Touchpad owners - are you planning to buy a new tablet?

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lirand August 18, 2011

Touchpad owners - are you planning to buy a new tablet?

In the wake of today's news:
Do you think you would buy a new tablet?
If so - what would it be? An iPad? An Android tabled? A Playbook? Other?

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jezlyn 2011-08-18 18:22:10

Life goes on. I already had an iPad from when they first came out, and recently got a Galaxy Tab 7" for my birthday, both of which I like a lot. I actually have warmed up to 7" tablet form factor quite a bit, so I'm curious about other smaller tablets. Was really looking forward to the rumored "Opal" 7" webOS tablet, but I guess that'll never come into being.

Will look out for other Android and iOS tablets, but that would've been the case even without HP's shocking news. I am a gadget enthusiast who doesn't mind brand/OS hopping. :)

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aaronsaun 2011-08-19 00:02:51

No, I just wasted $350 on a retired product.

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jezlyn 2011-08-19 00:09:55

It's not a waste. You can still use the existing apps and browser with Flash capabilities just fine. Who knows, Preware might take up the slack whenever this all shakes out.

aaronsaun 2011-08-19 00:41:03

Except flash runs like crap. Hulu barely runs on this thing. It's good for porn videos.

aaronsaun 2011-08-19 00:42:37

It would be nice to get some more homebrew stuff on there. I have the touchpad running at 1.5 GHz now although I can't tell the difference. Sure doesn't help with flash video performance :(

jezlyn 2011-08-19 01:55:50

I agree Flash doesn't always work well on the TouchPad, but it doesn't seem to work well on most mobile devices. The problem isn't with the mobile devices but with Flash, but that's another story.

Anyway, I have used Hulu on the TouchPad a few times, and each time I've been able to watch the videos fine. I only watched TV shows, not movies, though. It's unfortunate it isn't working well for you. I wondered if Hulu would ever block the TouchPad since almost every other mobile device is, but in light of the news, they probably don't really care about that.

jonursenbach 2011-08-19 12:11:09

I wonder if anyone is working on putting Android on it.

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gRagib 2011-08-19 21:01:38

Fire sale at BestBuy: $99 for 16GB, $149 for 32GB. Good price if you only need it for email and web. I was waiting for the rumored 7" version, but that may never happen now that HP has stopped work on WebOS hardware. Still hoping that the Pre³ comes out as planned.

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skyzyx 2011-08-21 12:11:43

I already own an iPad 2 — which I absolutely love — but $150 for a 32GB tablet was too good to pass up. I think I'll give it to my kids (6 & 10) and let them play games and watch movies on it.

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