Todd Bradley, HP Exec. VP:
Touchpad and Pre 3 talk to each other, so you can receive texts on it. And you can also call from it, apparently, via Bluetooth.
"We record our music in 24-bit. The record industry downgrades that to 16-bit and ships that to iTunes and older digital services. Why? I don't know. It's not because they're geniuses."
HP serves over a billion customers, 174 countries, 145,000 partners, 210K services providers, 88K retail locations. "Our global reach is unprecedented." In the last 60 seconds we shipped 120 PCs, 120 printers.
Jon Rubenstein, Senior VP and GM:
Veer: Today, much the industry going to larger and larger devices. Power of the large phone in a more compact size is what we should have. "Something that is powerful yet elegantly small." "about the size of a credit card". Slide out QWERTY keyboard, 6-inch capacitive touch screen with gestures. Full Web, plus Flash. Built-in GPS, location aware SS. 5-MP camera, USB cord, audio jack. HSPA+ 802.bg Bluetooth EDR 2.1, 8GB storage, and same memory as Pre 2. Qualcomm 7230 processor.
Pre 3: Also a slider phone, looks a little longer than the Veer. Thin portrait slider with the largest keyboard Palm makes. Gesture area. 3.6-inch 480x800 WVGA display. 2.5X the resolution of the Pre. 5 Mpixel camera with video stabilization, and forward facing camera. Two versions: EVDO world phone HSPA, 8 GB or 16 GB storage Bluetooth 2.1 Memory is same as Pre 2. 1.4 GHz Qualcomm chip
Both phones are Touchstone compatible.
If you own a WebOS phone, you already have a combined calendar and email addresses. If you get a Touchpad, these things just show up.
Touchpad is more than a pretty face: a powerful work tool too. Virtual keyboard has a number row. Comes bundled with Quick Office to edit MS docs. Also has Dropbox and Box.net. Has Skype, too. If you need to print: can send docs wirelessly. VPN support too.
Accessories: case doubles as a stand with kickstand. Wireless keypad. Can charge on a new sloping dock, even within the case. While they're docked, they can share information wirelessly.
Sachin Kansal, Director of Product Management:
Can charge phone on Touchstone. While it charges, it shows upcoming appointments, or photos- turns in to photo frame.
Touchpad and Pre 3 talk to each other, so you can receive texts on it. And you can also call from it, apparently, via Bluetooth.
When I'm done using an app can flick it off the screen to close. "This takes tablet UI to a whole new level, to a level that is unmatched in the industry."
Email demo. Can read text, with inline images. If you drag the window to the right, it shows new messages.
Email shows multiple accounts: Exchange, Google, Yahoo, etc. Selecting Exchange places the folder at top. Multi-select button at the bottom of the page Tap multi-select, then tap multiple email messages, and delete all at once.
Attachments open in Quick Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe PDF. Connects to Box.net, Google Docs. Quick Office will come bundled, with editing features built in.
Email about "Kung Fu Panda" open s video. Flash-based trailer of the sequel runs flawlessly.
While he was browsing people tried to get a hold of him. Great thing about messages is that they're unobtrusive. Drop down windows shows how many email messages, IMs etc. Can swipe extraneous messages off the drop down window. Or, you can touch them and brings you the message. Messaging integrates SMS, IMs from Yahoo, AIM, Google.
Natural-style keyboard with number row. Ooh... the virtual keyboard can be resized. Nifty. Just three sizes, though. No dynamic keyboard scaling.
http://www.palm.com/us/products/phones/veer/index.html http://www.palm.com/us/products/phones/pre3/index.html http://www.palm.com/us/products/pads/touchpad/index.html
"Our customers are going to have various options with how to purchase and buy this content". Partners include Time, also working to make it for platform for books: Amazon Kindle app is native as well.
HP partners: worked with Qualcomm, one of the first to showcase Snapdragon processors. So here comes a Qualcomm executive: CEO Paul Jacobs, to speak:
Now we're going to talk about how multitasking takes advantage of Qualcomm capabilities. "Full Web", sleek and elegant designs.
Qualcomm's ability to deliver dual-core specifically for mobile environments. Running two cores allows for multitasking and performance for touchpad user. Highest multimedia. Console quality gaming, stereoscopic 3D.
Jimmy Lovine of Interscope and Chairman of A&M records:
Touchpad supports Beats audio technology.
"What we're trying to do here is fix the degradation of music that the digital revolution has caused. And then there's a piracy reference followed by a comment on the audio degradation.
"We record our music in 24-bit. The record industry downgrades that to 16-bit and ships that to iTunes and older digital services. Why? I don't know. It's not because they're geniuses."
Working with Apple and other digital device manufacturers to work with them to shift to 24-bits. But it's a long road.
When you play them through a Dell, it sounds like they're being played through a portable television." At PC OEMs start with 50 cents (to spend) on sound, and then it gets cut over time.
HP is stepping forward and wants to own music, Lovine says. Now it's going to be on the touchpad. It's a musical instrument. "Bottom line, music is still the best app for the Internet, no matter what they build."
Rubenstein: Developers and content creators will have a field day.
Steven McArthur, senior VP of apps and services on stage to talk about developers:
These fantastic new products are just the first part of the plan to build the largest installed base of users to expand to. HP's sheer scale is positioned to take this goal. HP's developer community is also in position to achieve this goal.
WebOS doesn't just enhance big players like Facebook. Self-Aware Games created Word Ace, which combines word games and Texas Hold ‘Em. A version for Touchpad optimized for multi-tasking. For us, the real pleasure is helping our devs.
Original product announcement: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2379927,00.asp
[comment from user]: Per Veer's tech spec, it is a GSM phone. (Will it be only on AT&T/T-mobile?)
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