• HP TouchPad Gets $50 Discount, OTA Update

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    Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
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    HP has just released a new over-the-air update to the TouchPad, WebOS 3.0.2, that improves the OS slightly including improved auto-correction, the inclusion of wallpaper support, and improved photo handling.

    The update will appear automatically for TouchPad owners and most devices should receive the update in the next few hours.

    In related news, the device is now $50 less until September 10, reducing the price to $449 for 16GB and $549 for 32GB.

    You can grab the promo price here and you can read more about the release here but here we find the major updates.

    Core applications

    Calendar
    Quicker Just Type event search and event creation
    Improved handling of meeting cancellations
    Email
    Faster scrolling
    Improved message content and image display
    Improved management of multiple emails in Draft and Outbox views
    Music
    Reduced audio skipping when the device is running other applications
    Better display of album art
    Photos & Videos
    Added ability to set wallpapers
    Faster and more reliable handling of individual photos and albums
    Text Assist
    Improved speed and accuracy of auto-corrections
    Web
    Increased scrolling support compatibility within web pages
    Improved performance of remote HTML5 video playback
    Improved responsiveness of auto correction within the browser
    webOS System

    Fixed issues with oversensitive screen rotation
    Security

    This release addresses a number of security issues with HP webOS software.

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