Comment by runjake | Hacker News Reader

Comment by runjake | Hacker News Reader

I just got one for free about a week ago. I don't mean to dance on its grave, but I wouldn't pay $50 for one.

I don't find most of the UI beautiful or elegant, most of it was too dark and reminded me of those first ugly mobile Linux GUIs , some of WebOS is quite well-designed, pretty, and usable, though.

The big issue for me is how long it took to load things, be they apps, websites, or search results. Whereas, the iPad 2 does everything just about instantaneously, it was a 3 second wait for anything to happen on the TouchPads. Those 3 second lags really add up on annoyance after a little while.

I wanted to believe, but in the end, it seems I was right.

Arrg. I don't want one of these. I don't. I've mocked this tablet for two months. I'd rather keep my $99-$149 and apply it towards another iPad or the ASUS Eee Transformer.

But it's only $99. Wifi, IPS display, an OS that isn't completely horrible? I would be too ashamed to use it at work unless I disguised it as a photo frame. But the kids would love it.

Supposedly, some Cyanogenmod guys are buying TouchPads to see if they can put Android on them. I'm unsure of the feasibility of this as I don't know much about the hardware and bootloader situation on the TPs.

Compared to what else you can buy for $50 (not a single comparably sized tablet I know of), you still wouldn't find it worthwhile? It's fair to compare it to an iPad 2 at its original price, but at $99 that's not what it has to beat.

Using it for nothing more than a digital frame and movie player would cover the $99 price.

No, but I can see why others would find it valuable at $50 or even $150. For me, it was just really bad. I was hoping WebOS would be my true alternative to iOS, but it just didn't make it there.

Great dev tools, though.

I'll buy it from you if you don't want it. Please email jimduggan at yahoo

Can I pay you 50 dollars for it? :D conrad.twizzle [at] gmail [dot] com

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