![]() ![]() This lets you see the subject line, or maybe a whole tweet. ![]() Messages slide in across the System Bar at the top of the screen, just like a ticker tape. The notifcation panel in the top-right corner of webOS is HP's attempt to help you manage all your incoming data, as many of us are besieged by a torrent of emails, status updates and tweets. ![]() Any card can be discarded by simply flicking it up off the top of the screen, a very satisfying gesture. The email client itself works in a concertina manner, from any message you can slide out your inbox from underneath the left-hand side, and then your email accounts can be flicked-out from underneath that. These fan out so you can see how many there are, and you can flick through them with a swipe. ![]() The 9.7in display has a 1,024x768 resolution, and HP are using an IPS panel to improve viewing angles.īack to webOS, your cards can be stacked in piles, so you can have multiple emails open, stacked neatly on top of each other. The tablet has a 1.2GHz dual core processor, part of its MSM8660 Qualcomm chipset, and 1GB of RAM. There's no hard limit to the number of cards you can have open, and it all ran very smoothly on the TouchPad. HP describes the idea behind the system as 'True Multitasking', but which it doesn't just mean a hardware- or software-based capability, but rather a way of organising your tasks so you can easily work on multiple cards at once. WebOS divides up your tasks into a series of 'cards' that you can flick between using the touchscreen. Watch the video above for a breakdown of the key concepts. webOS is HP's mobile operating system (OK, it used to Palm's, but everything is now HP branded, so we're moving with the times), and today we're looking at it in action in more detail on the company's TouchPad tablet. Yesterday we saw the new HP Veer and got a webOS demonstration. ![]()
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