New HP TouchPad video highlights webOS 3.0 features

By on Jun 13, 2011 at 7:55 PM
mobile June 13, 2011

HP has posted a new video for its highly anticipated TouchPad tablet on YouTube, and it highlights several of the tablet’s distinguishing features. In the three minute clip, HP demos the ability to manage tasks simultaneously, the speed of the dual-core Qualcomm processor, HP Synergy, light gaming, HTML5 and Adobe Flash support, Citrix Receiver, video calling, and HP’s Touch To Share technology for keeping your webOS phone and tablet in sync. The TouchPad is set to debut on July 1st for $499.99. Hit the jump to see the video for yourself.

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  • Anonymous

    I love the idea of tablets being extensions of our phones. I picture walking in the door with my Pre 3, my Touchpad picks up on the fact that I am home by “talking” with my phone, I pick up my Touchpad for some email and browsing, and my calls/sms can be handled by my tablet so I don’t have to run and get my phone. Hopefully this integrated relationship will find it’s way to my iPhone 4 + iPad 2 because it surely makes my eyes wander over to the HP Pre3/Touchpad set up! Bravo!

    • sirpaul

      It already exists in iOS 5. There is no ‘detecting’ that you are home though – all messages are synched between devices at all times (with iMessage). Pretty handy!

      • Anonymous

        And with iCloud, all of your content is identical with all of your devices.

        The only thing missing is taking calls, but I don’t want to hold a tablet up to my ear. 

      • Corwinsr

        Not to nitpick but you’d use the external speaker.

  • http://twitter.com/MrKal_El Mr Kal-El

    The Full Court press is coming….

  • Praneet Kataria

    The integration with the phone looks pretty sick.

    Why doesn’t apple do some of these cool things??  I don’t want to have to change my phone too when I’m thinking of buying  a tablet…

    • Anonymous

      Why? In my own personal conjecture I don’t think Apple believes it would appeal to a large enough audience to deem worthwhile to spend the time and resources to develop.

      Yeah, it’s cool to people like you and me who read BGR and other tech blogs, but we’re a small minority.

      • serpentor

        orly? Is that why Apple took 3 yrs to include copy and paste? or 4 years to have a notification system that doesn’t suck?

        If webOS starts to gain traction, just watch how much iOS starts to borrow from webOS.

      • Anonymous

        It doesn’t matter who was first, what only matters is who does it best.

      • Anonymous

        iOS Android and WP7 … neither of them launched with cut and paste at launch

      • Anonymous

        Copy/Paste is a bad example because when it was implemented, it was done in a very intuitive way and had near-universal praise.

    • Anonymous

      iMessage…

  • Anonymous

    bah.  Its not made by apple so it sux right bgr?

    • ThatGuy

      If you think bgr is so pro-Apple and it’s makes you so angry why bother coming here. This article has no mention of Apple at all.

      As for the TouchPad, I think HP has a winner. This could easily be the 2nd best tablet behind the iPad.

      • sirpaul

        Only reason Apple isn’t mentioned is because Todd wrote it.

      • http://twitter.com/dumper514 Dumper

        Todd is mad sexy, I agree.

  • Digitaltouch

    Very nice. Everything seems to Work smoothly. Like that it’s different.

  • http://twitter.com/UrbanEnigma Yves

    Is it just me or were there a few instances of choppiness displayed in that video?

    • Anonymous

      That’s my worry about the TouchPad; webOS was known for its “laggy” UI in earlier builds. The lack of applications and performance are what I will be paying attention to before I consider buying one.

      Aside from that, I do like what’s been shown so far.

      • Anonymous

        No android is known for it’s laggy os

    • The Mighty BK

      it was you

  • Anonymous

    More boring stuff from HP. Whoever buys anything remotely related to HP.

    • sirpaul

      HPs stock quote, profits, market share etc. say otherwise. Go back in your hole, Apple fanboy.

  • Element

    Apple’s gonna steal Touch to Share in no time, don’t worry. :p

    • Anonymous

      I’d rather a menu option (in the same menu as Print, Add Bookmark, etc) for a “Send to my iPhone”.

  • http://www.droiddoes.com/ iNorm

    The Touchpad looks sick. Beats the pants off of DROID honeycomb 3.0 and iOS. The hardware looks smooth too. Selling XOOM now…..

  • Ktown8

    Man, that’s not an iPad commercial, I don’t know what’s!?!

  • Anonymous

    If devs starts creating apps for this baby, I may be switching in no time. It’s what I always wanted my iPad to be. Seriously.

  • BrocknessMonster

    UI looks a little laggy in some spots. pretty big turn off in my opinion.

    • http://www.droiddoes.com/ iNorm

      I’m assuming you have a DROID tablet because you could spot lag that I couldn’t find.

      • Anonymous

        Look @ 1:22. There is obvious lag just like on my Pre Plus. I really like Webos but it needs good hardware and I’m not convinced this is it……

        I guess I’ll have to bust out $500 and go see for myself or try and demo one somewhere.

  • http://twitter.com/TruNedu Chinedu Michael

    Wow!! This is good, really good.

  • Anonymous

    Wow that makes a lot of sense dude

    http://www.complete-privacy.no.tc

  • J. Williams

    Very nice.

  • Anonymous

    This tablet is a winner. At launch it will be the second best tablet on the market.  Not bad HP not bad….

  • Anonymous

    Pre 3 please.

  • Fennetta

    Anyone out there?  New user of the Touchpad, how do you mark, highlight a senence in a book I’m reading???/

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