{"id":9924,"date":"2011-02-21T17:04:31","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T17:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/?p=127"},"modified":"2011-02-21T17:04:31","modified_gmt":"2011-02-21T17:04:31","slug":"first-look-at-hps-touchpad-webos-tablet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/9924-first-look-at-hps-touchpad-webos-tablet.html","title":{"rendered":"First look at HP\u2019s TouchPad WebOS tablet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I took a close look at HP\u2019s WebOS <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palm.com\/us\/products\/pads\/touchpad\/\" target=\"_blank\">TouchPad<\/a> tablet during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>This 9.7\u201d machine looks delightful. One of its features is wireless charging using the optional Touchstone accessory. The same technology can also transmit data, as mentioned in <a href=\"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/?p=124\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a> on wireless charging, and the TouchPad makes use of this in conjunction with new WebOS smartphones such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palm.com\/us\/products\/phones\/pre3\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pre3<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palm.com\/us\/products\/phones\/veer\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Veer<\/a>. Put one of these devices next to a TouchPad and the smartphone automatically navigates to the same URL that is displayed on the TouchPad. A gimmick, but a clever one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/image14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/image_thumb14.png\" width=\"404\" height=\"297\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From what I saw though, these WebOS devices are fast and smooth, with strong multitasking and a pleasant user interface. Wireless charging is excellent, and a feature you would expect Apple to adopt before long since it reduces clutter.<\/p>\n<p>I still would not bet on HP winning big market share with WebOS. The original Palm Pre was released to rave reviews but disappointing sales, and HP will have to work a miracle to avoid the same fate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took a close look at HP\u2019s WebOS TouchPad tablet during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This 9.7\u201d machine looks delightful. One of its features is wireless charging using the optional Touchstone accessory. The same technology can also transmit data, as mentioned in this post on wireless charging, and the TouchPad makes use of this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/9924-first-look-at-hps-touchpad-webos-tablet.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">First look at HP\u2019s TouchPad WebOS tablet<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1142,56],"tags":[158,456,599,701,892,1466,986],"class_list":["post-9924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gadgets","category-mobile","tag-apple","tag-hp","tag-mobile","tag-palm","tag-tablets","tag-touchpad","tag-webos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9924\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}