![]() Developers said webOS lived up to its claims. Applications are written in HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and the Palm/HP development tools have also gotten good reviews. The OS features an innovative and distinctive user interface, which won good reviews both on the smartphone and now on the tablet. The TouchPad's operating system is webOS 3.0, originally created by Palm for its Palm Pre smartphone introduced in June 2009. If HP can iron out the bugs, it can make a play for consumers seeking a tablet for personal productivity, and then hope to attract more developers to the platform." It, too, lacks a critical mass of tablet apps. "The user interface is spectacular, but buggy. He also just published a hands-on review of TouchPad. "HP is coming to the fight with slick, but thick and heavy, hardware," says Avi Greengarten, research director for consumer devices at Current Analysis, a research firm that specializes in tactical competitive analysis for companies. ![]() ![]() Some reviewers said that they were told by HP that the company is aware of the bugs and has either already fixed some of them or will do so in an webOS firmware update that will be out "soon." Quality can permanently kill a product's chances. ![]() "The bugs listed by Walt Mossberg today are what many saw in early RIM Playbooks as well. "Apple has such as big lead and Android has so many manufacturers at so many price points, that HP is squeezed between the high price/high functionality of the iPad and the variety and expected lower price points of Android," says Ken Dulaney, vice president of mobile at Gartner. HP also has extensive relationships with retailer chains through which it will be able reach consumers, including Amazon, BestBuy, Radio Shack and Wal-Mart.īACKGROUND: Smartphones and tablets create huge corporate security challengeīut analysts aren't convinced that these add up to a home run for TouchPad, or even a triple.
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