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 | HP TouchPad Wi-Fi 16 GB 9.7-Inch Tablet Computer |
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Product Description
Get more done with the HP TouchPad Wi-Fi 16GB, a tablet designed to work like you do. Connect, play, surf and share more easily. Stay organized by grouping your related activities into card stacks on the brilliant 9.7-inch diagonal LED backlit multitouch display. You can also enjoy more of the web, including sites with Adobe® Flash® content. Hear music the way the artists intended it to be heard with Beats Audio, plus use the front-facing camera and microphone for live video calling. HP webOS helps you multitask seamlessly. Sign in to your online accounts and this HP tablet pulls information together automatically. See your Face book friends’ birthdays in your contacts, compare work and personal calendars side by side, and view your work and personal e-mails together or separately. Just Type lets you create messages, search the web and more without launching an app first. Receive notifications of new messages, e-mails and events without interrupting what’s on your screen. Plus, charge this HP tablet wirelessly using the optional HP Touchstone Charging Dock. The HP TouchPad Wi-Fi 16GB also works better together with other HP webOS devices: Touch to share websites with your HP Pre3 or Veer Smartphone.Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #100 in Personal Computers
- Size: 16GB
- Color: black
- Brand: HP
- Model: FB355UA#ABA
- Released on: 2011-07-01
- Dimensions: 9.45" h x 7.48" w x .54" l, 1.60 pounds
- Memory: 1000MB DDR2 SDRAM
- Hard Disk: 16GB
- Processors: 1
- Battery type: Lithium Polymer
- Display size: 9.7
Features
- Brilliant 9.7-inch diagonal LED backlit multitouch display
- Seamless multitasking with HP webOS 3.0 and essential productivity apps
- Exclusive Beats Audio for studio-quality sound
- Blazing fast Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-CPU APQ8060 1.2GHz processor
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Adobe and Flash are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Facebook is a registered trademark of Facebook, Inc. Google and Google Docs are trademarks of Google, Inc. Microsoft is a trademark of the Microsoft group of companies. All screen images simulated.
© 2011 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
The new HP TouchPad is designed to work like you. Letting you connect, play, surf, and share more easily. No barriers. No complications. Just a seamless flow from one thing to the next. TouchPad. There's nothing like it.
HP TouchPad Wi-Fi 16GB
Super natural.
Works like you, so you get more done.OVERVIEW
Next-level Multitasking Get a simple, natural way to move from one thing to the next. Have related activities automatically grouped together. |
Just Type Simply start typing to search the web, update your status, or begin just about anything.2 Think about what you want to do, not how you have to do it. |
Video Calling Have a face-to-face conversation on a large, vibrant screen.5 |
ACCESSORIES
 | HP Touchstone Place HP TouchPad on the dock and it charges automatically, while also launching your Facebook photos, today’s agenda, or other content you choose.7,8 |
 | HP Case Lightweight case doubles as a stand. |
 | HP Wireless Keyboard Ultraslim, ultracompact wireless keyboard. |
 | HP North America Power Charger Stay charged at home or on the go with power adapters. |
 | HP Mini Sleeve Carry your HP TouchPad safely using this sleeve accented with the HP Imprint finish with the crystal design. You can also store your power adapter and other small accessories easily using the slide-in pockets on the front. |
MORE INFORMATION
 Datasheet (PDF) |
- Within wireless coverage area only. Microsoft Exchange email, contacts, and calendars available for ActiveSync only; requires Microsoft Outlook using Exchange Server 2003 with SP2, Exchange Server 2007, or Exchange Server 2010.
- Within wireless coverage area only. Actual speeds may vary. Email, mobile number, and related information required for setup and activation. Required data services sold separately; unlimited plan recommended and may be required. Not all web content may be available.
- Third-party software available separately. Within wireless coverage area only. Requires data services at additional cost. Not all apps available on all devices.
- Supports a beta of Adobe Flash Player 10.3.
- Check with carrier for video calling availability and restrictions.
- The webOS print solution will support all network-capable HP printers that support PCL page description language in the local LAN. These printers include new HP ePrint-capable printers—Photosmart, Officejet, and LaserJet—as well as legacy printers approximately 5 years old or newer.
- HP Touchstone sold separately.
- Displayed preferences require user setup.
Adobe and Flash are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Facebook is a registered trademark of Facebook, Inc. Google and Google Docs are trademarks of Google, Inc. Microsoft is a trademark of the Microsoft group of companies. All screen images simulated.
© 2011 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews158 of 162 people found the following review helpful.
From a dedicated apple fan... This IS a good deviceBy D. Higgins
I'm an admitted mac guy, I have the iPhone 4, iPad, Macbook Pro, etc...
I have to share my support now with the HP TouchPad. The webOS 3.0 is really pretty amazing. I didn't think it would make much of a difference in the use of a tablet, but it's outstanding, and here's why:
1) The integration of so many mainstream services used today. (they probably have some fancy term for this concept)
2) Flash plays well
3) Services missing on the iPad like Grooveshark and Amazon's cloud music all work.
First, the services:
On my TouchPad, I setup my
Email (yahoo, google, and microsoft exchange)
Skype
Dropbox
AIM
(there were others, but I don't use snapfish, and photobucket, etc... even a "find others")
I love this integration of all these mainstream services! It's really clever.
While my iPad seems very app-centric, webOS 3.0 feels more like "the matrix has you". It takes your online world and puts it into the tablet. I love that. All of those websites I often interact with get glued together seamlessly so I feel like I'm "jacked in".
A major strength of the TouchPad is the web functionality that won't work on the iPad. For example, I ran Amazon's cloud music player and Grooveshark just fine (awesome!).
On the down side, the apps are slim, but trust me, they will be coming fast and furious over the next year, like a modern-age gold rush. As someone who has ported over my C++ game engine and product ( atPeace ) to TouchPad from IOS, I can tell you that it was pretty easy, and others will certainly follow. This version 1 of the product is the closest any tablet is to competing with Apple, developers will soon be pouring over.
My only real gripe is not having NetFlix working with it yet. That's coming I'm sure, but something I use on my iPad a lot, and I miss. :(
All in all, I'd say if you want something for business, or to have a tablet built around your online presence, or just a good tablet which can run flash, this might be for you. I still love my iPad, don't get me wrong, but for a long time I didn't see why anyone was realistically imagining they could compete with the iPad. I mean, Apple does it sooooo well. Well, now I understand why. WebOS 3.0.
Don't discount this device, it's got great potential. We finally a good competitor for Apple in the tablet world, which should make both products improve.
66 of 68 people found the following review helpful.
A tried and true iphone user, blown away.By Kyle
I have used an iPhone for going on two years and I don't see that changing for quite awhile, but I was always leery of the iPad because I always thought it was just a big iPod Touch, with a better screen. Well I started to look for a tablet about 5 months ago, and thought for sure, after the big uproar about the iPad 2, that I would have one soon. Well after trying in store several times, I just wasnt blown away. It just took my iPhone bigger, it didnt introduce anything new, it didn't change anything, the UI, had some slight modifications, and apps did look better on a bigger screen, but it wasn't nothing that blew away. Then came the touchpad.
First I saw the commercial, then I found out about the open source movement inside of WebOS, and how unlike Apple, there was no cat and mouse games, Palm didn't support it, but didn't block it. I saw the UI, it was much appealing than Android, which to me looks chaotic and not the clean simplicity that we all come to expect from a google product. Although it wasn't as "nice" looking as iOS, and it didn't run as smooth as it, WebOS made up for it with true multitasking, and a clean enough looking UI to make an iOS lover happy.
Then came the specs, full web access, web developers no longer need to build a site just for the device, the device can handle anything you through at it. It has been an experience for me, who has had to manage which sites I could view on my portable device and which ones I *had* to view on my pc, now my touchpad takes care of all of it.
But enough about the pros, because there is some cons. Apps are limited compared to iOS (Not a huge con for me, give me a working Twitter client, an email client, and a couple games, and I'm happy, but I'm not everyone). The OS, has some flaws, which may be more to me learning to using the device than anything else, but the flaws are there. It seems sluggish from time to time, but an OTA update coming out soon should fix that. And it does need some improvement when it comes to handling documents, this maybe more of a personal presence but I feel any tablet should be able to handle any microsoft doc you throw at it.
All in all, I love my touchpad, and see me using it more than my iPhone for most things. The flaws are there, but are very fixable, and I have faith in HP to fix them soon.
93 of 99 people found the following review helpful.
Originality and refinementBy S. Joshi
There is a single broad,overarching reason I really like this tablet after playing with it for a few hours.
It is elegant. It is refined. It does some common, basic things beautifully, unlike the others - be they android or iPad. The rest - Facebook, Kindle, thousands of apps - they will happen, but its the core device that I truly like. If the core device is rough, no amount of apps can fix that fundamental goof.
So what is more elegant? What is more refined?
1. The very first thing is the charging system. The Touchpad charges very simply; you just slide it it into its dock. You slip it in, it charges. Like Apple says, it just works. No futzing with wires, jacks and other crude methods that have not changed in the past fifty years. Even the big Kahuna, the ipad, has a wire that you turn this way and that, trying to ram it into the socket one way or the other. With the Touchpad, you simply slip it into the stand, and you are done. ipad, Android, what have you - find the connector, find the wire, line them up, twist the wire around to be sure its aligned, re-twist it, push it in, twist again if you got it wrong....
Is it that big a deal? Totally. When you have to charge it every couple of days, fumbling with wires and jacks gets boring really fast. (How do I know? From trying to charge my wife's ipad and failing half the time because the socket never really fitted right.)
2. Notifications. If you get an email in the middle of reading a webpage, for example, The iPad interrupts whatever you are doing, and blares out the notification right in the middle of the screen, right in your face - as if I would miss it if was done quietly off to the side. The Touchpad is far more refined - the notifications come up on the top. If it is an email, it will update in the background, and if the tablet is sleeping, the home button gently glows. The iPad/Androids are crude and uncouth in comparison.
Is this a big deal? Once again, to me, yes it is. When I am reading a book, the last thing I want is to be interrupted by a BIG notification blob in the middle of the page telling me I have got a text message. Say it quietly on the side - and I will get to it.
3. Apps handling. How on earth can you even deal with the gauche way apps are handled in current tablets? To open one app, you have to close the other. Ugh. Its like having to lock your bedroom before you go to the bathroom. Then lock the bathroom when you get back to the bedroom. I like leaving the rooms in my house open, so I can walk about them freely. I like leaving apps open, going from one to the other effortlessly. Does Apple seriously want anyone to believe that their way - one app at a time - is a good way to run multiple apps? And the more apps there are, the more you have to do the shut/open routine. Whats the use of a million apps if, to use one, you have to shut down the previous one?
Not to say that the Touchpad has its shortcomings. The software needs some more work, the screen rotation could use a bit of tweaking (update July 2nd - screen rotation seems to have worked itself out today - works well now), it could lose a bit of weight. But the way I see it is that the engineers who worked on the Touchpad had real focus on refinement and attention to detail. If that attitude persists, they will get there in a bit. The Android crew are all about getting a boatload of stuff out the door. And Apple is about incredible marketing and selling their kool-aid. I wish their attention to detail was as refined as their attention to marketing.
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