• Front-facing 1.3 megapixel webcam for Video calling
• Stereo speakers
• 6300 mAh Battery
• 3.5mm audio jack
• microUSB connector
• Wireless LAN : 802.11b/g/n WiFi
• A-GPS (3G models only)
• Bluetooth 2.1+EDR with A2DP
• Memory : 16 GB or 32GB
• Audio formats: DRM-free MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR, QCELP, WAV
• Video formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264
• gyroscope, accelerometer, compass, light sensor
• Google Docs, QuickOffice, Dropbox and Box.net compatibility
• Email : Microsoft Exchange email with Microsoft Direct Push Technology POP3/IMAP (Yahoo! Mail, Gmail , AOL, Hotmail , etc.)
• Browser with Full Flash support
• Features Synergy which can sync all your personal information easily
• Accessories
  • Case / stand
  • Wireless keyboard
  • Touchstone dock – enables all of the wireless communication magic between webOS devices
• HP Synergy, a slick virtual keyboard
• VPN support, wireless printing