***The Official HP TouchPad Thread***

[Robbo]

Got a Touchstone and Keyboard for £65.

One of my family bought the keyboard and it's very good, very similar to the official Mac keyboard and it's partly metal too! It has some nice special control keys as well as it's actually designed for the tablet itself.

The dock is superb though as you've no doubt seen me mention already (and I posted some pics in the other thread).

 

[Robbo]

How many bags do you need to carry all your phones and tablets? Must play havoc with your back

I don't carry them all at once!

 

[Robbo]

Can you charge the touchpad in the Touchstone if it's in the official case?

Yes, it works as far as I know!

 

[Robbo]

changed the forum descriptions, as it stood it had to go in laptops but we changed things round

Brilliant, thanks guys!

 

[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!

 

[Robbo]

Anyone using hotmail on this yet, how do you set up an account?

Mail > Email Account > fill it in...

 

[Robbo]

Really?

That doesn't work over here, it's not on the store at the moment. Is it due back?

 

[Robbo]

There are some great apps for this (the Facebook and the Accuweather ones also have Exhibition modes, they look superb)!

If you want to sync your tablet to a music library (such as iTunes), try this -

http://www.hpplay.com/

 

[Robbo]

One of the reasons I didn't go for Android. Its certainly not the prettiest OS on the market. What we need is the customisability of Android with the look of WebOS or WP and the slickness of WP and ISO (ISO) also looking plain and almost as dated as a lot of Android).

Edit:And the multitasking of WebOS! Just wish they would move the damn enter key lower, I keep pressing the shift key beneath it!

That's why I like Android with HTC Sense, it makes it look pretty and polished, stock Android is pretty ugly, as are most of the custom skins like TouchWiz, etc. As are most of the apps, too.

 

[Robbo]

So... Spaz HD the best Twitter app? (what a name )

 

[Robbo]

I'm going to do all the tweaks and good stuff this evening.

Even though in fairness, I don't really find it lacking when it comes to performance, certain things are a bit steady but overall it's quite fine.

 

[Robbo]

Android is not worth bothering with until Honeycomb is working properly, WebOS is fine!

 

[Robbo]

I don't think Google plan to release the source for Honeycomb?

Lets hope the Android solution is dual boot - I think that is what they are aiming for. Best of both worlds.

I believe they are going to release it when Ice Cream Sandwich launches.

 

[Robbo]

ICS will get the source released. HC will remain closed, as I understand it anyway.

HC is a part of ICS, it's a merger of Gingerbread and Honeycomb.

 

[Robbo]

Late night troll from the Honeycomb or is that iPad user.

There is nothing wrong with Honeycomb and it's working very well. It is what a table OS should be. WebOS on the other hand is slow, unfriendly and clearly quite a few software releases behind from almost being a polished tablet OS. Which at the end of the day is why the brick is only worth buying at the knockdown price.

What? I meant until Honeycomb is working properly on the Touchpad. A normal version of 2.2/2.3 isn't going to be nicer than WebOS for me at least.

In fact, until tablet Android is better overall I don't want it. This is why I've got an iPad 2 despite me liking the 10.1 and Transformer.

The current tablet market is controlled by apps, and only one platform is the winner when it comes to that (iOS). Apps aside, iOS just seems to work better (and most people see it that way too).

Now look at who is putting out troll bait with it being slicker.

Android 3.1 on Galaxy Tab 10.1 doesn’t stutter or lag on its home screen. You must be using a different tablet.

Now where were we? Ah yes, trying to make the webOS better with Preware.

The same way some people try to make Android better with rooting? None of these Preware tweaks are a 'must' by any means.

I've tried showing people Android devices and tablets and they just think it's far too over the top when it comes to all the things you can do it on it, this is why Apple stuff sells so well and won't ever be overtaken on a big scale by Android in it's current form.

As amiga has already said, intuitiveness is everything. While Android isn't difficult to use or anything like that, it isn't exactly a walk in the park for someone that is clueless with technology, either.

 

[Robbo]

tbh robbo you do seem to have one view on this situation which i feel is poisoning your mind and views on what others actually think. you come across as though you'll take the views of 10 people you know over 1000 people on here for instance.

if you had an open mind on this you'd see that when 1.5 android was out and everyone was routing they were saying how 1.5 was bad but rooting made it great, brilliant etc, then 2.1 was standard and now 2.1 was bad until they rooted which made it great brilliant, but then 2.3 is out which is bad until rooted etc.

Poisoning my mind? Steady on now

What everyone on here says isn't really that relevant in the real world as it's a technology enthusiasts forum! They're going to find things like Android easy to operate and they far too often assume that everyone else would, too. It isn't the case.

I disagree that rooting is important, it isn't. You don't NEED to root the HTC Sensation, you don't NEED to root the Galaxy S II. The gains aren't earth shattering by any means.

 

[Robbo]

How do you close windows? I set up my mail and it opened an app store window but I can't see a way to close it, also I started writing a mail I don't want to send and I can't seem to close that window either.

Missing the Android back button!

Swipe up from the bottom of the bezel onto the screen (when in the window), then swipe the window itself (when minimised) to the top of the screen as if you're 'throwing it away'.

 

[Robbo]

intuitive isn't it.

The gestures are miles better than a back button, yeah.

 

[Robbo]

Next time post what you actually mean. It does help.

I thought that it would be fairly obvious, sorry.

 

[Robbo]

The keyboard looks pretty naff. No offence

It isnt!