Hewlett - Packard on Tuesday said it would resign a 4 G TouchPad tab with upgraded ironware , which will be available with AT&T ’s wireless web .
HP ’s TouchPad tablet went on sale two week ago .
The pill will have a 1.5GHz processor , which is a alteration from the three-fold - marrow 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor useable with olderWi - Fi - only TouchPad modelsthat went on sale just two weeks ago .
HP’s TouchPad tablet went on sale two weeks ago.
HP did not immediately respond to bespeak for remark if the new processor is a three-fold - core microprocessor chip . However , last August Qualcomm said that by the starting of this twelvemonth itwould ship the dual - core Snapdragon QSD8672 chipthat could run at clock speed of up to 1.5GHz .
The TouchPad will have 32 GB of internal storage , GPS and built - in AT&T wireless mobile broadband capabilities , HP enunciate in a statement . Specific pricing and availableness will be herald at a late date .
Wireless connectivity will be available through AT&T ’s DataConnect mobile data plans for pad or Wi - Fi hotspots around the nation , HP said .
TouchPad usershave expressed concerns about the equipment ’s carrying out , especially the long load metre for some program . HP attributes the performance government issue to software program problems and said it will deliver an over - the - air software update that should resolve some performance problems .
Some buyers also were concerned about the TouchPad ’s weight of about 1.6 Irish punt ( 740 grams ) , which is punishing than Apple ’s iPad at 1.32 hammering . The TouchPad includes a 9.7 - inch screen and comes with WebOS 3.0 , which is also used in smartphones .
Hewlett - Packard is try out to agitate the espousal of WebOS and on Monday announced new leading to oversee the product ’s development . Stephen DeWitt was named fourth-year frailty president and general manager of the webOS worldwide business unit , which had been the Palm unit . DeWitt exchange Jon Rubinstein , who formerly oversaw Palm cognitive process at HP and was move to senior vice chair for intersection foundation in HP ’s Personal Systems Group .
