What do you get when you cross the convenient and highly mobile tablet form factor with the powerful multitasking power of HP webOS? You get something that works like nothing else -- and then keeps on working, so you can have more time to play. (And TouchPad will help you out there, too.)
What’s the big deal? Start with effortless multitasking. If you need to manage your email, calendar, photos, and everything else, do you really want to stop what you’re doing in one app to switch to another? I don’t know about you, but the last time I bought a computer that could only keep one window open at a time, the price of a gallon gas was under a buck. Well under. The TouchPad delivers the same kind of keep-up-with-me-here Qualcomm-dual-core-Snapdragon-powered multitasking that you need now. But to really get a sense of how multitasking transforms the experience, all you need to do is watch a bit of this video that introduces you to the power of webOS on the TouchPad.
Since it’s built around webOS, HP Synergy takes care of bringing in and consolidating your email, calendars, and contacts (pulling them together whenever that’s useful, and keeping them separate when that’s what you need). You can think of Just Type as the flip side of Synergy – Synergy makes it a breeze to bring your key information onto your TouchPad, and Just Type makes it simple to find it. Instead of having to pull up your email program and search for an address, you can jyst type the person’s name – Just Type immediately prompts you with the best match for whatever you just typed, whether it’s a contact, the name of an app, or a web search.
But another one of the hallmarks of webOS really shines when you’ve got such a spacious palette to play with – and that’s notifications. If you’re going to truly experience the web – with all its Adobe Flash goodness and rendered with a gorgeous Beats Audio soundtrack – do you really want an intrusive notification message hijacking your screen to let you know you’ve got a message from Aunt Tillie? Or if you disable your notifications, do you really not want to get an email from your boss reminding you about that TPS report that’s due at 5 PM? Well, maybe you do – I guess it depends on how you feel about TPS reports. But with webOS, you get the best of both worlds. Notifications are easily visible on screen, but don’t obscure your view of the big picture on the screen – or derail your train of thought.
Who is TouchPad for? Well, it will have access to over half a million corporate apps that can be accessed via the Citrix Receiver app. And the way it renders high-speed gaming visuals will leave you breathless. Its Touchstone dock not only pulls off the nifty trick of connector-free charging, but it lets your TouchPad take on new functionality in Exhibition mode while it's charging (like displaying the time or a photo gallery). So if you work, play, or like innovative ways to get more done, watch the video to figure out exactly why you want a TouchPad in your life.
It is obvious that the TouchPad is primarily geared towards business users. Many business users will want to VPN into their company’s network. They will then want to RDP in the computers on their company’s network. What are HP’s plans to support VPN and RDP on the HP TouchPaq?
Agreed. The Citrix apps may be nice but we don't use that at work (I'm sure I'm not alone!). Just let me RDP to my desktop (preferably over VPN) and I'm all over this device because this could truly replace my laptop. I have been completely underwhelmed by the iPad and it's lack of multi-window support. I have an original Pre and know how much more capable WebOS is. Give me RDP, tether it to my Pre and I'm off and running.
I agree. I have a few dozen computers and servers I need to support for multiple customers. And one uses Citrix. And that happens to be a 6 year old version of Citrix! ALL of my clients I can connect to via RDP. We really need an RDP app.
I have a customer looking at Tablets. She was excited about the HP until I told her she cannot RDP into her server (which hosts her Electronic Medical Records software) - instantly, we had to switch to talking about Ipads or Androids. The HP's just won't work for her without RDP!
For gracious sakes, My Treo 680 used to RDP into my clients servers. That was 4 years ago!
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