HP TouchPad WebOS Tablet Price, Release & Review

The latest HP TouchPad WebOS 3.0-based tablet is coming to the market sooner than expected and here we will give you the news covering the price, release and a review.

DiGiTimes and Barrons have reported that HP (Hewlett-Packard) is going to start selling the new HP TouchPad in April and it’s price is rumoured to be around about $699 according to Rethink Wireless, if this is the final price do you think it is a reasonable or a little too expensive considering the specs and features within?


HP is apparently going to get shipments in the region of about 4-5 million TouchPad WebOS 3.0-based tablet PC units in 2011.

The tablet will feature 1024 by 768 with aspect ratio of 4:3 (9.7-inch) display made of Corning Gorilla Glass, 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8060 processor, 1GB of RAM and buyers will have a choice of 16GB and a 32GB versions.

HP TouchPad features and specs

• HP webOS
• High-speed connectivity⁽¹⁾
• Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-CPU APQ8060 1.2-GHz processor
• 9.7-inch diagonal XGA
  capacitive, multitouch screen with a vibrant, 18-bit color, 1,024 x 768
  resolution display
• The option of either 16
  GB or 32 GB of internal storage⁽¹⁴⁾
• High-performance browser
  with full access to the web, including support for Adobe Flash Player 10.1
  beta for access to rich, Flash-based web content⁽¹⁾
• Wireless connectivity:
  • Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n with
    WPA, WPA2, WEP, 802.1X authentication⁽¹⁾
  • A-GPS (3G only)⁽¹⁰⁾
  • Bluetooth® wireless
    technology 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support
• Multimedia options,
  including music, photos, video recording and playback, and a 3.5 mm
  headset/headphone/microphone jack
  • Internal stereo speakers
    and Beats Audio
  • Front-facing 1.3-megapixel
    webcam for live video calling⁽¹¹⁾
• Email, including EAS (for
  access to corporate Microsoft Exchange servers) and personal email support
  (Google Gmail push, Yahoo!, POP3, IMAP)⁽⁶⁾
• Robust messaging support⁽⁴⁾
• Light sensor,
  accelerometer, compass (magnetometer) and gyroscope
• Rechargeable 6,300 mAh
  (typical) battery
• Micro-USB (Charging and PC
  Connect) with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
• Built-in HP Touchstone
  technology for easy charging (HP Touchstone for TouchPad sold separately) and HP
  touch-to-share to share web addresses between TouchPad and compatible webOS
  phones⁽⁵⁾
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 242 mm x
  13.7 mm (7.48 inches x 9.53 inches x .54 inches)
• Weight: approximately 740 g
  (1.6 pounds)

More information about
HP TouchPad is available at

www.palm.com/TouchPad.

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