[TouchPad General] joemailey:
So I got mine delivered on Friday.

I have to admit, I was a bit shocked at how well WebOS looked and felt.

The first thing I done was install Facebook, then I installed Spaz HD for twitter.

Both apps are fantastic - no complaints about Spaz HD.

Facebook is also good, but the lack of FB chat is a annoying.

The web browser is fine, I've not had many issues really. The main one has been the browser half loading certain pages, then it keeps looping n reloading the page.

I've found this only happens on sites that have flash on them.

Annoyances:

I don't think the touch response/accuracy is as good as the iPad, sometimes takes me a few attempts to get to different menus.

It seems a bit sluggish at times, even with being clocked to 1.7GHz.

One thing I hate the most about the tablet is the lack of MSN/WLM support, if I didn't get the tablet so cheap. MSN/WLM & Facebook chat would have been a major deal breaker for me.

Lack of Avi video support and other formats, I'm an apple fan. So you'd think it wouldn't bother me much. But for other company's to get in to the market they really need to offer more than what apple do on their devices.

It plays videos from all web sites. Flash support is nice.

correcting spelling doesn't work in the browser. Nothing happens when I tap an underlined word.

quickofficehd doesn't have a spell checker it seems.

Good points:

Exchange email support is great + calendar + contacts.

I like the photo app on it and how it pulls in all my facebook pictures/albums.

I love how you switch between apps & how you close them. It is great feature, much better than the way iOS handles it.

Calendar App is great, simple to switch on and off the different calendars.

Facebook App is great.

Twitter = Spaz HD app is great for accessing twitter.

I'm surprised how good the the Touchpad is, coming from an iPhone/iOS background.

I've always knew other devices would be good, but never be an iPad killer.

Although the Touchpad isn't an iPad killer and it is far from it.

It is close to it, a bit more work to refine to WebOS and add more features to it(like the chat features that are missing) and smooth it out more(iOS is smoother and feels better)

The only thing that doesn't make it prefect for me is the lack of messaging support for key services I use.

I had an iPad a few weeks ago, that I borrowed from work to mess with. The only things I use on tablet is web surfing, email, WLM, facebook, twitter and facebook chat.

The Touchpad fits 4 of those 6 things prefectly, but doesn't come close on the other two.

Which means I still need to be near my computer or laptop when I'm at home.

Overall I'm surprised at how good I found the touchpad. It is good and does almost everything I need it to do.

At the price I paid for this tablet, it is well worth the money so far. I'm hoping I can get an Android port in few months time, that will resolve my 2 key issues.

Worth the discount price, but definitely not worth the full price. I would have been very disappointed if I paid full price, in fact I would be returning it.

I'm not entirely sure why HP are giving up, WebOS has so much potential to be great. It could rival iOS and Android easy, with a few more updates that add key popular features. HP giving up doesn't make much sense to me.