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[Merged] HP Slate - Upcoming Tablet, Possibly Running WebOS
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The problem I see with the iPad/iPhone OS has to do with Safari and it's lack of true multitasking.
When I am on my Macbook most evenings, I typically open several windows/tabs in Safari and go to several websites that all require me to log in and all of them stay active while in the background. An example of this is internet chat rooms. Even when I'm looking at another tab, I am still in the chat room. Yet when I tested some of these sites on the iPad in the Apple Store, when I browsed to another tab, and then moved back to the chat tab, the site had logged me out.
I would love to have a tablet like the iPad, but I need one where the web browser can multitask, not just remember which site I was at before I changed to a new tab.
When I am on my Macbook most evenings, I typically open several windows/tabs in Safari and go to several websites that all require me to log in and all of them stay active while in the background. An example of this is internet chat rooms. Even when I'm looking at another tab, I am still in the chat room. Yet when I tested some of these sites on the iPad in the Apple Store, when I browsed to another tab, and then moved back to the chat tab, the site had logged me out.
I would love to have a tablet like the iPad, but I need one where the web browser can multitask, not just remember which site I was at before I changed to a new tab.
Now I'm wondering: what are the chances that, in the next few years, HP will license WebOS to other companies?
Obviously they've got to see some advantage to using WebOS over Android, and making their product stand out, so maybe not likely. But is it possible?
Obviously they've got to see some advantage to using WebOS over Android, and making their product stand out, so maybe not likely. But is it possible?
HP Slate to use webos not windows
Looks like HP will be releasing the slate running webos instead of a win7
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I think this is a huge mistake, they're trying to compete with apple using an OS that has no apps. They would have been better served, imo to keep win7, as many people are clamoring for a tablet computer running a full blown OS.
Looks like HP will be releasing the slate running webos instead of a win7
Ars
I think this is a huge mistake, they're trying to compete with apple using an OS that has no apps. They would have been better served, imo to keep win7, as many people are clamoring for a tablet computer running a full blown OS.
Which is a bad idea. Who, exactly, is "clamoring" for such a device running a full OS? The usual gang of misguided naysayers on MR?
I can't tell from all the iPad excitement.
The WebOS is a very good operating system. Or at least it was on the Pre. It was the one thing Palm got right.
I agree. I want a tablet that can do anything I need, not just what's on an app store. Then again, I do not know much about WebOS.
Stop trolling. You are just fanning flames by waving the iPad in a non-iPad thread.
I think it is a good move by HP.
A slate doesn't need a full OS, because of it's not a full PC. In the past many manufactures ( like Samsung ) tried to put a full Windows XP in their MID devices and they failed.
I think it needs something specially made to satisfy the requirements of this format.
However, and a little bit offtopic,
Webos is a funny name... In spainish Webos is like another way to write Huevos which means "eggs" or more colloquially spoken, is the word for men "balls"
A slate doesn't need a full OS, because of it's not a full PC. In the past many manufactures ( like Samsung ) tried to put a full Windows XP in their MID devices and they failed.
I think it needs something specially made to satisfy the requirements of this format.
However, and a little bit offtopic,
Webos is a funny name... In spainish Webos is like another way to write Huevos which means "eggs" or more colloquially spoken, is the word for men "balls"
I think it is a good move by HP.
A slate doesn't need a full OS, because of it's not a full PC. In the past many manufactures ( like Samsung ) tried to put a full Windows XP in their MID devices and they failed.
I think it needs something specially made to satisfy the requirements of this format.
However, and a little bit offtopic,
Webos is a funny name... In spainish Webos is like another way to write Huevos which means "eggs" or more colloquially spoken, is the word for men "balls"
So you saying that HPs new tablet will be balls
Full OSes have been attempted in the past, and more recently by HP:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/19/hp-slate-leaks-its-way-into-the-wild-meh/
They're either on the market and not selling or they've been scrapped.
The answer is to follow the iPad model. Period. WebOS (if HP doesn't half-ass it) looks to be HP's best chance of pulling this off.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/19/hp-slate-leaks-its-way-into-the-wild-meh/
They're either on the market and not selling or they've been scrapped.
The answer is to follow the iPad model. Period. WebOS (if HP doesn't half-ass it) looks to be HP's best chance of pulling this off.
WebOS is certainly a good OS, but it lacks apps, I also think developers have fled the platform to a great extent and HP has a lot of work to try to lure them back. I also think its a mistake to try to compete with apple on apple's strengths.
People do want a tablet with a flow blown OS and if HP opted for win7, the tablet would have access to hundreds of thousands of applications, where as with the webos, only a handful of apps.
I believe HP would have been better served to differentiate their products with apple's, highlighting the strength and advantages of running windows on a tablet, instead of basically copying apple. It seems however they are more content with creating pale imitations, i.e., HP envy.
They DID opt for Win7. And it turned out to be lame, which is why they scrapped it. Unless you know of some other, more effective way of shoving a "full-blown" OS into a tablet so it won't suck.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/19/hp-slate-leaks-its-way-into-the-wild-meh/
Maybe Android . . .
You can't really say an entire device is bad because of it getting a mediocre rating in one review. That is not a big enough population of data to draw that conclusion.
The rumor is that HP will create a tablet based on WebOS and will bring the product to market in October.
I simply don't think the timescale is sufficient. Even if they had prototypes running now (which I doubt) - I don't think there is enough time to refine the product to be competitive in a few months.
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I simply don't think the timescale is sufficient. Even if they had prototypes running now (which I doubt) - I don't think there is enough time to refine the product to be competitive in a few months.
C.
People only THINK that they want a tablet with a full-blown OS. But they really haven't thought things through. Taking an OS and UI designed for notebook/desktop PCs and putting them on a touchscreen device is not going to be as useful as they think.
UI widgets (buttons, menus, checkboxes, etc.) need to be oversized to accommodate touch. Menu trees for applications need to be redesigned to deal with the smaller screen real estate.
Battery life is going to be dramatically lower. Performance is going to be dramatically slower. The physical dimensions and weight are going to be greater.
How exactly would you implement a Windows tablet that has comparable dimensions, weight, battery life, and price to the iPad? Include with that all of the things that detractors claimed about the iPad (lack of USB and webcam). And include a user experience/interface optimized for touch.