Official: TouchPad Reviews (post them here) =]

[bluenote]

Thanks. We are posting all the reviews into one thread to find them all easier. Also to find other threads about Touchpad more easily (Engadget review nothing special anyway)

http://forums.precentral.net/hp-touc...iew-links.html

[clevin]

Originally Posted by bobsentell

No, in order to come in second behind the iPad and above Android, they really only need a single. Samsung would not be in talks to license webOS if their Android Tablet was selling gengbusters and Samsung is considered the leader amongst Android Tablets.
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its not 1.2.3.4.5

its either apple, apple level, or everything else.

When you are categorized as everything else, the shortcomings in hardwares get so much more significant when compared to android tabs.

[VCI_Cell]

Originally Posted by clevin

laptop mag review is here HP TouchPad webOS Tablet Review

2.5/5 star, jesus

main point, sluggish system, battery only last 7 hrs ( they pointed out their test shows 11hr for iPad2, 8.2 hr for galaxy tab)

That Laptop Mag review is incredible. Thorough, balanced, and SO in-depth.

Anyone who wants to read a lot about the TouchPad should click that link. Their principal complaints are valid ones (seriously, why can't webOS accelerometer behavior calm the hell down, and why can't webOS ever seem to be optimized well enough to run more smoothly?). /rant

They loved so many aspects of it, I'm rather surprised it got such a low score.

[VCI_Cell]

Originally Posted by clevin

When you are categorized as everything else, the shortcomings in hardwares get so much more significant when compared to android tabs.

Only in the world of spec geeks.

[bluenote]

webos internals on twitter is speculating that the palm servers are down because they are delivering updates.
I hope HP can fix the sluggishness, otherwise they are going to get a high return on the pre-orders and people are not going to look back.



webosinternals WebOS Internals
http://developer.palm.com is down "Service Unavailable, Internal-Reason: 132" - updates for TouchPad release perhaps?
24 minutes ago Favori

[kyleoXD]

Not good thus far.

I am hoping from CNET and other ones ASAP!

[nappy]

Originally Posted by VCI_Cell

Only in the world of spec geeks.

Isn't that the market HP is going after?

[clevin]

engadget:

Holding this in one hand and either an iPad 2 or a Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the other leaves you wondering why you'd ever be compelled to buy the HP when you could have the thinner, lighter alternative for the same money. Meanwhile, the performance left us occasionally wanting and, well, what is there to say.

[nappy]

The Sunspider benchmark from Engadget's review is just...wow

Similarly, we ran our freshly-booted TouchPad through the SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark and netted a 3,988ms result. That again compares unfavorably to a 2,213ms on the Galaxy Tab 10.1, and a nearly identical 2,173ms on the iPad 2.

[bluenote]

Originally Posted by clevin

engadget:

Shows how poor the reviewer are at Engadget, with such a heavy emphasis (pun intended) on the weight (which was fine a few months ago before the iPad2 came out).

[kyleoXD]

Honestly I don't care about the weight! I don't know why they keep HARPING ON THIS! LOLS

[bobsentell]

Let's keep one thing in mind: Leo has already said that TouchPad2 has moved over to the successful Laptop Division of HP for design. What you are looking at could be the last hurah for Palm. The next TouchPad could be completely different than this one.

Also, HP computers tend to get poorer marks than Apple PCs and yet HP still sells more of those.

[VCI_Cell]

Originally Posted by nappy

Isn't that the market HP is going after?

No. If they were targeting the Engadget- and TIMN- and Gizmodo-readers of the world, they'd have shot the thing full of steroids and threw Honeycomb on it. TouchPad is pretty clearly targeted at enterprise and the average prosumer, IMO.

Price point doesn't quite line up there, but this is a convo for another thread.

[clevin]

Originally Posted by bluenote

Shows how poor the reviewer are at Engadget, with such a heavy emphasis (pun intended) on the weight (which was fine a few months ago before the iPad2 came out).

looks and feels is one of the most direct thing a buyer will notice, I don't see the problem with emphasis that.

Tablets are luxury show off devices to start with.

[lancepr]

Unfortunately Apple has done such a good job, no reviewer is going to recommend anything over the iPad 2. As long as we can get reviewers to say it is better than most android tablets Touchpad has a chance.

[clevin]

Originally Posted by VCI_Cell

No. If they were targeting the Engadget- and TIMN- and Gizmodo-readers of the world, they'd have shot the thing full of steroids and threw Honeycomb on it. TouchPad is pretty clearly targeted at enterprise and the average prosumer, IMO.

so you are basically saying reviews don't matter. Since those are most read review sites you just mentioned.

Which is a fair point. Lets see how the sale goes with this kind of, albeit may not be important, reviews.

[bluenote]

Originally Posted by clevin

looks and feels is one of the most direct thing a buyer will notice, I don't see the problem with emphasis that.

Tablets are luxury show off devices to start with.

Because they picked something that was fine a few months ago with another tablet. There are many people running around now with the "heavy" iPad1 who are doing just fine.

WSJ and others harped on sluggishness, battery life issues, lack of Netflix app and other apps--these are more key issues, if TouchPad has these down, the heaviness would not be an issue.

[addiarmadar]

Im not surprised by the summary of that review. Im still getting it for the OS and knowing BIG things WILL be happening.

[w2wpaul]

Originally Posted by clevin

looks and feels is one of the most direct thing a buyer will notice, I don't see the problem with emphasis that.

Tablets are luxury show off devices to start with.

Why get a tablet then? Why not just get a small sheet of pressed gold?

[clevin]

Originally Posted by lancepr

Unfortunately Apple has done such a good job, no reviewer is going to recommend anything over the iPad 2. As long as we can get reviewers to say it is better than most android tablets Touchpad has a chance.

we can't get them to say anything, but most reviews did mention android tablets, e.g.,

Holding this in one hand and either an iPad 2 or a Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the other leaves you wondering why you'd ever be compelled to buy the HP when you could have the thinner, lighter alternative for the same money. Meanwhile, the performance left us occasionally wanting and, well, what is there to say.