Things to do with your new TouchPad; Part 2 - Recommended Apps

   Part 1 of our TouchPad series focused on some first things to do with your new TouchPad.  Part 2 focuses on Apps.  Since many new TouchPad buyers are new to webOS, finding great apps to install on your new TouchPad is important.  Although the selection for TouchPad apps is limited, about 70% of 8,000 webOS phone apps can be used on the tablet. Hopefully now that an estimated 500,000 TouchPads...

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Things to do with your new TouchPad: Part 1

(8/27/11 Update: I have made some clarifications below thanks to additional information that I obtained.)Since HP had a fire-sale on its discontinued TouchPad, it has become the best selling tablet (after Apple's iPad). It is estimated that 500,000 units were sold. However, most people are not familiar with webOS so I put together a series of articles.  The first part will provide some t...

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Weekly Wrap-Up: 8/19/11

With all the news on the HP TouchPad, we are late posting our Weekly Wrap-Up section.  All Weekly Wrap-Ups are supposed to be for the week ending Friday.  Here are all the tweets we posted for the week ending 8/19/11 :Monday started with Google acquiring Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. So iPad 3 is not coming the year. We figured this although the rumors kept saying this year.Best...

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Editorial: HP TouchPad - Dead or Alive?

   With HP announcing that they are discontinuing the TouchPad and putting webOS on hold, Apple has claimed another victory against its competitors.  The TouchPad never had a chance against the iPad or the many Android Honeycomb tablets as it intended to compete in that higher-price market.  Having seen many tablets come and go since the first iPad was launched, a company claiming defeat after...

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Weekly Wrap-Up: 8/12/11

Oopps, noticed that I skipped last week's Weekly Wrap-Up so we will review the prior two weeks.  All Weekly Wrap-Ups are supposed to be for the week ending Friday.  Since we missed last week's, this week will focus on all news from 8/1: Ipad 3 will launch at same price point as iPad 2 which would then be discounted.Must be discount day. Xoom, TouchPad and Thrive are all on sale today (8/3)...

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Pandigital Nova: First Impression

   Today, I had the opportunity to test Pandigital's latest Android eReader/tablet, Nova.  At first site, it looks small/short compared to typical 7" tablets.  Compared to other 7" tablets, the Nova is short in length 7.63" compared to the average of slightly over 8".  The width, 5.25", is about average so the length/width ratio makes the Nova look smaller.   The 7" screen has an 800x600...

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ViewSonic ViewBook 730 Review

   ViewSonic is no stranger to the tablet field.  It has introduced a 10” dual-core G Tablet which was pulled off the shelves in December due to some manufacturing defects.  The G Tablet became a favorite of the developer community with hacks to improve the buggy software that it used.  ViewSonic also introduced a ViewPad 7 and ViewPad 10 but those tablets have not exactly done well in terms of...

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Pandigital releasing 3 Android Tablets

Today Pandigital, mostly known for digital frames and eReaders, has announced a new line of low cost 7" Android tablets.  Three tablets (Planet, Nova and Star) will be available this month.  A fourth tablet (SuperNova) will be announced and launched in September.  The first three tablets will feature a Cortex A9 processor with embedded 3D graphics. Pandigital Planet   Dean Finnegan, founder...

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