HP Touch Pad -- Would You Like to Have One?

Now what? Will our planet be filled with lots of tablet computers nowadays? Don't bother thinking because that is business competition.

I know you already heard about Apple Inc.'s iPad, right? Now, iPad is not the same as iPod, although these words can be pronounced similarly. iPod is a music player while the iPad is a tablet computer, which can also play music files apart from having the capacity to perform like desktop computers and laptops. The only advantage of having a tablet computer rather having a desktop computer is mobility and size.

Let us not talk about iPad here because we are going to focus on HP Touch Pad. I guess Hewlett Packard (HP) and Apple seems to be of close of competition, not to mention Microsoft Corp.  Oh and by the way, Samsung has also released its series of Galaxy tablets.

In this post, I will share to you some thoughts about HP Touch Pad. The following is the complete specifications of HP Touch Pad, which was released in the U.S.  last July 1, 2011.

Input and Screen

• 9.7 inch (25 cm) XGA capacitive and multitouch screen
• 1024x768 display resolution
• resizable virtual keyboard

Operating System

• powered by HP webOS 3.0- a type of proprietary mobile operating system that runs in a Linux kernel
• CPU - Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-CPU APQ8060 1.2 Ghz

Connectivity

• installed with an Atheros chipset
• supports Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• supports Bluetooth 2.1 + Enhanced Data Rates (EDR)
• supports 3G and 4G technologies

Battery and Power

• 6300 mAh rechargeable battery

Storage

• Interal Memory: 16 GB or 32 GB
• External Memory: 1 GB

Audio

• A2DP stero Bluetooth
• internal stereo speakers  powered by Beats Audio, a series f headphones/speakers created by hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre

Camera

• 1.3 megapixel (MP)

Weight: 740 grams (a bit heavier than iPad 3G)

Dimension: 240mm (width) by 190mm (height) by 13.7mm (depth)

HP Touch Pad is quite similar to iPad. What's promising in this sort of tablet is its operating system, the webOS. WebOS is operating system is the successor to the Palm OS. It is famous for its multitasking capacities, open architecture, and Web 2.0 technologies.

This tablet computer has also received a couple of positive reviews. The question is:  will HP Touch Pad be as popular as iPad, which has already sold about 25 million copies as of June 6, 2011.

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