Hewlett-Packard: TouchPad News and Discussion Thread
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I would have to agree. WebOS is pretty boring. Also, I don't know if it's the OS or the hardware, but the touch response on my TouchPad is HORRIBLE. Sometimes I wanna type a response to a post and I see myself trying to hit the keys three times until it will finally register. Tried out my cousin's iPad 2 and my friend's Asus android tablet and the touch response was flawless.
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I would have to agree. WebOS is pretty boring. Also, I don't know if it's the OS or the hardware, but the touch response on my TouchPad is HORRIBLE. Sometimes I wanna type a response to a post and I see myself trying to hit the keys three times until it will finally register. Tried out my cousin's iPad 2 and my friend's Asus android tablet and the touch response was flawless.
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Yup I did the whole shabang. Even ran a lot of those improvement scripts like ripple delete, touch sensitivity increase, logging, etc.
But it's still a vital part of my life because I love converting my class slides, lectures, and text to PDF, load them onto the Touchpad, and study as I go. No more carrying crap loads of paper and books.
But it's still a vital part of my life because I love converting my class slides, lectures, and text to PDF, load them onto the Touchpad, and study as I go. No more carrying crap loads of paper and books.
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Again, the Touchpad is nice for the $100, but compared to Ipad 2 its not that much fun. I been playing with my Flyer and Im starting to like Android. So I decided to sell the TP and the Flyer and pick up an updated 7 inch droid tablet, thinking about the Acer or Samsung one.
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Yay!!!!
webos 3.0.5
the hp webos 3.0.5 update enhances core apps like email and calendar, improves the video calling experience, and fixes additional bugs.
Faster switching between day, week, and month views, and faster event display in calendar.
Faster scrolling when reading an email message.
Email attachments are now saved with draft messages.
Added sender photos and im presence indicators in email.
Improved stability when watching video in the web app.
Improved handling of mp3s that are transferred from a computer using usb drive mode.
Added a dedicated view of contacts available for a video call, for quicker setup of a video call.
New alert when video quality might be lower because of network issues.
When typing, pressing the space bar twice inserts a period. This can be toggled on and off.
Auto-correction can be turned off directly from the onscreen keyboard.
Added support for http live streaming.
the hp webos 3.0.5 update enhances core apps like email and calendar, improves the video calling experience, and fixes additional bugs.
Faster switching between day, week, and month views, and faster event display in calendar.
Faster scrolling when reading an email message.
Email attachments are now saved with draft messages.
Added sender photos and im presence indicators in email.
Improved stability when watching video in the web app.
Improved handling of mp3s that are transferred from a computer using usb drive mode.
Added a dedicated view of contacts available for a video call, for quicker setup of a video call.
New alert when video quality might be lower because of network issues.
When typing, pressing the space bar twice inserts a period. This can be toggled on and off.
Auto-correction can be turned off directly from the onscreen keyboard.
Added support for http live streaming.
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So I installed ICS CM9 on my TP and I'm loving it. It has a few bugs like Camera/Mic dont work and hardware video acceleation is still not working (No Netflix, Ustream, etc....) But other than that it works amazingly well and smooth!
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doesn't really affect anything else other than streaming video