More details and photos of the HP Topaz, also known as the HP Slate or Palmpad, have just been leaked by precentral.net. The site tracked down full schematics, specifications and even some insight on how HP envisions the future of webOS as a tablet operating system. Here’s the scoop on HP’s first webOS tablet — the HP Topaz.
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A selection of Lenovo Android tablets are set to join the fray at CES later this week, preparing to battle the iPad and the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Executives say two Lenovo Android tablets will break cover during CES 2011. They’re expected to be available at a range of prices with speculation that one of the devices could be the long-discussed LePad with Android onboard. Lenovo showed the IdeaPad U1 last year, a hybrid netbook/touchscreen device but it never showed. Another option on the table is said to be a Lenovo ThinkPad tablet targeting business people which could find itself in competition with the Blackberry Playbook and the rumoured PalmPad. Click the headline and let us know what Lenovo needs to do to turn you away from the iPad or Samsung Galaxy Tab.
The Palmpad has been rumoured for sometime and finally concrete details seem to be leaking out of the HP/Palm Deathstar. The latest report suggests HP has a collection of webOS powered Palmpad tablets ready to unveil at CES 2011. Based on the latest leak it seems the Palmpad will arrive in three different webOS-powered configurations with a fourth arriving later in the year. So what do the Palmpad specs look like? Head through for all the details we know right now…
The Palm/HP deal promised the arrival of Palm webOS tablets and larger phones but for a long time we simply heard whispers and rumours. Finally, concrete plans are breaking cover. Palm had outed a new webOS framework called Enyo which promises native hardware acceleration and faster app load times. Head through for more details on the Palm webOS future!
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Palm webOS 2.0 codenames have broken free from the secret HP/Palm bunker over the weekend after curious code monkeys discovered internal identifiers for five new Palm devices lurking in OS info. The snippet of code suggests there’s a bevy of new Palm devices coming as well as the Palm Pre 2, potentially including the long-awaited Palmpad…
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HP has been talking webOS tablets since it snapped up Palm earlier in the year. Since the HP Palm deal was inked, we’ve seen oodles of rumours about what the first offspring of the union will be called. The prime candidate has been PalmPad and an HP exec appears to have confirmed it…
Rumour has it HP has leaked to its employees that a web OS tablet will be arriving in Q1 2011, before March next year. Which leaves two more HP tablets on the horizon, with two more operating systems.
HP has apparently listed its HP Slate online as running on Windows 7 in another twist for the tablet. It started out as the centrepiece of Steve Ballmer’s CES keynote, but then was reportedly dropping Windows 7, possibly in favour of webOS, after which it was reportedly being dropped altogether, until HP turned up in a slide listing tablet hardware at Ballmer’s most recent keynote speech a few weeks ago. Phew.