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The Official HP Touchpad Thread of $100 Digital Picture Frames
- Thread starter VanMardigan
- Start date
- wrong rhcp. perhaps there is more than one twitter account. I was following one that is now gone but I see another...
That IRC chat on Rootzwiki is vile. I almost didn't want to believe what I was reading. Who would openly discuss even on a "private" IRC connection that they were going to alter some code they found. I'd almost think it was fishy if not for the lack of rebuttal.
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
Browsing Neo-GAF on my TouchPad is flawless. Every page loads extremely fast, nothing is broken or displaying odd. No idea why Dream would call it terrible. The only issue so far I've experienced with the browser, especially on forums, is that the login redirect just freezes and keeps refreshing without end. But because your information has been validated and you've technically logged in, the quick fix to that is to just reload the forum or main page you log in from, and you'll find yourself ready to use your account.
Since you'll likely store your passwords, you just have to do this once.
Since you'll likely store your passwords, you just have to do this once.
Dreams-Visions
Member
don't push that button to scroll all the way to the bottom of the page too often. it can (and will) crash the OS. it starts saying too many cards are open...becomes unresponsive..and eventually reboots itself.Karish said:
butter_stick
Banned
The issue is the caching, but the web app is perfect because refreshing is super simple. It's barely even an issue.
Now, on every other site on the Internet, it drives me nuts.
Now, on every other site on the Internet, it drives me nuts.
The Big Rig
Member
The problem most of us are having is the terrible caching. You have to reload every page. Whenever I load OT, go to a thread, and then hit OT again, it spits the same page back.AlphaSnake said:
Dreams-Visions
Member
how much memory does this device actually have? it feels like 256MB or less?
Unknown Soldier
Member
It's fucking annoying to have to refresh EVERY SINGLE TIME I move to another page on GAF.
Believe it or not, the Touchpad has 1GB of memory.
Dreams-Visions said:
Believe it or not, the Touchpad has 1GB of memory.
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
The Big Rig said:
Ahh, I see the issue now. I never noticed because I almost always just hit my Subscriptions link instead of going back to the OT link.
Dreams-Visions
Member
freshair said:
numble said:
:-Odream said:
YOU'RE ALL LIARS!!!
(how could it be so poorly coded that 1GB of ram feels like 128MB of ram???)
I was in NYC for a few days and I brought the touchpad and my iPhone for the trip. (The ipad tagged along but I didnt want to use it so I could check out more on webOS) I wanted to see how the touchpad would fare.
that slightly perceptible lag is not so terrible if all you are using is the touchpad but as soon as you switch to iOS, the difference is astounding and webOS scrolling and performance seems more and more unacceptable.
the touchpad had major problems attempting to connect to the hotel room wifi and hold on to the signal and then present the hotel login screen but the iPhone and ipad did not have these problems.
the caching in the browser is a whole lot of bullshit. after all the rage about how the ipad 1 with iOS 3 cached too little, the touchpad is the exact opposite. its abusing that 1 GB of ram and caching when it shouldnt. frustrating.
I also was curious about the beats audio for the headphones so I did some comparisons with the ipad and found that the touchpad sound could not achieve the same volume as the ipad headphone port (using grado HF2 headphones) so it was a bit quieter but, strangely, the bass was a bit exaggerated in volume and slightly unnatural sounding on the touchpad.
I then hooked up the cheap E11 amp to the ipad line out and the sound was much, much better than either device without an amp. but if I had to choose an unamped solution, Id pack the ipad over the touchpad for headphone out. so, once again, something with beats branding manages to be pretty bad.
also, the photos and movies app would randomly freeze up and need to be restarted. that was annoying. happened around half a dozen times.
yeah, I guess the more I use it, the more I feel its decent for a couple hundred bucks max but if I had bought this for 500, I would have returned it after a week. it is a completely inferior product to the ipad and gets no sympathy from me at full MSRP. this thing deserved to fail. it offers no real tangible improvements over the ipad but a ton of small deficiencies everywhere that keep adding up. death by a thousand tiny cuts, as it were.
that slightly perceptible lag is not so terrible if all you are using is the touchpad but as soon as you switch to iOS, the difference is astounding and webOS scrolling and performance seems more and more unacceptable.
the touchpad had major problems attempting to connect to the hotel room wifi and hold on to the signal and then present the hotel login screen but the iPhone and ipad did not have these problems.
the caching in the browser is a whole lot of bullshit. after all the rage about how the ipad 1 with iOS 3 cached too little, the touchpad is the exact opposite. its abusing that 1 GB of ram and caching when it shouldnt. frustrating.
I also was curious about the beats audio for the headphones so I did some comparisons with the ipad and found that the touchpad sound could not achieve the same volume as the ipad headphone port (using grado HF2 headphones) so it was a bit quieter but, strangely, the bass was a bit exaggerated in volume and slightly unnatural sounding on the touchpad.
I then hooked up the cheap E11 amp to the ipad line out and the sound was much, much better than either device without an amp. but if I had to choose an unamped solution, Id pack the ipad over the touchpad for headphone out. so, once again, something with beats branding manages to be pretty bad.
also, the photos and movies app would randomly freeze up and need to be restarted. that was annoying. happened around half a dozen times.
yeah, I guess the more I use it, the more I feel its decent for a couple hundred bucks max but if I had bought this for 500, I would have returned it after a week. it is a completely inferior product to the ipad and gets no sympathy from me at full MSRP. this thing deserved to fail. it offers no real tangible improvements over the ipad but a ton of small deficiencies everywhere that keep adding up. death by a thousand tiny cuts, as it were.
dream
Member
LCfiner said:
yeah, this.
I kind of think the people who genuinely love their TouchPads have never used an iPad (or even an iPhone). Everything is just so frustrating on this thing compared to the way iPads work. It's like you peel away a layer of shit only to discover another layer of shit underneath.
Every time I use this thing, I hate it more
Everything is choppy. Yes, it's overclocked and all that fancy stuff is applied.
Things crash left and right (This does not mean they crash half the time you use them. But having 2-3 apps/browsers a day crash/not work is not acceptable)
The photo viewer is 100% useless. Low res only
The browser is an abomination. Choppy, caching issues, and some sites just cut off. Someone tried to use Gmail on it, and it just cuts things off and you can't scroll...
Flash videos sometimes seem to play whether they're open or not.
The Wifi signal strength is atrocious. (None on Touchpad. 3 bars on phone for example)
Everything being so choppy and jerky is just perfect for this device. It's especially jarring for me since I have a WP7 phone... I know Android isn't exactly silky smooth, and I'm no fan, but at least I know I'd get a working browser and damn JPG viewer! lol
I like the interface/design and how multitasking works. I think it's perfect, along with gestures and whatnot.
Everything is choppy. Yes, it's overclocked and all that fancy stuff is applied.
Things crash left and right (This does not mean they crash half the time you use them. But having 2-3 apps/browsers a day crash/not work is not acceptable)
The photo viewer is 100% useless. Low res only
The browser is an abomination. Choppy, caching issues, and some sites just cut off. Someone tried to use Gmail on it, and it just cuts things off and you can't scroll...
Flash videos sometimes seem to play whether they're open or not.
The Wifi signal strength is atrocious. (None on Touchpad. 3 bars on phone for example)
Everything being so choppy and jerky is just perfect for this device. It's especially jarring for me since I have a WP7 phone... I know Android isn't exactly silky smooth, and I'm no fan, but at least I know I'd get a working browser and damn JPG viewer! lol
I like the interface/design and how multitasking works. I think it's perfect, along with gestures and whatnot.
Dreams-Visions
Member
yea pretty much.dream said:
yo, is there a way to see the scroll bars? Scrolling GAF without that is...not cool.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Dreams-Visions said:
There isn't. Suffer with me!
Well, after a week or two with mine I love it even more. The only thing I don't like about it is the lack of apps, but hopefully we'll get more down the road. And if not that's still alright. It does lack in other areas, but nothing that is a deal breaker for me. I'd love scroll bars, and a way to jump to the top of a page, but it isn't going to turn me against the device. This thing was so cheap that I can overlook certain things. For what I use it for, it's just awesome. Right now I have it set up next to me watching live video as I take care of a few things here on my laptop.
magnificent83
Member
Is it fixed for you yet, I just opened it, and i get the bookmarkable white screen of death?dream said:
Dreams-Visions
Member
my iPad has been laughing at me all day. This thing has frozen at least 6 times today just web browsing and checking email.dream said:
it's like cheating on the hot girlfriend for the homely chick.
Seriously, I never realized something like not being able to organize bookmarks/favorites would 1.exist in 2011 and 2. annoy me as much as it does. Fucking ridiculous every time I have to use the browser.
Someone please tell me there's a Preware fix or something. Or that the ability does exist and I just missed it. please.
Someone please tell me there's a Preware fix or something. Or that the ability does exist and I just missed it. please.
The Big Rig
Member
Not that I've seen. I had to resort to manually bookmarking my sites, starting with the ones I want on the bottom. Ridiculous. Cannot wait for decent browser, whether its through webOS or Android.Vyer said:
dream said:
got damn it, dream, at least lie to me about it. like webos users would lie to themselves about the future of their OS when HP bought it.
Copernicus said:
I'll trade it to you for an ipad 2. I get to get an ipad 2, and you get to make one of those "I totally got rid of my ipad for a touchpad" posts in here. It's a win win.
dream
Member
Vyer said:
"So people looking for light saber apps and throw-away 99 cent puzzle games? Or those essential apps where you can take a picture and paste neat little stickies on them?
Those apps?
I suppose I'm just not operating on the assumption that everyone is a brain dead idiot looking for stupid entertainment in their telephone as opposed to honest to god functionality. Silly me.
Forgive me for sounding extremely condescending, but I find nothing of value in the huge majority of apps released for any platform. The core functionality of webOS on its own is considerably more enticing to me than any number of 10 second attention grabs."
Nick Laslett
Member
Wow, it's like how I would designed a web browser , no wonder it doesn't bother me.numble said:
I hate the way forums update automatically as you try to navigate them. I just want a snap shot of information to go through, I expect to control when it refreshes.
I've had no issues so far with my TP, web browsing, book reading, media streaming all been acceptable. With lousy notifications on iOS , my experiences with email and facebook have been better on the TP than iPad.
I even downloaded some new apps yesterday, an RSS client and 8tracks.
like I said before I find multitasking easier on WebOS, I've go used to the web scrolling issue.
Nick Laslett
Member
just use the favourites tab, you can organise your bookmarks thereVyer said:
It doesnt matter that touchdroid is on hold 99% of the work has been done by other teams while touchdroid swoops in steals code and acts like they did it.
They are a sham group pocketing peoples money and touchpads. They have been quite successful at it too getting well over a thousand dollars
They are a sham group pocketing peoples money and touchpads. They have been quite successful at it too getting well over a thousand dollars