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According to reports, HP will follow up its TouchPad launch next month with the release of an unannounced 7-inch tablet in August. Citing information from an Inventec Corp. subcontractor, the Taiwanese manufacturer is said to have received a healthy number of tablet orders from HP. HP has reportedly ordered between 400,000 and 450,000 tablets per month from Inventec, which also manufactures notebook [...]

HP is working on phones and tablets with built-in near-field communication (NFC) technology for mobile payments, according to reports. Much like Google Wallet, which will soon launch for the Nexus S and eventually other Android devices, HP hopes its customers will be able to use the company’s products to make mobile purchases in retail outlets. Similarly, HP has a plan to create an entire ecosystem [...]

HP has posted a new video for its highly anticipated TouchPad tablet, and it highlights several of the tablet’s distinguishing features. In the video, HP demos the ability to manage tasks simultaneously, the speed of the dual-core Qualcomm processor, HP Synergy, light gaming, HTML5 and Adobe Flash support, Citrix Receiver, video calling, and HP’s Touch To Share technology for keeping your webOS [...]

HP’s webOS-powered tablet will launch this April, says DigiTimes, citing confirmation from HP’s component suppliers. The TouchPad, which will launch with webOS 3.0, will starting shipping to retailers by the end of March, andthen be ready for release some time in April.  DigiTimes also says that HP intends to sell between 4 and 5 million TouchPad units and between 45 and 48 million notebook [...]

Today, HP officially announced the HP Touchpad.  It looks a lot like a plastic iPad.  Even the mail app in the all new WebOS (3.0) looks comparable to Apple’s.   It has a 9.7-inch 1024×768 capactive touch display that supports 18-bit color.  Unlike the iPad, there is a front facing 1.3 megapixel camera for video chatting.  The 3G model will include GPS functionality, and there is the [...]