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If you apply the 3.0.2 patch (an over the air update), it resolves most of the performance issues with webOS on the tablet. Unfortunately all of the online rev

by j_col 15y ago

If you apply the 3.0.2 patch (an over the air update), it resolves most of the performance issues with webOS on the tablet. Unfortunately all of the online reviews were done using 3.0, so the misconception that webOS on the Touchpad = slow has stuck.

mgkimsal 15y ago
It's not a misconception. If I use webOS on a touchpad - as it comes out of the box - it's slow. There were 'misconceptions' that Java was slow too. And Java was slow. And still is in some use cases. But somehow that's the fault of the user, not the technology?
- j_col 15y ago
  webOS out of the box will auto-update itself over the air to 3.0.2. It just wasn't available when the reviews were written. If I read a review now, it's based on outdated information.
  - lallysingh 15y ago
    They should've waited until 3.0.2 was available before sending the devices out to reviewers. Frankly, if you're gonna have error for reviewers, I'd put in as many cheap, unmaintainable perf hacks as I could.
    - j_col 15y ago
      Yes I totally agree, only one chance to make a first impression and all that.
  - petervandijck 15y ago
    That's like saying "sorry I didn't brush my teeth before our first date, but I brushed them now! Tonight at 5? ... hello?"
huhtenberg 15y ago
I saw TouchPad at BestBuy last night and it was sluggish as hell. I don't really care if it had a patch applied or not. They had exactly one chance to make a great first impression and they failed. We can point finger at whoever, but what I saw pretty much explains why TouchPad did not gather interest with BestBuy buyers.
- aaront 15y ago
  This is a known issue to HP. It really stinks. The demo units aren't even using 3.0, they're using a special demo build.
  - Avenger42 15y ago
    I understand the reasoning behind this (make the demos as cool as possible!) but I think you'd run a serious risk of high returns - if you take it home and it doesn't run as well as the one in the store, you're going to mess with it for a few days, get increasingly frustrated and eventually take it back.
rsynnott 15y ago
This is why you don't release a broken product hoping to fix it later.

by j_col 15y ago

mgkimsal 15y ago

It's not a misconception. If I use webOS on a touchpad - as it comes out of the box - it's slow. There were 'misconceptions' that Java was slow too. And Java was slow. And still is in some use cases. But somehow that's the fault of the user, not the technology?

j_col 15y ago
webOS out of the box will auto-update itself over the air to 3.0.2. It just wasn't available when the reviews were written. If I read a review now, it's based on outdated information.
- lallysingh 15y ago
  They should've waited until 3.0.2 was available before sending the devices out to reviewers. Frankly, if you're gonna have error for reviewers, I'd put in as many cheap, unmaintainable perf hacks as I could.
  - j_col 15y ago
    Yes I totally agree, only one chance to make a first impression and all that.
- petervandijck 15y ago
  That's like saying "sorry I didn't brush my teeth before our first date, but I brushed them now! Tonight at 5? ... hello?"

huhtenberg 15y ago

I saw TouchPad at BestBuy last night and it was sluggish as hell. I don't really care if it had a patch applied or not. They had exactly one chance to make a great first impression and they failed. We can point finger at whoever, but what I saw pretty much explains why TouchPad did not gather interest with BestBuy buyers.

aaront 15y ago
This is a known issue to HP. It really stinks. The demo units aren't even using 3.0, they're using a special demo build.
- Avenger42 15y ago
  I understand the reasoning behind this (make the demos as cool as possible!) but I think you'd run a serious risk of high returns - if you take it home and it doesn't run as well as the one in the store, you're going to mess with it for a few days, get increasingly frustrated and eventually take it back.

rsynnott 15y ago

This is why you don't release a broken product hoping to fix it later.