HP will release the TouchPad in select markets Friday, putting the webOS mobile operating system the company acquired when it purchased Palm into an HP-branded tablet. “WebOS is a very solid operating system that’s very competitive with both iOS and the Android offerings,” Tom Mainelli, a research manager at IDC, told TechNewsWorld. The TouchPad has a 9.7-inch LED backlit glossy multitouch screen. It weighs about 1.6 pounds and measures 9.45 by 7.48 by 0.54 inches. It has a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core APQ8060 processor.
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HP Slings webOS Into Tablet Territory With TouchPad Release
Posted by: Richard Adhikari June 30, 2011 11:57 AMHP will release the TouchPad in select markets Friday, putting the webOS mobile operating system the company acquired when it purchased Palm into an HP-branded tablet. “WebOS is a very solid operating system that’s very competitive with both iOS and the Android offerings,” Tom Mainelli, a research manager at IDC, told TechNewsWorld. The TouchPad has a 9.7-inch LED backlit glossy multitouch screen. It weighs about 1.6 pounds and measures 9.45 by 7.48 by 0.54 inches. It has a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core APQ8060 processor.