It's all in the execution..
Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 2:16PM or not as might be!
Lots of talk and speculation of how Apple are going to be beaten to the punch with the absence of the Apple tablet, and how other companies are going to bring out similar devices before them.
If the HP Dreamscreen is typical of the perceived "threat" I don't think they've got to much to worry about!
I mean, really, what a terrible execution of a cool idea?
Naff interface, naff video (what? it supports JPG, PNG and BMP - wow!), no touchscreen - seriously?
I can hear the howls of derision from Cupertino from here!
Don McAllister
OK, As some comments point out, this is really just a glorified Digital photo frame and on further checking is being marketed as such by HP. The original blog post was written in response to some sites who were reporting that HP had beaten Apple to market with a tablet device, buat as you can see if you look at the demo and then checkout HPs official site -
you'll see it's not really intended as a competitor to the fabled tablet.
My bad for not checking but obviously some sites were link baiting by even suggesting such. Ho hum!
Reader Comments (7)
You have to admit that the table is nice though!
I don't think Apple has anything to worry about if that's what people expect a tablet computer to be. The 'Dreamscreen' looks like it's just a big remote control. The tablet from Apple or anyone else that does it right will give you the functionality of a computer, in the least it will work like the iphone or iPod Touch.
Wow, what a terrible product. Glorified digital photo frame.
Having said that, Apple's tablet will be a flop as well.
You all do realize that this is just a digital photo frame... my very old Canon Photoframe does video and music and photos... Thanks for the giggle Don, but you underestimate HP
Yes Claus, you know that and I know that, but some parts of the media are clueless! As per this link...Mashable
As Bob suggests, my impression is that this is just a souped-up digital photo frame doobrie. Is it marketed as a tablet device?
I've updated the original post. Transpires that this is not being marketed as a tablet device but as a Digital photoframe by HP.
Still pretty naff though!