Review: HP TouchPad 32GB webOS Tablet

Text and Photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Hewlett-Packard's first webOS 3.0 tablet, the HP TouchPad, which ships this week in Canada, will compete for the hotly contested  10" inch tablet space. Offering true multitasking, in-app notifications and innovative features such as Touch to Share, wireless docking and charging as well as HP Synergy's cloud savvy integration it seems to have a lot to offer, but is it enough?

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Video: David Pogue's take the on HP TouchPad and Apple iPad

Eminent New York Times technology columnist David Pogue produced a comical comparison between the iPad 2 an the HP TouchPad. Pogue pokes fun at the similarities between both devices and the fact that the TouchPad lacks a few of the iPad's features but then also points out the TouchPad's innovations in Touch To Share, wireless charging as well as Flash capability and HP Synergy plus the possibility that with HP's will and determination, webOS will transcend mobile and make it to PCs and printers.

Source: New York Times

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The Apple Beat: Games ruling the App game

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The first wave of iPad 2 challengers for the year have shipped or have at least found themselves in the hands or reviewers but it seems not one is convincingly a runaway hit. We now have Google's Android, RIM's PlayBook and HP's webOS all with players in the game but the iPad 2 seems to have the momentum going into the second half of the year.

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Wills and Kate...The Royal Tour App

The Government of Canada has created an app for the Royal Tour for iOS users who can't get enough of the Royal newlyweds.  The app allows you to get updates from the Department of Canadian Heritage on the 2011 Royal Tour as Canada welcomes Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge from June 30 – July 8, 2011. 

This app will be your main source for photo and video updates of the tour. Check out what is being said on Twitter or RSVP for public events via the official Crown in Canada Facebook page. You can also send postcards to your friends and family and share how you plan on celebrating the 2011 Royal Tour. 

A full itinerary is also included with the app so you are always up-to-date on where the Royal Couple is during their stay in Canada. Royal stalking has become easier than ever.