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
- Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n with
- 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)
- Internal stereo speakers
- 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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