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jammo
Joined: 12 Dec 2008
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 Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:23 am Post subject: HP touchpad |
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was waiting for the new ipad before trying a tablet but...
just heard about the hp touchpad being scrapped and the ridiculous price cuts. are these in Korea? Have the prices been slashed here too?
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Udo
Joined: 22 May 2011
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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| I ordered one from newegg for $99USD over the weekend but they are sold out and dont even list it anymore. Its probably junk though... |
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joshuascott
Joined: 01 Jun 2011
Location: Minneapolis, MN/Daegu
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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I'm actually typing this from a touchpad I got on amazon. Its meh. A year or two ago this would have been pretty sweet, but it not even close to an ipad. Hardly any apps, quirky, and not as multimedia friendly. That being said for 100 dollars you pretty much are obliged to pick one up.. I got a 16 and a 32, gonna sell the 32.
oh one positive to note is the web browsing is pretty good |
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joshuascott
Joined: 01 Jun 2011
Location: Minneapolis, MN/Daegu
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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I'm actually typing this from a touchpad I got on amazon. Its meh. A year or two ago this would have been pretty sweet, but it not even close to an ipad. Hardly any apps, quirky, and not as multimedia friendly. That being said for 100 dollars you pretty much are obliged to pick one up.. I got a 16 and a 32, gonna sell the 32.
oh one positive to note is the web browsing is pretty good |
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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| joshuascott wrote: |
| A year or two ago this would have been pretty sweet, but it not even close to an ipad. Hardly any apps, quirky, and not as multimedia friendly. |
You forgot sluggish, hot, slippery, short battery life and prone to fingerprints. Plus, whereas the ipad seems to telepathically know what I'm trying to push, I seem to often miss what I'm trying to push on the Touchpad's screen. At full price, you'd have to be stupid to pick it up compared to an ipad2.
| joshuascott wrote: |
| That being said for 100 dollars you pretty much are obliged to pick one up.. |
All six of my Touchpads shipped. I'll be giving one, maybe two to relatives. Keeping the rest. They'll go well with my four ipads. |
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ichibankimchi
Joined: 11 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:17 pm Post subject: 32 gig for sale |
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| joshuascott wrote: |
| I got a 16 and a 32, gonna sell the 32. |
im guessing you are not in korea... if you are i would like to buy that 32gig |
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tatertot
Joined: 21 Oct 2008
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To madoka and joshuascott:
You guys should look up "hp touchpad 1.7 overclock" on Google. You can safely overclock your Touchpad and install a couple of patches with almost no battery life hit. Check out some videos on Youtube if you need to be convinced. It really flies after you do it.
Unfortunately, all of my orders from hp.com and barnesandnoble.com were canceled. I heard that hp.com might be selling them again this weekend, though, so fingers crossed. |
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joshuascott
Joined: 01 Jun 2011
Location: Minneapolis, MN/Daegu
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| Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:23 am Post subject: |
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| You forgot sluggish, hot, slippery, short battery life and prone to fingerprints. Plus, whereas the ipad seems to telepathically know what I'm trying to push, I seem to often miss what I'm trying to push on the Touchpad's screen. At full price, you'd have to be stupid to pick it up compared to an ipad2. |
Your absolutely right on those points. I found the web browsing to be acceptable once I turned the logging off. I'm going to overclock it today and see what happens. Programs are for the most part sluggish. The OS is ok, but apple's OS is so far ahead of webOS its almost not even comparable. My touchpad is simply a way to fill the time until I can get my hands on the new ipad. Oh and apparently it double posts on daves when you send messages....
I spent all weekend trying to get a touchpad or two. After finally getting my frist one in last night it was a letdown. With most tech products you get enamored with for quite some time. I played with it for about an hour and went back to my macbook pro. If you can get your hands on the 16gb for 99 do it otherwise don't stress over it. I think everywhere globally will see the price cuts just not immediately.
Oh and IchibanKimchi if you are willing to pay shipping I will sell to you. I'll be in Korea in a few weeks but won't have room for it in my luggage. Its suppose to ship Sept. 1st so let me know by then if you'd like it. |
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