HP is the latest device manufacturer to enter the tablet market with their HP TouchPad. What sets the TouchPad apart from other tablets is the webOS operating system and its seamless multitasking. We also found that the user experience on the HP TouchPad was the closest to the iPad of all the different tablets we’ve tested.
In this video blog, Andy shows how you can replace your laptop with the HP TouchPad. All you need is the TouchPad itself and two accessories, the TouchStone Charging Dock and the HP Wireless Keyboard. With these simple add-ons you can use the new TouchPad in a very similar way to a traditional laptop. The key difference is that you don’t have a mouse – Instead you can use the touchscreen.
The HP TouchPad will be released in Canada on July 15th, retailing $520 for the 16GB. We expect there will be a lot more apps added in the near future. In the meantime, webOS has build-in apps for web browsing, e-mail, memos, Adobe Reader, maps, contacts, calendar, Facebook, YouTube and QuickOffice for creating and editing Microsoft Office documents. If you want more apps, the integrated HP App Catalog has a growing selection of webOS Apps for the HP TouchPad.
So what will it be--a tablet or a laptop? Come on, summer's speeding by and you'll be locked into a drab classroom sooner than you think. Tablets are all the rage today, but can a tablet replace a laptop in your must-have dorm-room gear bag? Maybe...or maybe not.
The HP Pavilion dm1z ($450) is either a puny ultraportable laptop or a superpowered netbook.The right hardware for you depends on what types of classes you plan to take, how intensive you expect your on-screen coursework to be, and which type of device you prefer. A tablet may not fit the needs of journalism, business, or law students, who must perform endless research and compose long documents, but it's perfect for chemistry or physics students who need a finger-friendly touchscreen for annotating formulas, or for medical school students who need an easy-to-balance slate as they make their rounds in a hospital.
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It may be that you'll want both a laptop and a tablet. Tablets are perfect for catching up on your notes while commuting to class by carpool, train, or bus; for taking notes unobtrusively; for reading; for tapping out email missives; and for Web surfing in a café or public area. A tablet can also act as a second, independent screen that you can use to call up Web references while writing on your laptop.
But versatile as it is, a tablet has limitations. Notably, it doesn't handle multitasking among multiple open windows well, nor does it offer convenient control over full-bore office apps like Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Last year, Brooklyn's Long Island University was one of many that doled out Apple iPad tablets to incoming freshmen and transfer students. The maneuver was popular among students, but it didn't free them to leave their laptops at home; instead they used the tablet as a tool to complement their laptop as they walked around campus.
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