Six months after it was officially unveiled, HP is about to embark on an unknown path with the official launch of the HP TouchPad literally right around the corner – in fact, it’s going on sale starting tomorrow! Looking back at it, the Palm Pre ushered in the era of webOS goodness, but in between the time since it launched, the platform has struggled to be fully adopted by the community as the onslaught of competition from all corners has seemingly extinguished its candle. Now that Palm is in a better position with HP, the TouchPad is indeed the culmination of their forged relationship – and the timing couldn’t have been better.
Rather than going all out with some sort of flashy packaging, HP takes the reserved route as a single image of the TouchPad gracing its front cover – with the distinguishable HP logos etched onto its side. Naturally, the overall clean approach is most evident in the rear, where we find only the box’s contents and pertinent information lined up towards the bottom edge. Sliding off the outer casing, we’re greeted to the plastic wrapped HP TouchPad, with a small packet beneath it etched with the words “now comes the fun part.” Well, it’s not actually the fun part because we’re only presented with the usual set of documentation and a useful microfiber cleaning cloth. In the left compartment of the box, we find its wall charger and microUSB cable. As always, we’d like to see more in terms of accessories, but it’s the normal thing we come to expect nowadays…
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