HP’s webOS devices are finally here: The Touchpad tablet—an sleek affair with iPad-competitive specs—as well as the bigger, badder Pre 3, and a teeny, Pixi-esque slider called the Veer. More »
If you like ’em cute, small, and (presumably) cheap, HP’s announcement today of the Veer should make you pretty happy — on the surface, it looks like a downsized Pre, but really, you can think of it as a proper Pixi / Pixi Plus successor. Let’s take a look at what sets these two bad boys apart from one another.
Continue reading Palm Pixi Plus vs. HP Veer: what’s changed?
Palm Pixi Plus vs. HP Veer: what’s changed? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Spec sheets are one thing, but we know what you really want to see — two tablets going mano-a-mano in the ring. Here they are, your Apple iPad and HP TouchPad slates, sized up side-by-side each with their own sizable black bezel and 9.7-inch screen — and incredibly similar in both size and weight. See how they literally stack up in the gallery below!
Gallery: iPad vs. TouchPad… Fight!
iPad vs. TouchPad… Fight! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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HP’s decided to end its fireworks-rich presentation on a gorgeous bombshell: webOS is coming to PCs! The company says it’s thinking beyond today and intends to take webOS to “other connected devices, including printers, and some form factors you haven’t seen before.” Aside from the groundbreaking discovery that our next LaserJet might run the same code as the dashing new TouchPad, there are few specifics to be learned, but HP promises to share further details as the year goes on.
webOS is coming to PCs later this year originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Continue reading HP TouchPad to boast Skype calling, Kindle app
HP TouchPad to boast Skype calling, Kindle app originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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HP today kicked off its “Think Beyond” webOS event today with the introduction of the Veer. The smartphone has no Palm branding on it, whatsoever, making it the first webOS device to carry the HP name alone.
The Veer may be the cutest of the bunch, but Pre 3 has clearly taken the reigns as HP’s top-of-the-line smartphone from the Palm Pre 2, and it’s managed to do so while hanging onto the same portrait QWERTY slider form factor and most of the industrial design cues. So, under the hood, what’s really changed? Quite a bit, turns out — so follow the break for a line-by-line breakdown.
Continue reading Palm Pre 2 vs. HP Pre 3: what’s changed?
Palm Pre 2 vs. HP Pre 3: what’s changed? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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So, HP is extending “Touchstone” to mean more than “that heavy, slanted magnet thing that my Pre always slips off of.” For starters, the TouchPad has a Touchstone charging dock — it’s not magnetic, but at least you don’t have to worry about plugging the thing in, and it’s particularly suited to working with a keyboard. But that’s not the real magic. HP has enabled its three new webOS devices (The TouchPad, Veer, and Pre 3) to communicate over Touchstone using “Touch-to-share” tech. You simply place your phone on top of the TouchPad, as illustrated, and whatever you’re viewing on the phone pops up in the tablet’s browser. We’re not sure how this works bi-directionally, but HP mentions both scenarios, so hopefully it shouldn’t be that difficult to configure the URL to come from the tablet and land on the phone. The two devices have to be on the same webOS account, however, so don’t get any crazy ideas about sharing URLs with friends. Naturally, there should be a lot more “Continuous Client“-style uses for this tech in the future, but we’d say URL pushing is a good start. Finally, the old-fashioned Touchstone is going to work with the Veer and Pre 3, which will now be sent into an “Exhibition” mode when docked. The mode allows the phone to display photos or upcoming appointments, depending on the user’s particular level of sentimentality.
For more on all of HP’s webOS announcements today, click here!
HP Touchstone Touch-to-share lets devices swap URLs, ‘Exhibition’ mode added for phones originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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