I have to admit WebOS on a tablet size screen seems like a thing of beauty. Multitasking on this device is much more of actual multitasking than it is on the iPad. It's one of the reasons I never kept my iPad.
The fact that they did not announce battery life or pricing is of concern. Apple has become a master at controlling their supply chain and unless HP is able to do the same, this thing could end up with Xoom like pricing, which would make it dead in the water. Hope that doesn't happen.
Oh, and HP, its about time to get rid of the physical keyboard on the Pre.
I hate multitasking on my iPad. This is really a breath of fresh air.
A typical day on my iPad:
- surf surf surf, mostly reddit while waiting.
- kabling goes Apple's shit-tastic notification system. My friend has IM'ed me! Tap on button to chat with him. If I dismiss it without switching apps, the notification is gone forever.
- slooooooow switching between apps. Wait wait wait.
- oh but wait, since there isn't real multitasking, wait even more for my IM app to reconnect. Then download my message.
- finally, chatting with my friend.
WTF Apple.
Also, I go to sleep and my Exchange calendar gives me a bunch of notifications overnight. I wake up in the morning and have to hit "Close" on 20 notification messages stacked together before I can even use my device.
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I have to admit WebOS on a tablet size screen seems like a thing of beauty. Multitasking on this device is much more of actual multitasking than it is on the iPad. It's one of the reasons I never kept my iPad. The fact that they did not announce battery life or pricing is of concern. Apple has become a master at controlling their supply chain and unless HP is able to do the same, this thing could end up with Xoom like pricing, which would make it dead in the water. Hope that doesn't happen.
Oh, and HP, its about time to get rid of the physical keyboard on the Pre.
I hate multitasking on my iPad. This is really a breath of fresh air.
A typical day on my iPad:
- surf surf surf, mostly reddit while waiting.
- kabling goes Apple's shit-tastic notification system. My friend has IM'ed me! Tap on button to chat with him. If I dismiss it without switching apps, the notification is gone forever.
- slooooooow switching between apps. Wait wait wait.
- oh but wait, since there isn't real multitasking, wait even more for my IM app to reconnect. Then download my message.
- finally, chatting with my friend.
WTF Apple.
Also, I go to sleep and my Exchange calendar gives me a bunch of notifications overnight. I wake up in the morning and have to hit "Close" on 20 notification messages stacked together before I can even use my device.