HP webOS Tablet Confirmed for Early 2011
During todays Hewlett-Packard FYQ32010 Earnings call, HP Exec Todd Bradley outright confirmed that a webOS Tablet product is in the works for sometime in early 2011. When asked during the Q&A session if HP would be participating in the Tablet category, he replied:
Well, as we look at tablet sales and slate sales that was a big part of the reason we acquired Palm. You'll see us with a Microsoft product out in the near future, and a webOS-based product in early 2011.
The PalmPad commeth perhaps? HP's presentation is archived online, and the full call transcript can be read here.
Via Engadget.
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RE: probably to expensive
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RE: probably to expensive
Linds, is it a crime to want to make money?
HP probably want to charge even more than apple, but they need to release a quality product first.
If it's half-baked like the Pre & Pixi, no one will touch it.
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- windows "slate" devices to businesses
- "palmpad" to consumers
Seems like a mistake to fragment things that way, but that's the latest I've read.
RE: probably to expensive
It is no crime for HP to want to make money, it is just hard for me to justify spending $500 on another computer like device when I already have a desktop, laptop, and a work laptop. But the thing is, I really want to be able to justify it.
RE: probably to expensive
On the other had, I can think of plenty of reasons "professionals" would want a pad that does what the iPad does--collect and make available tons of documents and different media, as well as email and basic web.
RE: probably to expensive
I think the iPad is great for what it does - if hp can improve on that - great.
I have my doubts.
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Right now I carry a personal netbook on travel along with an ipod, [sometimes] a GPS, and my work laptop. I carry the netbook for personal use (Skype with family, etc) and to watch movies on the flight. I only use work laptop for work.
To me a slate device would make a great Netbook alternative, especially if I could figure out a way to synch pocket informant with work. The biggest disappointment for me was the ipad's size and lack of Skype camera. Of course I feel it was deliberate because Apple's video offering was not yet ready, and they did not want Skype to take the market from them...
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RE: probably to expensive
I think I would much rather have a souped up ipod touch with front and rear cameras (like the iphone 4) and built in GPS chips.
My much more logical upgrade path is to a new Touch (versus my ipod video). I wish you could get an iphone without voice and the ipad data plans...
What is the point of iPad-sized tablets without a desktop OS?
Dumbphone makes sense.
PDA makes sense.
2-4 inch screened smartphone makes sense.
10 inch netbook makes sense.
12-15 inch laptop makes sense.
iPad makes NO sense.
When you need to try HARD to come up with excuses to buy a product, you REALLY don't need that product. Yet more proof that unfortuately Apple Hype > Common Sense.
FJH
The perfect new device from Apple?
I would buy it, but can Apple make it?
FJH
RE: What is the point of iPad-sized tablets without a desktop OS?
Smaller than that, well, Samsung's Galaxy S Epic on Sprint makes a pretty compelling case. A decent slide-out keyboard and a 4" Super AMOLED screen is a pretty groovy combination for a smartphone. HP/Palm need something in this category ASAP for WebOS to have any kind of chance in making an impact on the market.
Like FJH said, the biggest downfall of the iPad, IMHO, other than its weak specs (no webcam, no expandable storage etc) relative to its price is its weight. I was playing with someone's iPad today and was just thinking to myself how I would not want to try and hold that thing while in bed or in a hammock trying to watch a movie or read an e-book.
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RE: What is the point of iPad-sized tablets without a desktop OS?
http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/keyboard.html
Hey Kris, I'm loving the the size of the iPad. For watching flicks I stand it up landscape mode in a little wood laser cut business card holder or prop it up on the nightstand. The iPad and Netflix is the perfect combination! Smaller would be too small for widescreen flicks.
For writing code you really need a Mac or Windows machine BUT with the Mocha VNC app or one of the other VNC apps the iPad becomes an extension of your desktop computer and there again I wouldn't want a smaller screen.
I'm adding camera functionality to some of my iPhone apps and think cameras would be great in the next version iPad but I don't personally have much use for one.
Is anyone following the stuff Jeff Hawkins/Numenta are doing? Some of this is getting pretty interesting. A few years ago I wrote a little Palm app that captured some of the things proposed buy Jeff ( really pissed off Mike because it wouldn't win the lottery for him ;)
http://www.talestuff.com/M5_htm.htm
Now they have some new theories they are incorporating...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDzr0_fbnVk
I have a feeling that they are getting closer to the 'smart machine' generation!
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RE: What is the point of iPad-sized tablets without a desktop OS?
iPad makes NO sense.
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That's why you're FJH as opposed to the real Jeff Hawkins. The real Jeff Hawkins wouldn't be as close-minded.
Ipad is a replacement for for the netbook; better browsing experience, better email experience, better movie watching experience.
No idea what kind of case you'd put on the ipad, but it's built like a tank and is much lighter than a laptop.
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When you need to try HARD to come up with excuses to buy a product, you REALLY don't need that product. Yet more proof that unfortuately Apple Hype
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Seems like you're making up excuses NOT to like it.
RE: What is the point of iPad-sized tablets without a desktop OS?
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In theory; Apple's selling every ipad they can make.
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Basically, like Gigabyte's Atom-powered offerings or even HP's Touchsmart TM2 but with much, much better software, better battery life and a sleeker/lighter formfactor.
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Much better software?
Better battery life?
Sleeker/lighter form factor?
Sounds like an ipad to me.
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Like FJH said, the biggest downfall of the iPad, IMHO, other than its weak specs (no webcam, no expandable storage etc) relative to its price is its weight.
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There's one spec apple got perfectly right with the ipad - battery life. My ipad lasts for weeks on a single charge.
It's not like my laptop where i need to find a cable to plug in when I need to use it.
A webcam and expandable storage are "nice to have"'s - amazing battery life is a necessity.
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I was playing with someone's iPad today and was just thinking to myself how I would not want to try and hold that thing while in bed or in a hammock trying to watch a movie or read an e-book.
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I agree that it's a little heavy - due to the aluminum, glass, and dual batteries necessary to keep that display powered. Still, it's lighter and easier to hold then a netbook.
Definitely future versions will be lighter; as display technology gets more power efficient. Regardless I've yet to see a netbook that can last weeks on a charge that is as power efficient as the ipad.
RE: THIS is HP
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RE: THIS is HP
Have a nice day!
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probably to expensive
Someone almost has done this,
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