HP webOS devices launched

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HP unveils TouchPad, Pre3, and Veer -- and hints at future webOS platform ambitions | ITworld

 

HP has anounced the release of its tablets and two new phones running the webOS operating system. They also disclosed plans to run webOS on printers and full computers in the future.

 

Whether bundling a whole OS with a printer is a good plan or not is debatable but maybe if they pack an OS in the printer they will be less inclined to make drivers that are OS sized.

 

There are several notable features about the TouchPad that make it a compelling alternative to the iPad and some Android tablets:

 

 

• Port-free charging via HP's Touchstone technology
  
• Full support for HTML5 and Flash web content
  
• HP's contact and social media integration known as HP Synergy
  
• The ability to adjust the size of keys in the onscreen keyboard to fit your hands and typing style (hard to believe no one else has come up with this before now)
  
• Support for magazine subscriptions (launching with a slate of Time Inc. publications)
  
• Built-in NFC that allows seamless transition of web content from the TouchPad to other NFC-enabled webOS devices (including the Pre3, which was also announced today)
  
• QuickOffice is included for working with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files
  Printing support that will work with many recent printer models (from both HP and third-parties) that support HP's PCL on a local network and Internet printing courtesy of HP's ePrint
  
• HP is working to develop video calling with partners (Skype was explicitly mentioned), which should allow for broader video call adoption than Apple's FaceTime
  
• The ability to buy video content from HP's forthcoming Movie Store
  
• True multi-tasking capabilities
  

 

Should be interesting and benificial having another alternative in the tablet race, especially one that lacks some of the hardline views that can be assosiated with other alternatives.

[localzuk]

Looks very interesting! This year is going to see quite a few tablets launched, so it's going to be interesting to see how they all compare.