The 16:10 tablets are much better used in landscape mode while the 4:3 aspect devices are better in portrait. While, at first glance, you wouldn’t think that it would make that much of a difference it really does. Tablets seem to be coming with two screen types lately, the leading Android tablets like the Motorola Xoom, Asus Eee Pad Transformer and Acer’s Iconia use the HD-style aspect ratio, 16:10, while the TouchPad has a 4:3 aspect ratio the same as the iPad. It is noticeably heavier and thicker than the iPad 2. It has a solid feel (doesn’t creak) and is easier and more comfortable than the original iPad and much more comfortable to hold than the Asus eee Transformer. The back is a plastic or polymer of some sort, gently curved. The TouchPad is roughly the same length and width as the iPad 2, but it’s thicker, and weighs more. webOS fans rejoiced, but thus far the Veer and TouchPad have met with so-so 3 rd party developer support, sales and mediocre reviews. Priced and sized to compete with the market-leading Apple iPad 2 that had been released a few months earlier. A few announcements, press releases and rumors later and in HP released a tiny webOS 2.1-based smartphone named “Veer” and a few months later a webOS 3.0 powered TouchPad. Palm continued to struggle and was purchased by HP for $1.2 billion in mid-2010. While webOS generally got positive reviews the Pre/Pre Plus faded to the background of the smartphone market. By the time the financially strained Palm released a hardware upgrade (Pre Plus) the phone had lost momentum and their new partner Verizon was focusing on Google’s Android OS-based Motorola Droid. Unfortunately, the hardware wrapped around webOS 1.x was underpowered and flawed, the OS also had more than a few bugs and the consumer experience wasn’t great. In mid-2009, amid much fanfare, the Palm “Pre” smartphone was launched on Sprint and we all got our first look at webOS. They were looking for something that would vault them back ahead of RIM’s Blackberry in the enterprise marketplace and also compete on the consumer side with Apple’s iOS powered iPhone. belatedly realized that their PalmOS operating system was long past due for an overhaul they created a team to build the next generation of mobile operating system. At the very least, reading this may save you your nightly dose of Ambien. I’ll probably not get anywhere close to the detail provided by the team of great reviewers that grace. I’m going to attempt to give you my thoughts on the TouchPad’s chance of success and a bit of a review along the way.
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