HP continues TouchPad email assault, shows off folding TouchPad case 39
Though we still haven’t received anything approaching confirmation of a release date or pricing, HP’s continuing their all-out assault on the unwitting inboxes of the world. The latest email release came from HP Business Promotions, and includes both the TouchPad and the HP Slate 500 Windows 7 tablet (don’t confuse its $799 price tag with the conspicuously absent price tag for its slimmer and bigger-screened webOS cousin).
While the email doesn’t reveal any new data about the TouchPad, it does give us our first glimpse at the first-party TouchPad case in its typing configuration. Discussed at Think Beyond and not seen since, the case is designed to slip around and protect the TouchPad from all sides while still allowing full access to all buttons, ports, the screen, and even Touchstone charging. Like the iPad 2’s Smart Cover (and numerous iPad cases before that), the TouchPad case is capable of folding on itself to prop the tablet up in both a vertical movie watching orientation and a at lower angle deemed to be more wrist-friendly for typing. This is the first time we’ve seen it doing either bit of origami – the typing orientation consists of folding the front flap across the back and tucking the end into a small tab in the back of the case. It’s not quite as elegant and geewhiz as the iPad 2’s Smart Cover magnetic magic, but we’ll take what we can get (and not have to deal with magnets wiping our hotel room keys and shutting off our laptops).
Source: HP Business Promotions; Thanks to all that sent this in!
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If using the tagline "There's nothing like it" I would have striven for an angle that made it not seem basically indistinguishable from the Ipad2 with smart cover.
Hint: WebOS is the star here guys.
Looks kinda thick in that picture. maybe it's the angle.
It will with a case cover on the device.
Nope, not the angle. It's actually that thick. Saw one in person and it looked super thick.
It's due to the cover that fits around the edges. I take this as a plus as it should protect the TouchPad when you drop it much more than the iPad2 cover.
Why would they show it in that case? Makes it look twice as thick.
Lol
So that you THINK it's the case making it look thick.
Has anyone verified whether it has a video out? I can't see using the thing for business if I cannot show a presentation. It's a road warrior's perfect tool if it can replace a laptop.
I expect that this is a feature that they are going to roll out on their Touchstone-Chargers. I hope that it will be implemented already in their 1st-gen Touchstone chargers and that they won't release it later on a 2nd-gen (more expensive) type.
I hope the case is a instant on and instant off case like Apples does
it is neither light or slim in that shot, rather portly.
That's a HORRIBLE render! Their art department should be better than that don't you think?
You'd think so but this is at least the second time that something like this has happened. Remember how ugly the render of the white Veer looked compared to the actual Veer?
Really?
http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/06/apple-sucks-at-photoshop-too/
Hate to break it to you but they likely didn't use Photoshop at all. The only part they might have used PS is with the text; but using InDesign or Illustrator would have been a better choice.
The software they likely used for the hands and TouchPad was a CAD program such as Maya.
DON'T take shortcuts and lump all digital editing under Photoshop.
For all of you saying it looks thick, you guys do realize that that picture is a rendering and not that actual device?
That just makes it worse. A rendering should be idealized and beautiful not crude and ugly.
yeah. you don't see them not photoshopping girls in playboy.
i mean if it's a render then at least make it look thinner and sleeker. fake it til ya make it.
I don't mind the size of the device or the size of the case. I think it will make the device more easy to handle (not so easily dropped) and the case will minimize the fingerprints on the glossy back of it. My money is burning a whole in my wallet. I am ready to purchase NOW!! Pair this with a Pre3 and I am gonna be one happy guy.
Coming this summer...so...Christmas launch?
funny. the finger in the render isn't actually touching any icon or anything. It's just touching empty background.
Check this out guys, on a real note. Do you all really want something that looks too thin, (not me)if it's too thin, psychologically i would think it's so fragile that within one drop it'll break... On the other hand, a little thickness could mean strong and durable. I like the way it looks. I would like three of those with a three pre3's thank you
The TouchPad will be thicker than the iPad. Both will be heavier than the Kindle. Both are heavy enough that the Kindle will be the preferred light reader. The 7 inch touchpad, when it comes out, will signal the thinner design of next gen TouchPad. webOS will win hearts and minds and begin to capture share for itself, especially if it's seamlessly compatible with both iTunes content on your computer and the Amazon store on the cloud. Best of both worlds.
ME LIKEY!!!! I want one soooo badly. I hope the covers come in more colors :)
A brilliant example of the combined synergies of Palm & HP. It's a marathon.
This is gonna get fun. The next few weeks that is. We are finally going to get some product. I hope it delivers. I am looking forward to getting positive again ..... ;-)
now back to my negative self:
1) Yes, that artwork does look pretty bad. Thanks for pointing that out! I missed it at first glance.
2) Precentral; are there really stories of hotel key cards being erased and laptops being affected by the incredibly well engineered ipad2 magnetic cover thingy?
Yes, it looks thick. I hope it's not really that fat.
However, I wonder if they believe enterprise buyers will be more likely to buy something that looks less iPad-like and more Windows tablet-like? Psychologically, looking at this picture makes me think this is a business machine, even though it's not significantly different from an iPad in capability.
Even before the first Touchpad is released I think I'm thinking I'll hold off til the 2nd gen Touchpad (sometime in 2012???). Touchpad needs to catch up to Ipad first and at least shed some weight and thickness. Ipad2 .34" thick. Touchpad .54". C'mon!
Right, I'm really going to buy a tablet because one's thinner than the other. Let's compare:
The iPad's 0.2 inches thinner! Oh wow!
The iPad plays Flash videos! Oh wow!
The iPad has a 1MP rear camera! Oh wow!
The iPhone and iPad seamlessly interconnect! Oh wow!
The iPad multitasks like webOS! Oh wow!
The iPad has unobtrusive notifications! Oh wow!
You forgot the iPad has already sold millions! Oh wow!
Is visible connector a micro USB (without door) or a HDMI interface?
micro-USB.
That is the widest micro-USB slot I have ever seen. It would look that wide on a Veer maybe but not a Tablet. Either it's HDMI or we can add another goof to the render problems we've been discussing.
I really didn't want to add to this HP roasting, but something about that tag line really bugs me too.
"No Barriers. No Complications. There's Nothing Like It."
That "There's Nothing Like It" bit just doesn't flow right with the rest of the tag line. It probably should have been
"No Barriers. No Complications. JUST Pure WebOS Goodness."
Yeah I like that better.
I guess it's better than "No Apps. No Support. There's No Reason To Buy It."
Headline re-write: "HP continues to hype and advertise product that isn't available, and we continue to tell you about it."
Wake me up when there's product on the shelves otherwise this is just manufactured hype.
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