We’d heard about it half a year ago, and now here it is in the grainy, blurry flesh: HP’s 7-inch WebOS tablet that was dead before it ever left the front door. Luckily, it looks pretty mediocre!
The codenamed “Opal” TouchPad, beyond being something of a gadget James Dean, doesn’t have a whole lot going for it. A 7-inch screen is terrible, made worse by the fact that it’s an awkward 4:3 aspect ratio. This Is My Next, which found these Chinese spy shots, says they spot an NFC module, but really, would that make any difference?
The TouchPad was just so-so as a reasonably-sized tablet (before the fire sale bonanza) — slashing off inches wouldn’t have helped HP do anything but collect more shelf dust. [ZooPDA via This Is My Next]