
Svært mange, inkludert undertegnede, ser på HP som en potensiell gigant i det epleinfiserte “tabletmarkedet”. HP har gjort som Apple (og RIM), og kontrollerer nå hele produktlinjen sin selv: de står bak både hardware og operativsystemet (webOS) på sin nye HP Touchpad. De trenger ikke å stole på andre enn seg selv når de lanserer nye produkter, slik f.eks. HTC må stole på Google, og omvendt, for at produktene deres skal fungere helt optimalt. Oppkjøpet av Palm, som har gjort det mulig å eie hele “næringskjeden” for sine produkter (forløpig telefonen Pre 3 og tabletet TouchPad), kan være noe av det smarteste HP har gjort på lenge.
Joshua Topolsky hos This is my next… har testet HP TouchPad:
“The TouchPad is far from perfect — really, not even close right now. Still, there is DNA here that is amazing, and deserves to be given a second look. What HP has done in just a year with webOS is commendable, and if the fixes for some of these big, ugly bugs come as fast as the company is promising, the TouchPad could be the contender everyone over there thinks it is.
Still, the bottom line here is that the stability and smoothness of the user experience is not up to par with the iPad or something like the Galaxy Tab 10.1, even if many of the underlying ideas are actually a lot better and more intuitive than what the competition offers.”
Hele testen anbefales hos This is my next….
Hvis du er vil høre mer av de samme tankene, kan jeg også anbefale Jason Snells “Hands on”-test for Macworld (via):
“I have to admit, I’m kind of rooting for HP, the TouchPad, and the webOS. Apple needs strong competitors in the tablet market to help push things forward, and I think companies with control of both hardware and software are more likely to produce high-quality products. For years I’ve wondered why nobody was trying to replicate some of Apple’s product-creation success, and that’s exactly what HP is doing with its webOS strategy.
That said, the TouchPad is clearly a first effort. I don’t really have any complaints about the hardware. [...] HP has gotten a lot right here, but on the software side, it’s just not all there yet. The interface isn’t responsive enough, app launching is slow, and there are too many other quirks that scream that this is a 1.0 release of a tablet operating system.
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Is there any reason for a prospective iPad user to buy a TouchPad today? I can’t see it.”
Jeg har det litt som Jason Snell — jeg står på sidelinjen og roper og heier litt på HP. Det hadde vært, ja, jysla kjekt om de skulle klare å gjøre webOS til den seriøse konkurrenten til iOS som det fortjener å være.
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