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Things just got real folks! At their big event today, HP finally announced its swanky new tablet to the world, and it’s a beauty!

 

 

Called the HP TouchPad, the tablet is the result of Palm being absorbed into the world of HP with webOS beating at the heart of the device. With more sliding and swiping than you can throw a stick at, this new version of Palm’s webOS brings the software up to version 3.0 and it’s never looked so good.

 

With a shiny new OS, HP had to come up with some impressive hardware to partner it, and just feast your eyes on this specs sheet…

 

* Weighs 1.6lb

* 9.7" Touch Screen

* 1024×768 resolution

* Dual-Core 1.2GHz SnapDragon CPU

* 1.3 MP front facing camera

* Beats Audio technology

 

The first thing that jumps at me screaming ‘PlayBook beater’ is the 1.2GHz dual-core CPU HP has packed into the TouchPad. With BlackBerry’s PlayBook being powered by a similar chip running at 1GHz, we expected the Canadian tablet to be the king of speed, at least until the iPad 2 gets announced. But now it’s clear, HP is the one pushing the envelope when it comes to cramming the fastest CPUs into a tablet device. For now at least!

 

Another interesting spec is the screen size and resolution. That’s the same screen that’s currently used in Apple’s iPad, which probably explains why the TouchPad bears more than a slight resemblance to the wonder-tab. Whether the second-generation iPad will use the same screen or go pixel-mad remains to be seen with rumors and opinions falling on both sides.

 

Obviously people will draw comparisons with the iPad when looking at a TouchPad, and with good reason. Both are the same size, same color, same form factor and both are gorgeous. The similarities even stretch to some of the apps HP have put together, with their email app in particular looking all too familiar. Whether that’s a bad thing or not, I’m honestly not sure. The email app on the iPad works a treat, so why re-invent the wheel? Granted, the TouchPad version does sport some interesting additions such as draggable pains ala Twitter for iPad too.

 

 

The real action comes from the impressive webOS. Many have said for a while now that Palm’s operating system was let down by poor hardware in the shape of the original Pre, and few could argue. Anyone who’s spent any time with a Pre will admit the OS showed promise but was hamstrung by a slow CPU, not enough RAM and a poor screen. Now however, things are different.

 

Watching the videos posted by Engadget, it’s clear that the beefy CPU gives webOS the power it needed since day one. Panes slide smoothly, zooms are effortless and the ‘real’ multitasking (at least appears) to work beautifully. Whether this fluidity continues after hours of heavy use though, we just don’t know as yet.

 

Notifications are one area Apple’s iOS has fallen down, and with each major revision, the Apple faithful have hoped and prayed for a fix for the software’s achilles heel. This is an area the TouchPad looks to be getting things right. When a notification arrives, it’s placed under an icon in the upper-right of the screen. Tapping the icon brings down a list of notifications sorted by type.

 

Speaking of notification type, have I mentioned the integration with Palm, I mean HP’s phones? No? Well if you’re rocking a TouchPad and one of the new phones announced today then the two can talk to each other. That might not sound so hot, but how about leaving your phone on the counter and routing all your calls, emails, SMS and anything else your phone can do through your tablet? That NEEDS to be in the next iPhone/iPad and BlackBerry/PlayBook.

 

Final thoughts

 

I’ve just thrown together a few hundred words, rambling about the TouchPad and it occurs to me that I might have come across as a raving Palm (damn, I mean HP!) lunatic and/or fanboy that’s getting ready to dump my iPad into the nearest river. I’m not. Yet.

 

Allow me to clarify. I like love tech. I love new tech, and I really love new tech that does something new. To me, the TouchPad is just that. Palm (oh I give up!) could have thrown out a standard tablet, used a middling CPU and shoehorned webOS 2.0 onto it. But they didn’t. They’ve gone out and found the fastest dual-core CPU currently announced for a tablet and paired it with what in videos at least, appears to be the most unique, eye-catching OS in a long while (I don’t really count the Pre!). And I like that. A lot.

 

Now this doesn’t mean Apple won’t come out in a few weeks and blow the TouchPad out of the water. They might have a 1.4GHz CPU up their sleeve, coupled with a new form-factor and more gestures than we know what to do with. But what about the OS? I’m going to stake my not-so-stellar reputation on us being given a version of iOS not too dissimilar from the one we’re using today. And were using last year for that matter. We’ll get some new transitions and sliding windows, sure, but where’s the innovation? Apple wowed us all last year when they announced the iPad, but now it’s time to step up a gear and show the world what they can really do.

 

Why is it time? The competition is starting to hot-up, Google, RIM, Microsoft and now HP are all in the game, and Apple need to show they’re up for the fight.

Tai visi planšetiniai konkuretai yra ir bus, apple sukūrę paklausia prekę, kitos kompanijos pamate, kad gerai graibsto ipad'us iš lentynų, tai kodėl ir kitiem nepasipelnius, tai ir jie iš paskos seka. Ipad pirmavo ir pirmaus, nes jie pirmi išvyste tenchnologija ir sukure tą daiktą, aišku ir tuos hp, samsung tab'us kurs, bet vistiek, labiausiai perkamas bus ipad. Taip pat kur išeis naujasis ipad 2, kuris savo funkcijom dar labiau pranoks pirmtaka, man tai labai keista atrodo, puse metų išejo po išleidimo o jau vėl nori išleit nauja modelį, kas metus tai dar suprasčiau. Aš pats tai tuose planšetese nematau nieko stebuklingo, kad jau būtų būtina lėkt, nors gal ten kokias knygas ar el. žurnalus patogu skaityt.

neziurint i tai kad sitas hp yra zymiai geresnis negu ipad galiu garantuoti kad jisai zlugs.gaila kad dabar rinkoje yra tokia situacija kai perka ne labiausiai pazengusi o labiausiai isreklamuota daikta.

Protingi žmonės pirks šitą, visi likusieji 3 kartus padidintą iPodą.

neziurint i tai kad sitas hp yra zymiai geresnis negu ipad galiu garantuoti kad jisai zlugs.gaila kad dabar rinkoje yra tokia situacija kai perka ne labiausiai pazengusi o labiausiai isreklamuota daikta.

Nezinau. Dauguma tu tablet'u lagina ir t.t. Jei sukurs normalu softa ir ides normalu multi touch screena, tada gal bus kalba del iPad killer'io.

kazin apie kokia syrbklinga muzos kokybe ipaduose kalbi, isduosiu paslati, pilnas garso irasas buna *.cda formate, ir 3min daina 40mb uzima, jei tokius irasus klausai su ipadu tai lenkiu galva, bet greiciausiai kalba eina apie dazniu juostu apkarpyma su *.mp3 *.wma ir pan suspaustos muz formatus kuriuose pvz 22khz daznio visai nera, jis ismestas taupymo sumetimais, ka tipo ipadas ji is kazkur suranda ir prideda? tik nebukit reklamos aukos, jum pakiso nesamoningai sustiprinta stereo dadejo skaitmeninio suroundo, ir vsio, su kiekvienu kompu tapati gali pasidaryti, manyciau neisimtis ir plancetiniai!

del ipado souchscreeno kokybes, cia biski rimtesnis argumentas!

Uoj ne, kokybe muzikos tai tikrai nera geriausia tuose iPod'uose. Tik tiek, kad uztektina, bet iki geros tai ten dar truksta

Na o ką dabar manot apie šitą tablet'ą, kai pasirodė iPad 2? Kuris geresnis, jūsų nuomone?

Fainas, pagaliau, jau kazkas normalesnio

Na taip. Telefone dar tikrai gali būti gera kamera. Su ja vistiek prie progos greit gali išsitraukt ir "nutraukt" porą vaizdų, o čia su tablet'u?

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Na va, pagaliau palyginimai

Yesterday's iPad 2 announcement threw down the gauntlet to the host of tablet challengers, many of which haven't even gotten their product to market yet. How does Apple's second tablet compare to the first generation of its rivals? We pulled the specs for the new iPad and its closest competitors: the large-format Android tablets - Motorola's Xoom, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, and the LG Optimus Pad - HP's TouchPad, and the BlackBerry PlayBook.

 

Let's see how they compare:

 

Processor

iPad: Apple A5 1GHz dual-core

Xoom: NVIDIA Tegra 2 1GHz dual-core

Galaxy Tab: NVIDIA Tegra 2 1GHz dual-core

Optimus Pad: NVIDIA Tegra 2 1GHz dual-core

TouchPad: Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.2 GHz dual-core

PlayBook: ARM Cortex-A9 1GHz dual-core

 

Storage

iPad: 16/32/64 GB

Xoom: 32 GB

Galaxy Tab: 16/32 GB

Optimus Pad: 32 GB

TouchPad: 16/32 GB

PlayBook: 16/32/64 GB

 

Network

iPad 2: 802.11 b/g/n, GSM, CDMA

Xoom: 802.11 a/b/g/n, CDMA

Galaxy Tab: 802.11 b/g/n, GSM

Optimus Pad: 802.11 b/g/n, GSM

TouchPad: 802.11 b/g/n, GSM

PlayBook: 802.11 b/g/n, WiMAX, LTE, HSPA+

 

Screen

iPad: 9.7" 1024x768

Xoom: 10.1" 1280x800

Galaxy Tab: 10.1" 1280x800

Optimus Pad: 8.9" 1280x768

TouchPad: 9.7" 1024x768

PlayBook: 7" 1024x800

 

Rear Camera

iPad: 720p HD

Xoom: 5 megapixel

Galaxy Tab: 8 megapixel

Optimus Pad: dual 5 megapixel

TouchPad: none

PlayBook: 5 megapixel

 

Front Camera

iPad: VGA

Xoom: 2 megapixel

Galaxy Tab: 2 megapixel

Optimus Pad: 2 megapixel

TouchPad: 1.3 megapixel

PlayBook: 3 megapixel

 

OS

iPad: iOS 4.3

Xoom: Honeycomb

Galaxy Tab: Honeycomb

Optimus Pad: Honeycomb

TouchPad: webOS 3.0

PlayBook: BlackBerry Tablet OS

 

Sensors

iPad: light, accelerometer, compass, gyroscope

Xoom: light, accelerometer, magnetometer, barometer, gyroscope

Galaxy Tab: light, accelerometer, compass, gyroscope

Optimus Pad: light, compass, gyroscope

TouchPad: light, accelerometer, compass, gyroscope

PlayBook: accelerometer

 

Video

iPad: 1080p HDMI, VGA

Xoom: 1080p HDMI

Galaxy Tab: HDMI

Optimus Pad: 1080p HDMI

TouchPad: n/a

PlayBook: HDMI

 

Available

iPad: March 11

Xoom: now

Galaxy Tab: unknown

Optimus Pad: "some time in the second quarter"

TouchPad: unknown

PlayBook: April 10? (rumor)

 

Price

iPad: starting at $499

Xoom: $599 WiFi, $799 3G

Galaxy Tab: unknown

Optimus Pad: unknown

TouchPad: unknown

PlayBook: $499? (rumor)

 

 

While most products have some unique feature or another that sets it apart from the rest, they are fairly comparable, at least to the casual user. What this suggests is that consumers are going to make their choice based on price and brand familiarity. And while many competitors have not released their prices yet - and may decide to set them based on the iPad - if this is the case, it could be that the iPad may continue to have the advantage for a while.

 

So is 2011 going to be "the year of the iPad 2?" We'll have to wait and see, though if competitors' offerings continue to be late out of the starting gate, the iPad's lead may be hard to overcome.

Na ką manot?

apylige kova , bet palyginus app's pasirinkima.. na zodziu supratot ;D

Na taip, kova applygė. O App'sais tai aplenks tikrai negreit Apple kasnors, jai išvis aplenks kadanors.

Na bet kaip ir per specealią konferenciją buvo sakoma: "2010 year of iPad. 2011 year of the CopyCats." Tai visiškai šitas posakis tinka.