HP TouchPad webOS tablet up for pre-order

HP today has made available for pre-oreder its first webOS tablet at Best Buy, Amazon, Newegg, Staples, and  HP, priced at $499.99 for the 16GB model and $599.99 for the 32GB variant.

The HP’s tablet is fitted with 9.7-inch (1024×768) touchscreen and is powered by dual-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor. Like most of the competitors on the market, it also comes with plenty extras, such as light sensor, accelerometer, compass, and gyroscope, Beats audio, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth, microUSB port and just a 1.3 megapixel front camera, withouton the back like most of its siblings. What makes this tablet different among other is the webOS operating system, which promises true multitasking and “unmatched features and flexibility.”

HP TouchPad