TouchPad & webOS, day 1

The Good

Cards. Android and iOS’s multitasking can suck it.
Form factor. Looks smaller and thinner that the iPad. It’s neither, but that’s by the by.
The built in apps. Mail and Facebook are top-notch.
Synergy. Like Android’s contact syncing, but actually works, and lets you manually merge them. Also works with, say, calendar events.
“Rooting” is a matter of typing “webos20090606” into the universal search bar.
Universal search (I refuse to call it HP’s marketingese “Just type”).
The Touchstone wireless charging dock, and Exhibition mode.

The dearth of apps, especially free, second-party apps for things like Tumblr, Google+ and Google Reader.
It’s slow. But that can be fixed…
Sometimes after installing an app, the tablet needs rebooting before it will work. This happened once when updating the App Catalog(ue. Learn to localise, HP).
Navigation with the bluetooth keyboard is frustrating. Scrolling and switching cards must be done with the screen.

The volume and power buttons shake and rattle nastily. They feel like they could come straight off with the slightest of sideways force. They’re also far too easily pressed when resting the TouchPad on its side.

I wish I could get the Novacom drivers working on my laptop so I can install Preware.