***The Official HP TouchPad Thread***

[fail at the internets]

How the hell do I set a new wallpaper?? I can manage the complicated stuff but give me a simple task and I fail miserably...

Took me ages to work out too! Go to settings then screen & lock!

 

[dasyad]

How the hell do I set a new wallpaper?? I can manage the complicated stuff but give me a simple task and I fail miserably...

Screen and lock in settings

 

[w1lliam]

Plays 1080p in YouTube full screen flawlessly, when not in full screen not smooth but juddery.

 

[ringo747]

Too heavy, not many apps but still it will do nicely for general usage. I need a dropbox app really. I know there is a synergy integration thing but not really a big fan of it.

Any good Twitter apps?

 

[lay-z-boy]

You are indeed lucky, I took the last ones off the shelf too! One of each

Do you mean by typing physically? I can't report on that as I'm using a bt keyboard.

While typing in the forum post box on the virtual keyboard the text in the quote box jumps about a small amount. It's more odd than anything else.

 

[steinooo]

No but we shouldn't have to tbh the hardware is or should be more than capable. Look how smooth the iPad V1 is compared to this.

I agree the iPad is more smooth, this tablet doesn't sound like it's for you as it's less than a third of the price of the oldest iPad and more of a tablet to tinker with for PC people like general OCUK browsers are.

 

[Bennie-Mac]

Cheers guys, knew I was being a moron

 

[matthewhotdude]

Too heavy, not many apps but still it will do nicely for general usage. I need a dropbox app really. I know there is a synergy integration thing but not really a big fan of it.

Any good Twitter apps?

There is a drop box app £7!

 

[Tweaker]

There are have been so many developers who have said meh or no to create webOS apps after the sale. It all depends if someone buys it, if devs are shown there is money to be made, they will come.

 

[w1lliam]

DO the tweaks they are necessary! My pad is buttery smooth. And this is proper multitasking, not how android does it.

 

[dasyad]

Too heavy, not many apps but still it will do nicely for general usage. I need a dropbox app really. I know there is a synergy integration thing but not really a big fan of it.

Any good Twitter apps?

Check the first post and get the Box app, 50GB free .

In terms of the slowness at times I'm certain it is software related because the hardware is pretty good on paper. Hopefully HP will surprise us with an awesome speed update, faint chance I know

 

[Bennie-Mac]

There is a drop box app £7!

What about the FREE Box app which gives you 50GB storage for life?

Edit - Bah beaten.

Double Edit - I should really learn to open all the packaging, just found a nifty cleaning cloth! This thing needs it.

 

[Robbo]

The coming WebOS software updates will make it even faster and smoother. It has the hardware for it. Or you can just do the current tweaks that are out.

I don't see the fuss about Android either, I'd rather have WebOS as it's basically just for browsing and the odd app. I have the iPad 2 for any serious business, not that this is bad. It's excellent for the money!

 

[Ezyryder]

Logged into my account, watched them on the page and now I'm watching this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmmBrd7LzMk&feature=feedu

in full screen and 720p and it sounds and looks great.

Youtube worked perfectly for me, do you have flash turned on ?

Does it do it on mine, it just opens the Video app and puts a weird link in there... it doesn't do it always, I have managed to watch some videos though.

 

[dasyad]

What about the FREE Box app which gives you 50GB storage for life?

Edit - Bah beaten.

Double Edit - I should really learn to open all the packaging, just found a nifty cleaning cloth! This thing needs it.

Too true, I'm also using the cloth for my SGSII

 

[matthewhotdude]

What about the FREE Box app which gives you 50GB storage for life?

Edit - Bah beaten.

Double Edit - I should really learn to open all the packaging, just found a nifty cleaning cloth! This thing needs it.

Me bad was thinking of something else

 

[Wyrdo]

Anyone tried BBC iPlayer yet? TV isn't working for me for some reason, radio works fine. It should work, shouldn't it?

Edit: Never mind, seems I needed to reboot it.

 

[w1lliam]

Tested it earlier on the beeb, works fine.

 

[Cosimo]

Keyboard Annoyance – first letter of first word in forum post starts in lower case instead of upper.

 

[Azza]

iPlayer works great was watching MOTD2 earlier to show my Dad what he's missing out on.