HP TouchPad with WebOS 3.0 Unveiled

HP Palm has officially introduced the new TouchPad tablet running HP webOS 3.0 at the Think Beyond event in San Francisco, U.S. Flaunting a 9.7-inch display XGA capacitive display, the TouchPad supports the same resolution as that of the Apple iPad - 1024x768. Under the hood, HP TouchPad houses a dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and offers 16GB or 32GB storage options. HP also showed off Palm's webOS 3.0 which is now called HP webOS.

HP Palm's Topaz tablet was already teased and much talked about by those who had crude details and rumor mongers.

New HP TouchPad has 9.7-inch XGA capacitive display with 18-bit color depth is exactly the same size as in the Apple iPad. In terms of internal hardware, it houses dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8060 processor which is fast enough to make the upcoming webOS 3.0 for the tablet fly like a hummingbird.

Oddly, the TouchPad has a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera for video calls and no camera on the back panel. The webOS 3.0 running tablet will have Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, microUSB port for charging and for connecting the tablet to a PC.

HP has also packed an accelerometer and gyroscope to aid developers in developing various games as well as apps. Take a look at the specifications below.

- HP webOS 3.0
- 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
- 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
- Dimensions: 190 mm x 242 mm x 13.7 mm (7.48 inches x 9.53 inches x 0.54 inches)
- Weight: approximately 740 g (1.6 pounds)

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