HP Touchpad 32 GB wi-fi Review

HP Touchpad

Hello there, Touchpad. When you were first announced I was excited. When I finally held you in my hands, I became disappointed. But since then I have at least gained back some admiration for the tablet.

As always, here are a list of specs:

Qualcomm 1.2 Ghz dual-core processor

1 GB RAM

32 GB on-board storage

Beats audio

9.7" screen with 768x1024 resolution

1.3 MP front facing camera

Here's a quick rundown of what I like and dislike after using it sparingly for the last 4 days.

Likes: Rendering Webpages, Notifications, ability to close apps, 50 GB FREE Box storage!!!

Dislikes: App selection (obviously), seems laggy at times (but not always), would prefer more than one button Fingerprint MAGNET both front and back, kinda bulky and slippery - I almost dropped it twice the first day I had it.

I felt so stupid thinking you could not close apps in webOS. My girlfriend (who cares not for gadgets like I do) was able to figure out to flick your finger upwards in order to close out a window/tile/app, which is nice to know you can close windows/programs to improve performance with more available RAM.

Update:

So now that it's been more than two weekends since I've had it, I still use the Xoom more. Text entry into browsers is smoother on the Touchpad but overall I like the Xoom more still. webOS is a beautiful OS but will probably not see anymore changes due to the lack of support since HP decided to kill off webOS and possibly spin off their entire PC manufacturing division (which is a total idiot move).

Not a bad device to have as a bathroom reader though...