The HP TouchPad, which was first revealed in February, is set to go on sale July 1, but you can currently pre-order it on HP's website.
Consumers can also pre-order the tablet from retailers such as Best Buy, Newegg, Amazon, Costco, Staples, and TigerDirect. There is no expected ship date currently listed for TouchPad pre-orders.
HP's webOS tablet sports a 9.7-inch, 1024-by-768-pixel screen and will be available in two models: a $500 16-GB version and a $600 32-GB version. One feature that set the TouchPad apart from other tablets was its Touchstone technology, which shares information between the tablet and HP/Palm Pre phones. Apple's new iCloud service (a major foray into data synchronization and online storage) renders that functionality a bit less exciting.
The TouchPad joins the crop of tablet devices hitting the market in the wake of Apple's iPad. At the Consumer Electronics Show in January, manufacturers showcased nearly 100 tablets powered by Google's Android OS. Some technology journalists argue that the TouchPad's approach make it a more viable competitor to the iPad: HP and Palm developed both the hardware and operating system in house, meaning the device's user experience should have the elegance and polish necessary to make a tablet succeed.
In addition to making the TouchPad available for pre-order, HP has also posted a slew of instructional demo videos showing off the key features of their tablet on YouTube. Below is an overview of the TouchPad, but other videos detail things like wireless charging using Touchstone, notifications and the device's multitasking functionality.
source: Gadget Lab
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