HP rolls out TouchPad update, cuts price by $50

By on Aug 3, 2011 at 1:15 AM
Software August 3, 2011

HP began rolling out the webOS 3.0.2 update to its TouchPad tablet on Monday evening. The software update is expected to improve the performance and stability of the device and also includes a number of enhancements. According to HP’s change log, webOS 3.0.2 offers improvements to the calendar, email, music, photos and videos, and web browser applications. Users should now see faster scrolling inside email with improved message content and image display. In addition, HP has reduced audio skipping while the TouchPad is multitasking and has improved the speed and accuracy of text assist. The company has also dropped the price of the TouchPad by $50 until September 10th, which means you can pick up a 16GB model for $449 or a 32GB model for $549. Read on for a full list of the webOS 3.0.2 changes.

Calendar

  • Quicker Just Type event search and event creation
  • Improved handling of meeting cancellations

Email:

  • Faster scrolling
  • Improved message content and image display
  • Improved management of multiple emails in Draft and Outbox views

    • Music

    • Reduced audio skipping when the device is running other applications
    • Better display of album art

    Photos & Videos

    • Added ability to set wallpapers
    • Faster and more reliable handling of individual photos and albums

    Text Assist

    • Improved speed and accuracy of auto-corrections

    Web

    • Increased scrolling support compatibility within web pages
    • Improved performance of remote HTML5 video playback
    • Improved responsiveness of auto correction within the browser

    webOS System

    • Fixed issues with oversensitive screen rotation

    Security

  • This release addresses a number of security issues with HP webOS software.
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    • Lawrence of Arabia

      $449 should have been the release price since the beginning.

      • http://twitter.com/AIX7 john

        take an extra $ 150 off that price and it sounds about right. those things are def cheap feeling

    • Anonymous

      It should have launched at $399 like the Asus Transformer to even stand a chance. The TF is now second only to the Ipad 2 (a distant second, obviously) in shipments, and probably sales, since there aren’t any major QC issues like there were with the Xoom. In this crowded marketplace, all the TouchPad has going for it is the 4:3 screen, which is ideal for portrait web surfing. And that’s not really that much of an advantage at all.

    • Anonymous

      WebOS is beautiful but as soon as you pick up this tablet it feels cheap as fuck. The screen is kind of too far from the glass which is instantly noticeable and the whole device just feels cheap, I wouldn’t be surprise if this was design by the same dumb ass that did the Palm pre. It’s like these people aren’t even trying hard, I think they need a shake up. WebOS on a tablet like the Motorola Xoom or Galaxy tab would kill the competition but they ain’t trying. I think the Palm team and the team at Rim have a lot in common.

      • Anonymous

        Same here, i picked it up and it felt like cheap shit. I am definitely not happen about that

    • OCTheo

      The dud must be wasting precious space in warehouses, hence the $50 drop in price.

    • Anonymous

      “Began rolling out”…I fell to the floor giggling incoherently when I read that. With the number of end-customers HP has for this thing, a “roll out” should take about…oh…23 milliseconds.

    • Anonymous

      If you have an old palm phone, you already got fifty off through some loyalty program. The extra $50 price drop makes it even better. Still not getting one though.

    • Anonymous

      You are watching the beginnings of a tech giant gulping for oxygen, soon to be found near your $.99 store as a bygone relic doomed by the purchase of Palm.

    • Anonymous

      As Apple’s CtO, Chief tAmpon Officer, I simply LOVE the display units at Best Buy; they do nothing with their preloaded demo-ware*

      True Story

      • Anonymous

        Puerto ricans are gay and you prove my point.

      • Anonymous

        Dude your posts are like watching a dice clay show. They are funny the first time, but not funny anymore.

    • Anonymous

      HP lol.

      Anyway for day one buyers to get $50 back? Suckers!!! Lol

    • http://www.absolutefiction.com Jed Tylman

      I admire HP’s perseverance in keeping WebOS alive. But at one point, they’ll have to finally wake up…

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YPW3SSTSF5EYPPJ2OBNLMZ2YEM Darryl Lamb

      I just paid $22.87 for an iPad 2 (64 GB) and my girlfriend loves her Panasonic Lumix GF 1 Camera that we got for $38.76 there arriving tomorrow by UPS. I will never pay such expensive retail prices in stores again. Especially when I also sold a 40 inch LED TV to my boss for $674 which only cost me $62.81 to buy. Here is the website we use to get it all from, CentHub.com

    • http://twitter.com/fulano83 Fernando Taveras

      A commercial is saying that it starts at $399. It’s been airing today

    • Bshiring

      Coming this friday the 16gb model drops to $399 and the 32gb model $499.

    • http://twitter.com/drvapenstein Dr. Vapenstein

      HP completely dropped the ball with webOS. Two years ago this system destroyed Android. Now it doesn’t, thanks to lack of HP internal and third party developer interest. Such a waste. I am jumping ship to ios, we love our iPad and we get new phones at the end of September. Fingers crossed for Verizon iPhone 4S.

    • Tom Starcell7

      I really like the HP Touch pad , it has some work to do before it can be a serious contender.  But with the WebOs it has the best Operating Sys on the market.  It also has stereo speakers ! 
        Not a bad device at all . The Hp has 300 Native apps for The touchpad.  Try it you might like it.

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