Official HP video featuring webOS and all products at the GSL 2011.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.

This is an Official HP video  at the Gadget Show Live 2011 with some highlights of HP webOS  products such as the Pre³ and TouchPad as well as some reactions to WebOS and Beats Audio, and showing all HP products. The TTS performance between the Pre3 and the TouchPad is very fast. Maybe on the videos we have seen before, the broadband connection was not so speedy at that time as it looks on this new video now.

I uploaded the video on two formats versions: one flv and the other in mp4:

3 HP webOS TouchPad videos demos at the UK Gadget Show Live 2011

WorldWide tech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.

We found 3 wondeful videos from 3 different sources who made  video demos of the HP webOS TouchPad at the UK Gadget Show Live 2011 this last week.

The TouchPad looks very responsive, fast, smooth, much better than when it was  announced at the HP webOS event in Feb 9th.

The Touch to Share feature is increasing its applications and the presenter said will have Maps for Touch to Share, as well. Jon Rubistein said : sharing IM will be a good idea.

 We see Touch to Share increasing its services with more apps to share with the HP webOS smartphones like the Pre 3 and the Veer . The Veer  will have the Touch to share app via an OTA update after launch.

Watch the Videos below:

HP webOS TouchPad: No gesture area; instead, direct manipulation on the screen.

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On the HP webOS developer site at the end of the TouchPad specifications you can read the following:

"No gesture area; instead, direct manipulation on the screen." and also says: Gesture support for existing apps provided by thin on-screen strip just below cards"

Source: TouchPad  click on the Touchpad image to scroll down.

HP webOS TouchPad launch in June. HP is putting its money to its new WebOS based tablet computing strategy.

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“The first HP TouchPad units off the line will be "fully PartnerOne eligible and aligned." What's more, he said, PartnerOne benefits around training and deal registration will also be available to partners when the product is launched in June” HP Discovery 2011 June 6-10 :Matt Smith, director of Americas Channel Marketing for HP. 


Rick Chernick, CEO of Camera Corner Connecting Point, a Green Bay Wisc. HP partner who has seen the new WebOS HP offering and phones, said he was excited about the HP mobility opportunity.


"I've seen the product," he said. "It's gorgeous. I think it is going to sell like crazy."

HP is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to its new WebOS based tablet computing strategy.


Stephen DiFranco, vice president and general manager, Solution Partners Organization – Americas, on Monday kicked off the company's Americas Partner Conference by announcing that the company is putting its PartnerOne channel program muscle fully behind its WebOS-based offering.


With a call to action for partners to build business mobility practices around WebOS, DiFranco promised partners that the $126 billion computer giant will have robust PartnerOne program benefits to incent partners to get into the mobility game with HP.


Beginning this summer, DiFranco said, HP partners will be able to sell WebOS solutions and tap into new HP PartnerONE program benefits including market development funds, volume programs, big deal registration and practice development for partners selling WebOS products, such as the HP TouchPad.


What's more, he said, in November, HP plans to introduce an Elite mobility program offering that will provide more substantial benefits for partners that meet higher level HP mobility partner requirements.


"We are going to help our partners develop mobility practices that include services like app development, mobility virtualization and mobility management," said DiFranco. HP is holding a mobility event on Wednesday at the partner conference aimed at getting its partners to build mobility practices.

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.	General Session with executive vice presidents Todd Bradley (PSG) and Vyomesh Joshi (IPG)
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Invitation only Mobility Executive Summit

DiFranco said HP is uniquely positioned to help partners succeed in the commercial based tablet and connective devices market. "Companies are going to want to have specific apps for their businesses," he said. 


"Partners are going to be very very important here helping customers find mobility apps that are core to their business."


Matt Smith, director of Americas Channel Marketing for HP, said that the first HP TouchPad units off the line will be "fully PartnerOne eligible and aligned." What's more, he said, PartnerOne benefits around training and deal registration will also be available to partners when the product is launched in June.


Smith also promised that partners will have "price parity" with retail outlets carrying the products under an HP MAP (Manufacturer Advertised Price) initiative. In fact, he said, HP was more concerned about commercial partners possibly undercutting retail pricing. "Partners should be able to get good margins," he said.


Rick Chernick, CEO of Camera Corner Connecting Point, a Green Bay Wisc. HP partner who has seen the new WebOS HP offering and phones, said he was excited about the HP mobility opportunity.


"I've seen the product," he said. "It's gorgeous. I think it is going to sell like crazy." 


Source: CRN


Related posts: HP Discovery 2011 June 6-10 and:


As part of the company’s focus on mobility, HP announced new benefits and rewards for partners selling webOS solutions, enabling partners to drive growth in the $26.4 billion Americas commercial mobility market.⁽¹⁾  Link: HP go to market

HP webOS TouchPad will come with Cypress True Touch Panel. Videos

WorldWideTech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.

The HP TouchPad will come with a Cypress Touch Panel (image above captured from theTouchPad with SIM card slot leaked video from Taiwan. Video)  


Cypress company has improved the touch technolgy adding the TrueTouch Hover as you can see on the video below:



The Cypress multitouch technology also supports up to 10 fingers and can manage various photos independent , that you can watch on a Tablet-Sized TrueTouch™ Touchscreen Demonstration:

Amazon Announces Free "Buy Once, Read Everywhere" Kindle App for webOS TouchPad

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The website of Amazon today announced that HP webOS will be offer a free Kindle application tailored specifically for the HP Touchpad, which allows you to browse 810,000 e-books in the Kindle store. You can subscribe to popular magazines, such as TIME, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, FORTUNE, CELEBRITY, or download films and TV programs.

Press Release: 

Amazon Announces Free "Buy Once, Read Everywhere" Kindle App for webOS TouchPad

Amazon's free "Buy Once, Read Everywhere" Kindle app that lets users read andsync over 810,000 of the most popular books will be available on the new HP TouchPad

Amazon.com today announced that it will launch a free Kindle app for webOS tailored for the new HP TouchPad. Like all Kindle apps, Kindle for webOS will let customers "Buy Once, Read Everywhere" - on Kindle, Kindle 3G, Kindle DX, iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, PC, Mac, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7, Android-based devices, and this summer, the HP TouchPad. Amazon's Whispersync technology syncs your place across devices, so you can pick up where you left off and never lose your place. For more information about the free Kindle apps, go to www.amazon.com/kindleapps.

"When you buy a Kindle book, you can already read it on Kindle and our free 'Buy Once, Read Everywhere' apps for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, PC, Mac, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7, and Android-based devices, so you never have to worry about what to do with your books if you change devices or platforms," said Dorothy Nicholls, Director, Amazon Kindle. "We're very excited to add webOS to this list. As with our other Kindle apps, the webOS app will be free and will incorporate our Whispersync technology so you can seamlessly switch between devices and platforms and never be without your reading."

Kindle for webOS was demonstrated for the first time today at HP's press conference announcing the new HP TouchPad.

"We're working with Amazon to bring HP customers the free Kindle app and, along with it, the largest selection of the most popular books," said Jon Oakes, director, TouchPad Product Marketing, HP. "TouchPad's beautiful, fully featured Kindle app supports the Kindle features users already know and love, and it's one of the first Kindle applications to support the latest Kindle features like Collections."

With Kindle devices and Kindle apps, customers can choose from over 810,000 books in the U.S. Kindle Store - the largest selection of the most popular books that people want to read--including New Releases and 103 of 110 New York Times Bestsellers. Over 670,000 of the books in the Kindle Store are $9.99 or less, including 73 New York Times Bestsellers. With Kindle Worry-Free Archive, books you purchase from the Kindle Store are automatically backed up online in your Kindle library on Amazon where they can be re-downloaded wirelessly for free, anytime.

Customers can learn more about the free Kindle apps at www.amazon.com/kindleapps.

About Amazon.com

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. Kindle, Kindle 3G and Kindle DX are the revolutionary portable readers that wirelessly download books, magazines, newspapers, blogs and personal documents to a crisp, high-resolution electronic ink display that looks and reads like real paper. Kindle 3G and Kindle DX utilize the same 3G wireless technology as advanced cell phones, so users never need to hunt for a Wi-Fi hotspot. Kindle is the #1 bestselling product across the millions of items sold on Amazon.

Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, www.amazon.cn, and www.amazon.it. As used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar terms include Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.

Forward-Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.

SOURCE: Amazon.com