HP has finally set a date to start selling their (not very) long awaited HP TouchPad, the first tablet of the company that comes into the fray with Apple iPad, Galaxy Tab Samsung, Motorola and Xoom. The price of it follows the industry standard for this type of device.
According to information provided by the manufacturer, the TouchPad reaches the United States on July 1. The only model with Wi-Fi and 16 GB of storage will sell for $ 500, and the model with 32 GB of disk space for $ 600. These are exactly the same price that Apple charges for iPad 16 GB and 32 GB (respectively). Coincidence?
HP TouchPad has a 9.7 inch display with touchscreen (obviously). Your processor is a Qualcomm Snapdragon dual core clocked at 1.2 GHz Add to pack more than 1 GB of RAM and you have an idea of how the tablet is from HP. The device runs webOS, a system developed by Palm for the launch of the smartphone Pre. After the Palm was bought by HP, and the rest of the story you know.
After disembarking in the U.S., HP TouchPad come to the UK, France, Germany and Ireland in "mid-July. " The company still plans to release it in Italy, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong until the end of the year.
