My bad. I guess I just imagined those articles mentioning a lack of polish and some bugs popping up. And I also must have not read the articles stating the iPad 2's hardware was twice as fast as that used in the Touchpad.
I'm not saying it can't do all of the important things. Hell, the iPad 1 that I have can do everything I need from it just fine. But for the price, that sucker is way underpowered.
Actually you didn't. It turns out the authors were full of bull and trolling for hits.
Well, I own one and I'm basing my opinion on my own personal experience with a Touchpad. And as I said, it doesn't seem slow or buggy at all.
And how can it possibly be underpowered at $99? What sub $100 device are you comparing to?
I've come to the conclusion that I will have to wait for a satisfactory Android port to actually make this thing "productive" for me. The lack of support for current HP-provided apps along with several critical missing apps makes the Touchpad nothing more than a glorified angry birds machine/photo frame/web browser at this point.
For the price, what it does can't be beat... but I have little faith in the webos community to actually continue providing new apps at this point.
anyone have any success with espn3 on the tp? Video plays but seems awfully choppy when watching live
Well for one thing, streaming video doesn't get along with overclocking for some reason. So if you overclock, everything will be choppy.anyone have any success with espn3 on the tp? Video plays but seems awfully choppy when watching live
Well, I own one and I'm basing my opinion on my own personal experience with a Touchpad. And as I said, it doesn't seem slow or buggy at all.
And how can it possibly be underpowered at $99? What sub $100 device are you comparing to?
After a couple weeks, I gotta agree with others here. The touchpad is a pile of shit.
1. Pandora doesn't work:
I listen to pandora quite a bit. At least once a day on my cell phone. I never have any problems with it whatsoever. Plays wonderfully and there is never an issue. On the touchpad it only works < 50% of the time. You press play and it doesn't even turn on. In one situation I pressed play and it didnt play for 8 hours later! It randomly turned on and started playing in the morning! Its a total pile of crap and completely unreliable.
2. Battery life blows. Sure, the thing is worth it for $150 (I got the 32 GB version). However, the battery life sucks ass compared to the ipad. When I had an iPad 1, I could pull it out, play with it for an hour, then tuck it away. I could come back 2 - 3 days later and it would hardly have lost any battery life. With the touchpad, you have to recharge it at least 1x / week. No matter how much you use it, it has to be charged at least once a week. I remember with my iPad I could go a month without charging it and it was being used wayyy more than I ever used the touchpad.
3. Bugs bugs bugs. This thing has so many bugs. There have been times where I come home and the touchpad is just on. Screen is on for absolutely no reason. And it JUST STAYS ON! The thing doesn't turn off. Just kills the battery and the thing dies WITHOUT ME EVEN USING IT. This has happened multiple times and makes no sense at all. The web browser takes forever to switch between tabs. Sometimes its a 3 second lag for this to happen. Unacceptable.
4. Video is choppy: I expected to use this touchpad to mainly consume media and stream video online. It doesn't do a good job at all. Jaggy and not smooth at all.
The big culprit is that by default webOS doesn't turn off Wi-Fi when sleeping, unlike iOS devices. So it's burning a fair bit of power when it's doing nothing. You can change its settings to shut off Wi-Fi, but then you get to experience the joys of the TouchPad's buggy Wi-Fi implementation.2. Battery life blows. Sure, the thing is worth it for $150 (I got the 32 GB version). However, the battery life sucks ass compared to the ipad. When I had an iPad 1, I could pull it out, play with it for an hour, then tuck it away. I could come back 2 - 3 days later and it would hardly have lost any battery life. With the touchpad, you have to recharge it at least 1x / week. No matter how much you use it, it has to be charged at least once a week. I remember with my iPad I could go a month without charging it and it was being used wayyy more than I ever used the touchpad.
I haven't had any problems with it so far, other than the browser (especially on heavy JS and Flash sites) being slow. I like webOS. I've never used Android for more than a minute or two at a time, but I'll probably try it out if they get a stable build for it. I just want better app support really. A good/fast sports app, Netflix, better Facebook app, more games, more settings/personalization, etc.
You think HP will continue to have app support?
The big culprit is that by default webOS doesn't turn off Wi-Fi when sleeping, unlike iOS devices. So it's burning a fair bit of power when it's doing nothing. You can change its settings to shut off Wi-Fi, but then you get to experience the joys of the TouchPad's buggy Wi-Fi implementation.
The big culprit is that by default webOS doesn't turn off Wi-Fi when sleeping, unlike iOS devices. So it's burning a fair bit of power when it's doing nothing. You can change its settings to shut off Wi-Fi, but then you get to experience the joys of the TouchPad's buggy Wi-Fi implementation.
Yes, but it isn't the router. http://forums.precentral.net/hp-touchpad/287224-wifi-issues-touchpad.htmlWhat is this buggy wifi implementation? I've been using the wifi off when sleeping setting for almost three weeks now and haven't had any wifi problems. It connects within 5-10 seconds of the TP being woken. I know some people have connection problems due to their router, is this what you are posting of?
What is this buggy wifi implementation? I've been using the wifi off when sleeping setting for almost three weeks now and haven't had any wifi problems. It connects within 5-10 seconds of the TP being woken. I know some people have connection problems due to their router, is this what you are posting of?