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HP launches new digital photo frame

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"It doesn’t seem capable of full web browsing, but it gets the job done."

...and what job would that be? I'm not sure how a photo frame that runs Facebook is a threat to any tablet computer.

Good point, but I guess it's more of an entertainment device. Something like a social media client + Web radio: I guess they'll add a real browser soon in order to sell more than a few of them.

I agree, I think it's more a case of an incredibly misleading article title (ie, linkbait).

...does it even have a battery?

Nope.

And Rio beat Apple to the punch with an MP3 player! Steve Jobs must feel pretty silly about that.

Yeah; Apple's still reeling from the iPod getting hammered by the Nomad. And don't even get me started on the clusterfuck that was the iPhone versus Windows Mobile; that was just painful. Who sees those around anywhere?

I like it, but I don't think it's really a competitor to an Apple tablet. It looks to me more like an advanced digital photo frame.

I don't see any options for adding new software, and I don't see any evidence that it is touch enabled at all.

So, I don't want one, but I think my mom might like it.

Information on HP's site: http://h71036.www7.hp.com/hho/us/en/pclc/articles/series-dre...

That mentions "simple touch controls embedded in the display", so it's not clear it's a full touch screen.

The prescence of a remote suggests it's not intended to be a fully fledged tablet computer but, as others have said, something more like a souped-up digital photo frame.

"that disappear when not in use"

It just means the buttons are displayed on the screen and aren't physical.

I don't understand what's the big deal with these tablets. IBM/Lenovo had a Thinkpad tablet PC for years, it's called the ThinkPad X Series Tablet http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPo... [I hope that the link works]

The X tablets are a little heavy to casually hold in one hand. They run fullblown Windows which is good for running Windows programs, and less good for quickly looking up who that actor is while watching a movie.

Ideally, a tablet would work a lot like an iphone. You could leave it on the coffee table for a couple days in the sleep state, but it comes fully on with the click of a button.

Unfortunately, the specs link on HP's site goes to a really lame landing page with even less info.

I guess the price is crucial.

Do you mean they should be as cheap as netbooks are?

o god, watching the video demonstration will dissuade you from wanting to buy it. It's definitely _not_ sleek, it looks like its at least an inch thick and controlled by a remote.

I'm not sure Apple has ever been first at anything. Apple's strategy seems to be to try to be the best for a large chunk of potential users and charge a premium for it.

As for the DreamScreen itself: it's bulky, it can't browse the web and it doesn't seem to be able to run arbitrary applications for whatever underlying OS it uses. HP may get a few gadget lovers to buy these, but not after the Crunchpad or anything in this price range from Apple shows up.

If the software is anything like what they provide with printers and digital cameras, it's probably not in the same league as an (eventual or possible) Apple product.

From the video, that would appear to be a digital picture frame, not a "tablet".

The repeated "your device might be different" is interesting. Perhaps it's not finished yet? Maybe they could stop the UI looking so clunky.

Hahahahahahahaha

The original headline, the one I submitted this post with, is: "DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet"

While it's certainly not perfect it's still much better than the completely false "HP launches new digital photo frame".

Crippling headlines after the submission doesn't make sense.

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