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Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

Shawn Rutledge — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:03:59 -0000

Sounds about like the 3Com Audrey. Might be interesting when they show up as $79 "surplus" because they didn't sell.

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

dave — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:23:34 -0000

looks like a posh digital photo frame :S apples version will be better ...... we hope

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

Anon — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:39:38 -0000

WOW! What a piece of crap!!! It's just a glorified digital picture frame. HP = Hunk of Poop!

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

C'Dubs — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:28:42 -0000

I will definitely buy one once I see what kind of specs it has after launch. I want one so that I can hack it to make it more usable. eg: a browser. However, I will get an apple tablet when they/if they come out.

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

Presley — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:47:18 -0000

Wow... ummm HP, just wanted to congratulate you on making a product that i think fred flinstone used back in the day. maybe next time you come out with a product that you want to "rival" whatever apple is planning, make sure it is has things people are actually going to use like a full html web browser (yea that one might have helped). such an epic failure. go kill yourself HP

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

MaX — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:51:45 -0000

The last thing we will do is to buy an HP product. HP, you cheated us once. Not again!

Concerning the comparison with the Apple Tablet, there is no comparison. The Apple Tablet will blow this crap away.

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

Fábio Oliveira — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:59:50 -0000

Meh! No internet browsing? What's so difficult about that? Is it about RAM?
No excuse for a major selling point like that. And marketing that as an enhanced digital photo frame seems very cheap.
Well, I hope hackers can do more out of it as companies seem to have a lack of vision nowadays.
I'd prefer to pay more for the Archos 7 http://www.archos.com/produ...

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

erikkerr — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:43:58 -0000

god watching this video made me think i was watching a lynda.com tutorial.

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

erikkerr — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:43:30 -0000

god watching this video made me think i was watching a lynda.com tutorial.

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

Name — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:27:10 -0000

This is NOT a tablet by any stretch of the imagination. Its more like a smarter digital picture frame. This is not going to be in direct competition of what is rumored to be released by Apple. Think a little before posting kthx.

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

tinusguichelaar — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:58:25 -0000

It's not only the software interface that sucks. Who on earth puts the physical buttons at the bottom while the thing is supposed to stand in the upright position?

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

911-WAKE-UP-STUPID — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:59:30 -0000

This isn't a tablet--there is no touch screen, just a touch interface. Keep dreaming--if you want a quality tablet PC you'll have to pay $700+ for something like the HP tx2500 or tx2 Multi-touch. What, you actually thought it had a touch screen? Its a touch sensitive interface on the side. God, the awful confusion. People ARE getting stupider.

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

amitwadhwa83 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:37:52 -0000

I am wondering if HP can simply update the firmware/OS later to add a web browser to the photo frame. That would make this a useful device.

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

@conmas — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:23:45 -0000

My thoughts exactly.

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

@conmas — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:22:24 -0000

This is hardly a tablet - it's more like a glorified digital picture frame. Sure, the Facebook and Pandora may be neat, but I never imagined navigating my "tablet" with a remote control. If it can do audio out to nicer speakers, this product may prove useful as a living room media hub, but it's sort of lame even at that. This thing shouldn't even be compared to the iPod touch, let alone the fabled "Apple tablet" everyone seems convinced exists.

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

Rob — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:04:33 -0000

This isn't a "tablet" at all.

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

Guest — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:13:05 -0000

No. I was cringeing watching it. Who the hell designed this GUI? Helen Keller??

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

Taran Singh — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:33:31 -0000

Dude, this isn't Tablet
Check Archos 5. You need to learn what is meant by 'Tablet'.

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

mdot214 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:43:20 -0000

If this had wi-fi it would be a game-changer. Maybe they are working on it and wanted to beat Mac to the punch?

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

Name — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:35:28 -0000

This is kind of sad. No way is it a tablet PC - it's just a digital photo frame that does mp3 and a couple other items. You could buy a netbook for that money and have so much more.

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

Brad Hogenmiller — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:25:39 -0000

So it's a giant, cordless, proprietary Chumby?

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

Christopher Daniel Cox — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:00:50 -0000

No, while there has been some evidence that Apple has been buying parts for some new device, all of this has also been by word of mouth. It hasn't been announced yet, therefore it's still a rumor.

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

Justin Salsburey — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:48:29 -0000

Unless it's got a full OS on it and is pressure sensitive and has the inner guts to power adobe its in now way shape or form competition to apple tablet. Moreover a waste of money its just big and clunky and doesn't do anything an ipod touch or iphone doesn't do already to make up for its size... just my 2 cents.

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

Yogesh — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:42:17 -0000

this product is not at all impressive..no reason to buy this...

Re: DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

Thomas — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:37:40 -0000

Not the Strongest Product they have come out with. I was impressed by Touchsmart and multitouch technology.

This would be just as innovative if it had something new and different. One example is if it was connected to the internet so you can update photos remotely or something along those lines.