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HP TouchPad
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HP TouchPad on Touchstone charging stand
DeveloperHewlett-Packard
TypeTablet Computer
GenerationFirst Generation Product
Release dateJuly 1, 2011 (US),
July 15, 2011 (Canada, UK, France, and Germany),
August 15, 2011 (Australia)
LifespanJuly 1, 2011 - August 18th, 2011
Introductory priceUS$499.99 (16 GB),
US$599.99 (32 GB)
DiscontinuedAugust 18, 2011
Operating systemHP webOS[1]
3.0.0 (installed), 3.0.2 (upgrade)
CPUQualcomm Snapdragon S3 APQ8060, dual-core ARM, 1.2GHz[1][2][3][4]
Memory1 GB, Mobile DDR2 SDRAM[1][2]
Storage16 or 32 GB, flash memory[1][2][3]
Display9.7 in (25 cm), 1024×768 px XGA, 18-bit color, TFT LCD with IPS, LED-backlit[1][2][3]
GraphicsQualcomm Adreno 220 core[1][4]
SoundInternal stereo speakers with Beats Audio, 3.5mm stereo jack for headset / headphone / microphone, vibration motor[1][2]
InputCapacitive Multi-touch screen,
4 resizable virtual keyboards, power / volume / center buttons, microphone, ambient light sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetometer (compass)[1][2][3]
Camera1.3 MP HD front-facing[1][2]
ConnectivityWi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n), Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo,
Hi-Speed microUSB[1][2]
PowerRechargeable, 3.7 V, 6000 mAh, 22.2 W⋅h (80 kJ), lithium-ion polymer battery,[2] charge via microUSB or HP Touchstone[1]
Dimensions240 mm (9.4 in) (w)
190 mm (7.5 in) (h)
13.7 mm (0.54 in) (d)[1]
Mass740 g (26 oz)[1]
RelatedPalm Pre, Tablet computer
Websitewww.hpwebos.com

The HP TouchPad is a tablet computer which was developed and designed by Hewlett-Packard.[5] The HP TouchPad was launched on July 1, 2011, in the United States; July 15 in Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany; and August 15 in Australia.[6]

Early reviews of the HP TouchPad were mixed with many comparisons to the iPad.[7]

On August 18, 2011, less than 7 weeks after the TouchPad was launched in the United States, Hewlett-Packard announced that it would discontinue all webOS hardware devices. Remaining Touchpad stock received substantial price reductions.[8][9]

Hardware

Overview

The HP TouchPad is a multi-touch, capacitive touchscreen tablet but, uniquely, the TouchPad runs HP webOS, which has several notable features, sharing the same card multitasking found in the Palm Pre 2, HP Veer, and HP Pre 3 including the highly regarded "stack" feature.[10] The TouchPad has an unobtrusive drop down notification system for new email, alerts, or software and operating system updates.[citation needed] The TouchPad can run most of the 6000+ apps available for the Pre phones in a phone emulator.[citation needed] "Touch to Share" allows the Pre 3 and the HP Veer to share information such as websites by touching their sensors with the TouchPad's sensors. The TouchPad can receive calls and text messages forwarded from a webOS powered phone using the same Palm Profile.[11] The TouchPad does not have a phone radio and is unable to receive phone calls or texts by itself.

Screen and input

The HP TouchPad has a 9.7 inch, 1024×768 pixel, multitouch capacitive touch screen. Interaction can be by touch screen or a capacitive stylus, available for separate purchase. The TouchPad's virtual keyboard can be configured to one of four preset sizes, and has a number row on top of the common QWERTY layout.

The TouchPad has three separate physical buttons, a sleep/wake button on the top right, a home button at the very bottom of the front that launches the card view or the app launcher, and a set of volume rockers at the right of the device. Holding the power button and the home button together creates a screen snapshot.

Connectivity

The Atheros chipset supports Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth. Although there is no phone radio on the TouchPad, the tablet can share URLs, phone calls, and text messages with webOS phones via Bluetooth pairing.[12] Pairing with non webOS smartphones is not possible via bluetooth.

Audio and output

The TouchPad has internal stereo speakers and Beats Audio.

Power and battery

The TouchPad uses a rechargeable 6000 mAh Lithium-ion polymer battery rated at 3,7 V (total 22,2 Wh)[13]. It can be charged via MicroUSB connector or optional wireless charging by Touchstone charger. When using the Touchstone, the TouchPad enters a mode called Exhibition Mode, which displays simple information such as a clock, schedule or media.[14]

The battery life is estimated at nine hours by HP; in a review by Engadget, the battery lasted for about eight and a half hours.[14]

The North America TouchPad model ships with a Wall AC to USB power adapter and 5 ft (150 cm) USB cable.[1]

Gyroscope

The TouchPad features an InvenSense 3-axis gyroscope.[1]

Cost of materials

The TouchPad hardware was disassembled and reviewed. The 16GB and the 32GB HP TouchPad's Bill of Materials are stated at $296.15 and $318.15 respectively with an assembly rate of $10.[3]

Other models

In early July 2011, HP announced their webOS hardware roadmap.[15][16]

On July 12, 2011, HP officially announced a new black model "HP TouchPad 4G", with a faster 1.5 GHz processor, 32 GB of internal storage, integrated A-GPS, and AT&T 4G HSPA+ wireless mobile broadband capabilities. Though demo models were built and shown at a press show, it was never released for sale.[15][17]

In August 2011, a white model with 64 GB of internal memory, 1.5 GHz processor, Wi-Fi but without 4G was built in low quantities and shipped.[15][18]

A "TouchPad Go" model (codenamed "Opal") with a 7-inch display, 32 GB flash, 1.5-GHz processor, cellular capabilities was found in the FCC certification database.[19]

Optional accessories

Touchstone

The Touchstone is a wireless charging dock. While charging with the Touchstone, the TouchPad can be set to an Exhibition mode, the user chosing whether to display photos in a digital photo frame, or show upcoming appointments. The Touchstone also enables wireless communication between a HP Pre3 and a TouchPad. Tapping on a specific region will transfer web links to the Pre. This technology is known as “Touch to Share”. This accessory is HP model number FB339AA#ABA.

The Touchstone power cable has a USB Standard-A plug on it, but it must be plugged only into a high-power USB power adapter, such as the HP TouchPad power adapter or a newer high-current USB adapter. HP clearly shows a warning in the user manual to not plug it into a laptop.

Keyboard

A Bluetooth wireless keyboard with typical QWERTY layout plus additional keys for special TouchPad capabilities. There is a power slide switch on the bottom. It requires two AA batteries. This accessory is HP model number FB344AA#AC3.

Its special TouchPad keys are: Power, Card View, Cursor Left/Up/Right/Down, Volume +/-, Mute, Brightness +/-, Fast Forward, Play-Pause, Rewind, Show Virtual Keyboard, Show Just Type, Show Notifications.

Power Adapter

The power adapter converts wall AC to USB DC. This accessory is HP model number FB341AA#ABA and contains the following items:

  • Wall AC to USB power adapter, which has input specifications of 100-240 Volt 50–60 Hz 0.4 Amp AC, and output specifications of 5.3 Volt 2.0 Amp DC. It is cylindrical roughly the size of a "D" battery with a foldable 2-prong AC connector and Standard-A USB socket on its two ends.
  • USB cable, 5 ft (150 cm), with a Standard-A plug and Micro-B plug on its two ends.

The North America TouchPad model ships with this accessory.[1]

Case

The protective case doubles as a stand for watching videos or typing, and does not need to be removed to charge the battery.[20] This accessory is HP model number FB343AA#AC3.

Sleeve

A protective sleeve has a slip-in pocket and zipper. This accessory is HP model number QB459AA#ABL.

Software

The TouchPad uses webOS 3.0, a card-based multitasking environment. Open applications can be arranged into "stacks." webOS unobtrusively notifies users of messages, emails, and calendar agenda items, appearing on the top right of the screen, rapidly reviewed by a swipe gesture. webOS 3.0 integrates Adobe Flash.

webOS features

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Video chat

The front-facing 1.3 megapixel camera allows video chat between compatible webOS devices. Skype is integrated in the phone app. Other video calling apps may be available in the HP App Catalog.

Just type

By typing on the main screen, the Touchpad searches contemporaneously across many sources, retrieving matching contacts, mails, web pages, and Twitter and Facebook pages. The home screen can also direct post to social networking sites.

Wireless printing

The TouchPad can print wirelessly to any new and most old HP printers. The wireless printing in the TouchPad is similar to Air Print on iOS 4, but does not require the printer to have specific software.

Synergy

webOS Synergy can integrate accounts on Gmail, Yahoo!, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Microsoft Outlook (via Exchange ActiveSync). Calendars from multiple sources can be viewed together or one at a time. For messaging, Synergy combines all conversations with each contact into a single chat-style window.[22]

Kindle

A webOS tablet optimized, preinstalled "Kindle for the TouchPad" directly accesses Amazon's ebook library.[23] This application is only available in the USA.[24]

Document editing

Document editing was not enabled at launch[25] but has since been added through a free over-the-air update[26].

App catalog

A centralized compilation of webOS 3.0 specific apps has not been issued. HP began offering the webOS 3.0 SDK in late March.[27]

Android port

The Website HacknMod offered a $1,500 bounty (which increased as of 25.8.2011 to $2,110[28]) for a port of Google's Android operating system to the device.[29] This has lead to competition between developers to port the operating system to the device.[30]

Linux port

Linux distributions compiled for the ARM architecture have been successfully run via chroot[31]. X11 has been ported to webOS [32], this allows most graphical applications made for Linux to run on webOS.

Reception

An HP TouchPad advertisement at the entrance of a Best Buy store in Ottawa, Canada.

"The HP TouchPad, if it were less expensive, could be an extremely strong, if slightly less polished, alternative to the iPad. But like other recently-released high-profile Android tablets, it’s determined to take on the champ. And just like those Android tablets, it's hard to recommend over an iPad at the same price."[7]

On August 16, 2011, it was reported that Best Buy had only sold 25,000 of 270,000 devices that it had in its inventory and was refusing to pay HP for the rest.[33] In Europe, the Touchpad was estimated to have sold 12,000 in its first month of release with sales slowing significantly in August, with The Register noting that consumer interest in tablets beyond the Apple iPad is low.[34] Industry commentators suggested that the lack of apps for the platform was hindering sales.[35]

On August 18, 2011, HP announced in a press release that it will discontinue all webOS devices and is considering spinning off its personal computer unit. HP stated that it would "continue to explore options for webOS".[36] In addition to disappointing sales, poor hardware performance may have been another reason for HP management's decision to discontinue the TouchPad.

On August 19, 2011, HP allowed retailers to sell all remaining stock at extremely low prices. In the USA, the price was $99 for the 16GB model and $149 for the 32GB model.[8] Large numbers of buyers acquired the TouchPad at "fire sale" prices.[37] Most brick-and-mortar retailers reportedly sold out their entire inventories within hours in the morning of August 20.[38] Online retailers, including Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and Best Buy, faced massive backlash from angry customers when they offered the tablet on their sites at $99 on August 22, sold out their inventories in record time (in case of Barnes and Noble, in less than an hour), and were forced to cancel many subsequent orders.[39]

On August 22, 2011 a fire sale similar to those in the U.S was held in Australian Harvey Norman stores. Although the event was not advertised and staff at many stores were not informed until midday, stores in several states were sold out within an hour.[40][41] Similar sales also started in the UK with several stores reducing prices at 6pm to match the US (£89 for the 16GB and £115 for the 32GB). Most sold out in minutes.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p HP TouchPad QuickSpecs; HP; June 19, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Cracking Open the HP TouchPad; TechRepublic; June 29, 2011".
  3. ^ a b c d e HP TouchPad Carries $318 Bill Of Materials; iHS; July 7, 2011.
  4. ^ a b Snapdragon APQ8060 Product Brief; Qualcomm; 2011.
  5. ^ "HP TouchPad - Tablet PC - HP® Official Site - U.S". Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  6. ^ How Green Is The HP TouchPad?, by Scott Belmon, August 18, 2011, Belmonster
  7. ^ a b "LX News Review of Touchpad". Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  8. ^ a b HP Issues TouchPad Liquidation Order – Get Yours Now For $100, By Devin Coldewey, August 19th, 2011, TechCrunch
  9. ^ Trout, Christopher. "Let the liquidation begin -- HP's 16GB TouchPad on sale for $99". Engadget. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  10. ^ "HP webOS - High connectivity, stability and security - HP® Official Site - U.S." Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  11. ^ "HP Touchpad – first thoughts and tips « TechOpsGuys.com". Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  12. ^ HP http://www.palm.com/us/products/pads/touchpad/index.html. Retrieved 2011-03-30. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ^ Cracking open the HP TouchPad, June 29, 2011,TechRepublic
  14. ^ a b "HP TouchPad review". Engadget. June 29, 2011. Archived from the original on August 8, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
  15. ^ a b c White processor-bumped 64GB and black 4G TouchPad due in August, Opal and Pre3 by fall;precentral.net; July 4, 2011.
  16. ^ 8 Touchpad models; precentral.net; August 15, 2011.
  17. ^ HP TouchPad 4G Press Release; HP; July 12, 2011.
  18. ^ HP France outs white 64 GB TouchPad with 1.5GHz processor; precentral.net; August 17, 2011.
  19. ^ TouchPad Go Opal model in FCC certification database; precentral.net; August 10, 2011.
  20. ^ "HP TouchPad". Palm, Inc. February 9, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
  21. ^ Video: A Tour of HP's TouchPad and webOS, 2011/08/18.
  22. ^ "Palm Unveils All-new webOS" (Press release). Palm, Inc. 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
  23. ^ "Engadget". Engadget. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  24. ^ Kendrick, James. "HP TouchPad: Kindle app review". zdnet.com. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  25. ^ Dan Ramirez. webOSroundup. CONFIRMED: HP TouchPad Won’t Have Have Document Editing at Launch. 2011/06/17
  26. ^ ZDNet Mobile Blog [1] 2011/08/30
  27. ^ Kevin McLaughlin. CRN. HP Opens WebOS App Catalog To TouchPad Developers. 20110602.
  28. ^ HP TouchPad to Android Port: $1500 Prize Hack N Mod
  29. ^ Web Site Offers $1,500 for a HP TouchPad Android Port, August 23, 2011 - International Business Times
  30. ^ Developers Compete To Put Android On HP TouchPad, August 23, 2011, by Peter Judge, eWEEK Europe UK
  31. ^ How To Install Ubuntu Linux on HP TouchPad , How To Install Ubuntu Linux on HP TouchPad
  32. ^ X11 port for webOS, X11 port for webOS
  33. ^ Hesseldahl, Arik (2011-08-17). "Ouchpad: Best Buy Sitting on a Pile of Unsold HP Tablets". AllThingsD. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  34. ^ Kunert, Paul. "People don't want tablets, they want iPads". The Register. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  35. ^ Adhikari, Richard. "Is the HP TouchPad Untouchable?". Technewsworld. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  36. ^ HP Confirms Discussions with Autonomy Corporation plc Regarding Possible Business Combination; Makes Other Announcements, Aug. 18, 2011, News Release, Hewlett-Packard Development Company
  37. ^ HP TouchPad mania: TouchPads selling out in U.S.; LA Times; August 20, 2011.
  38. ^ HP TouchPad Sells Out, Gadhafi Whereabouts Unknown: Daily Scoop
  39. ^ TouchPad Backlash: Retailers Say 'Sorry' For Order Errors, By David Daw, Aug 23, 2011, PCWorld
  40. ^ Chris Griffith, August 22, 2011, Harvey Norman sells HP TouchPad at $100, The Australian
  41. ^ ASHER MOSES AND BEN GRUBB, 22 Aug, 2011,HP TouchPad fire sale: slashed from $499 to $99 in a week, The Border Mail
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