HP TouchPad no match for iPad

I was recently fortunate enough to bag myself a HP TouchPad for £90 during the fire sale. I had always been interested to see the device since seeing the ‘hands off’ demos that were given at the tech trade shows. To me, the device had some really nice differentiation to the other tablets on the market with it’s wireless charging, integration with the Pre3 and the WebOS cards approach. The vibrate and light alert indicators are a nice touch also.

Having now used it for a few days, I am glad that I did not hold out for the TouchPad and put my eggs in the iPad basket!

My original hope was to migrate from using the iPad at work and move all my note taking over to the TouchPad but as yet I have not been able to find a bunch of WebOS apps that compare to ToodleDo and iThoughtsHD to make the switch.

Email integration to the work’s Exchange environment is fine and it does a great job with emails and calendaring but that alone is not enough! I need more to maintain my paperless life.

Right now I’m in the middle of see if the Homebrew Community can increase the functionality of the TouchPad but I have the distinct impression that I will be holding out for a stable Android port that I can install and have myself a Honeycombe or Ice Cream Sandwich enabled tablet.

In the interim, the HP TouchPad will live next to the sofa and act as a quick device to browse the web without making me go and dig the iPad out of my work bag.

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