HP Touchpad, WebOS with big screen

Finally, HP's entry into the tablet market. With the latest release tablet that is named HP Touchpad. The presence of these products increasingly fierce competition in the world confirms the tablet-not just from the product side, but from the side of the platform as well.

HP Touchpad will carry the operating system called WebOS. If you remember, WebOS is an operating system developed by Palm and is introduced through a mobile phone, Palm Pre and PalmPixi. However, since Palm bought HP last year, WebOS like missing. Well, this is the new touchpad, WebOS comes back.

From the screenshots shown HP, WebOS appearance relatively unchanged. On the front page there are the Quick Launch bar contains shortcuts to frequently used applications, such as web browsers, mail, instant messenger, and gallery. While the application is currently active and is in the background (WebOS already supports multitasking) is displayed in the form of "cards".

HP Touchpad itself has a size 9.7-inch screen with a resolution of 1024x768. These specifications are the same as Apple iPad, but not as high as Motorola Xoom which has a resolution of 1280x800. Processor using Qualcomm APQ8060 which is a two-core processor with a speed of 1.2 GHz. Touchpad itself is not a mobile device, because it only relies on WiFi as a connection to the internet. But HP promises Touchpad can synchronize to the device based smartphone WebOS.

Speaking of smartphones, at the same time HP also released two new smartphones based WebOS, namely Pre3 and Veer. HP Pre3 is a smartphone for the business segment that offers 3.58 inches and a physical keyboard. While HP Veer is a tiny device the size of the hand with a handful still has a physical keyboard.

HP TouchPad features and specs:

• HP webOS
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 242 mm x 13.7 mm (7.48 inches x 9.53 inches x .54 inches)
• Weight: approximately 740 g (1.6 pounds)
• Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-CPU APQ8060 1.2-GHz processor
• 9.7-inch diagonal XGA capacitive, multitouch screen with a vibrant, 18-bit color, 1,024 x 768 resolution display
• The option of either 16 GB or 32 GB of internal storage
• High-performance browser with full access to the web, including support for Adobe Flash Player 10.1 beta for access to rich, Flash-based web content
• Wireless connectivity:
  • Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n with WPA, WPA2, WEP, 802.1X authentication
  • A-GPS (3G only)
  • Bluetooth® wireless technology 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support
• Multimedia options, including music, photos, video recording and playback, and a 3.5 mm headset/headphone/microphone jack
  • Internal stereo speakers and Beats Audio
  • Front-facing 1.3-megapixel webcam for live video calling
• Email, including EAS (for access to corporate Microsoft Exchange servers) and personal email support (Google Gmail push, Yahoo!, POP3, IMAP)
• Robust messaging support
• Light sensor, accelerometer, compass (magnetometer) and gyroscope
• Rechargeable 6,300 mAh (typical) battery
• Micro-USB (Charging and PC Connect) with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
• Built-in HP Touchstone technology for easy charging (HP Touchstone for TouchPad sold separately) and HP touch-to-share to share web addresses between TouchPad and compatible webOS phones

   

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HP Pre 3 webOS Smartphone, The Pre 2′s successor

Other Smartphones successor of Palm Pre 2, which was launched this HP comes with a platform other than webOS, recorded with some specifications such as WVGA touch screen is 3.6 inches with a resolution of 480x800 pixels and a slider QWERTY keyboard. For business pengabadi picture, HP Pre 3 has a 5 megapixel main camera with autofocus and LED flash. Also, supported a 1.3 megapixel secondary camera located on the front, which allows you to do video calling.

In order to best performance, HP Pre 3 also armed with 1.4GHz processor Snapdragon 8x55 and 512 MB of RAM memory. For storage media, HP Pre 3 comes with two options ie, 8GB or 16GB. As for business connectivity, the HP Pre 3 comes with facilities like Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and A-GPS module.

From its HP Pre 3 is similar to the HP Veer just bigger with Width 64mm (2:52 inches) Height: 111mm (4:37 inches) and Thickness: 16mm (0.63 inches) seems so bulky compared to the HP Veer, but of course will be convenient to use.

For information, HP Pre 3 originally was designed to be a dual mode phone. This means that this smartphone will be present as a mobile GSM / HSPA + and CDMA on-board. However, this smartphone is expected to be present with only GSM mode only.

Here's full specs of HP Pre 3:
- HP webOS
- 3.58-inch multitouch screen with a vibrant 24-bit color, 480x800 resolution WVGA display
- Slide-out physical QWERTY keyboard
- Qualcomm MSM 8x55 (1.4 GHz)
- Microsoft® Exchange email with Microsoft Direct Push Technology
- POP3/IMAP (Yahoo!® Mail, Gmail™, AOL, Hotmail®, etc.)
- Integrated IM, SMS, and MMS
- Built-in GPS
- 5-megapixel auto-focus camera with LED flash, HD (up to 720p) video recording, front VGA
- Mono speakerphone; dual-mic noise cancellation
- Accelerometer, ambient light, proximity, and compass
- Audio formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR, QCELP, WAV
- Video formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264
- Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n 5GHz) with WPA, WPA2, WEP, 802.1X authentication;
- Bluetooth® wireless technology 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support; A-GPS;
- Wi-Fi router functionality for up to five devices using HP mobile hotspot
- 512MB RAM; choose from 8GB or 16GB internal storage
- USB mass storage support
- Battery 1230 mAh
- Charger/microUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
- 3.5mm stereo
- HP Touchstone Compatible
- Dimensions 64 x 111 x 16 mm (2.52 x 4.37 x 0.63  inches)
- Weight 156 grams (5.5 ounces)

    

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HP Veer, Smartphone Mini from 'HP-Palm'

Not only tablet that will launch the HP (Hewlett Packard), HP also will launch a new mobile phone which is a continuation series of Palm Pre 2 the first mobile phone released since HP's acquisition of Palm.

Mobile the smartphone category. Although many industries that emit the device with a large size, HP sure that the mini gadget will remain the trend. No wonder if smarpthone named HP Veer measuring only 3.25 inches.

HP Veer is a 3G smartphone with the power that comes with touch screen measuring 2.6 inches and supports display with a resolution of 320x400 pixels. Diusungnya operating system, of course, is WebOS. Sliding model with a QWERTY keypad. Although small, its features are not less bersaign with 8 GB memory, 800 MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, supports WiFi and HSPA+, as well as an accelerometer sensor, proximity, and light. This device can also function as a mobile hotspot.

Original size HP Veer is 54.5 mm x 84.0 mm x 15.1 mm and weighs only 103 grams and has supported the Adobe Flash Player 10.1 beta, wifi, GPS, and multimedia such as music player, video and 5 megapixel camera.


HP Veer features and specs

• HP webOS
• High-speed connectivity
• Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7230 800-MHz processor
• 2.57-inch multitouch screen with a vibrant, 18-bit color, 320 x 400 resolution display
• Dimensions: 54.5 mm x 84.0 mm x 15.1 mm (2.1 inches x 3.3 inches x 0.6 inches)
• Gesture area, which enables simple, intuitive gestures for navigation
• Full slide-out QWERTY keyboard
• 8 GB of internal storage
• High-performance browser with full access to the web, including support for Adobe Flash Player 10.1 beta for access to rich, Flash-based web content
• Wireless connectivity:
  • Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n with WPA, WPA2, WEP, 802.1X authentication
  • Integrated GPS
  • Bluetooth® wireless technology 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support
  • Wi-Fi router functionality for up to five devices using HP mobile hotspot
• Multimedia options, including music, photos, video recording and playback, a 5-megapixel camera with geotagging and 3.5 mm stereo headphone adapter
• Email, including EAS (for access to corporate Microsoft Exchange servers) and personal email support (Google Gmail push, Yahoo!, POP3, IMAP)
• Robust messaging support (combining IM, SMS and MMS capabilities)
• Proximity sensor, light sensor and accelerometer
• Rechargeable 910 mAh battery
• USB mass storage mode to transfer your media and other files quickly between desktop and device
• Ringer switch, which easily silences the ringer with one touch
• Compatible with HP Touchstone (sold separately)
• Tri-band UMTS, quad-band GSM/EDGE world phone
• Weight: 103 grams (3.6 ounces)

      

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INQ Cloud Touch, which was mentioned as a Facebook phones

Rumors about Facebook will issue a mobile phone which was much discussed, although Facebook has denied this. In fact, rumors are growing and are proven to have been present Facebook phones.

When this has been present mobile phone is touted as a Facebook phones, cell phone that is made by the INQ phones, mobile phone manufacturers based in London, England.

Quoted from Marshable, INQ has introduced INQ Cloud Touch, an Android smartphone designed specifically for deeply integrated with Facebook.Cloud Touch claimed to be the first mobile phone that offers a Facebook comprehensive integration.This then makes Cloud Touch dubbed the Facebook phones.

INQ chief executive Frank Meehan says, mobile phones running on Android operating system 2.2 or Froyo, has many Android applications, widgets and links that connect it to jump up very easily.

But unfortunately, this device is supported by only a Qualcomm 7227 chipset with 600MHz speed, making left superior than most smartphones currently using 1GHz Snapdragon.

Other specifications of the handset to be released in quarter two 2011, 4 MB memory capacity and can be extended. 5 Megapixel camera, 1300mAh battery powered and battery-powered HGVA 3.5 inch touchscreen.

INQ Cloud Touch Specifications:
- Android 2.2
- Qualcomm 7227 600MHz processor
- Memory 4 Mb
- 5MP camera
- 1300mAh battery
- 3.5 inch HGVA touch screen

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LG Optimus Pad comes with Honeycomb, Tegra 2 and 3D display

LG has officially will issue a tablet PC that is named Optimus Pad, Tablet adds Optimus family line that uses the Android OS. Optimus Pad has a 8.9 inch wide screen is also certain to be carrying the Honeycomb Android operating system.

The Operating System is, of course, is Android the latest version 3.0 which has called Honeycomb which was specially developed for tablet PC devices. Optimus Pad itself is planned to be exhibited to the public officially on the event Mobile World Congress 2011 which took place in Barcelona, Spain, 14 February.

Occurrences LG Optimus Pad offers something different to compete in the market, one of the advantages it offers is already wearing Optimus Pad dual core processor Nvidia Tegra 2, although this can not be said that a special advantage because of the previous Motorola offers the same thing at the latest tablet , Motorola XOOM

LG Optimus Pad (aka G-Slate) also been equipped with a front-facing camera plus a pair of imagers on the back allowing for 3D picture-taking, 32GB of onboard storage, and a 6.400 mAh battery.

Overview Specifications of LG Optimus Pad:
- OS: Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb
- Display: 8.9 inch touch-screen 3D-capable 1280 x 768
- CPU: 1 Ghz + (Dual-core Tegra 2 Processor)
- Memory internal 32 GB
- Front-facing camera
- Thin, probably an inch in width or smaller
- WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G support
- GPS
- Battery 6,400mAh

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Android Market now Accessible from your PC

The users of Android-based smarthphone certainly know what it is the Android Market. Android Market now that previously could only be accessed via mobile phones, but not anymore. Google has developed it to expand its application store to the web so that the Android Market can be accessed via computer. So when we find Android applications become easier because of the presence service.

So that we can learn first applications that we want to wear, like 30 the best game or know the 20 best 20 Android apps before we install our phone

How do I use it? Easy enough, users only need to refer to the website https://market.android.com. Furthermore, they are required to enter an email address that is also used on Android phones.

After doing the procedure, visitors will be shown a variety of applications in sequence according to category, not much different from the Android Market is accessible through the phone.

Installing applications becomes easier. We just choose the application you want to install, select install option, then the game will automatically installed on mobile phones. Easy is not it?

Another advantage with the presence of this web version of Android Market is the presence of some paid applications that previously could not be accessed on the phone. Yes, for certain areas not all applications can be used. Now the gap is not there anymore.

In addition to providing application Android, Google's newly launched site is also integrated with several other services such as Email, Calendar, Documents, Photos and more. List any device or application that was used will be listed on the My Account page.

Good luck using the web version of the Android Market....

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The advantages of Android Honeycomb

Google has officially introduced the Android Honeycomb as the operating system for tablets. There are several advantages of Honeycomb when compared with the previous version of the Android OS.

As quoted from Computerworld, here's some interesting things from Android Honeycomb.

1. Switching and better multitasking
Android is good in multitasking applications, now it is again enhanced. In Honeycomb users can easily switch applications by simply touching an icon in the system bar. After that then you will see a thumbnail of the application running.

2. Better capability to vary Widget
Capability against a variety of widgets promised would be more indulgent of its users. For example widget to display Google's Gmail e-mail, users do not need to open the Gmail application to browse in it, just need to scrolling of the widget only. Another benefit is, it is hoped the developers could create applications that are increasingly attractive.

3. Increased ability to Copy-Paste
Several series terhahulu Android is already able to do copy-paste, but some users questioned the text selection problem which is rather difficult. Now it is trying to be resolved, in addition to copy-paste the Google also added to share it on the selected text.

4. Browser Chrome better
There is one missing feature that is placed in the Chrome browser on Android earlier, the ability Tab. Yes, that is in Honeycomb Chrome can now do so. In addition users can also synchronize between the browser on the phone with Chrome on the computer.

5. Notifications clearer
With a bigger screen, automatically make Google more flexibility to place notification on the screen.

6. Improved Drag and Drop and Mutitouch
Larger screen sizes, to sue Google to improve the multitouch capabilities in Android, not to mention the features drag and drop. In the demo shown, the user can drag and drop to move emails in Gmail application.

In addition to upgrades mentioned above, Honeycomb is also designed for top graphics cards and is the reason why Honeycomb better suited for tablet PC. With a top graphics card would be expected to provide a different experience when users play games or run applications via the tablet Honeycomb.

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