Ideas for HP Touchpad by R090206
As seen in Technology news, Hewlett-Packard is now offering their HP Touchpad for developers at a price of $150. This is still very cheap price for a usable tablet.
The HP Touchpad is HP's first try in the tablet industry. It was launched in July 1, 2011. Our very own Manny Pacquiao was even an endorser of it. Nevertheless, the Touchpad could not compete with the infamous iPad and Android Tablets. On August 18, 2011, less than seven weeks after the TouchPad was launched, HP announced that it would discontinue developing the Touchpad. The following day, Touchpad was available across the United States at a dirt price of $99! Stores sold out their inventory in record time!
This author is not about to discuss the life of the Touchpad. Instead, I will provide a list application that may be helpful to the device. Since developers are given an opportunity by HP, might as well take it and improve on the product.
Looking at the history of the product, we can say that the target market for the touchpad is the middle class. It's mostly consumers and we can presume that none of it is used for business. Some of it just bought the thing for its very cheap price. Having analyzed the market, the product to be created must be usable and has a simple interface. Games are a good candidate for the application. It also must be cheap if not free. Business Applications are out of the question.
One usable Application is an Android Emulator. It is an application that can execute Android Application in its own sandbox. It said that RIM's Playboook will be equipped with one, if it's on one platform, why can't it be created on the Touchpad. Imagine being able to execute most of the Android Apps which is like having thousands of Apps in your fingertips. As of my research, the Touchpad can be dual booted but there is no emulator available yet.
Another useful Application would be an Emulator for legacy application. This would be able to execute old application or games from the desktop. Classic games like Pacman and Mario where the installers are available everywhere will be able to run. Or maybe a favorite chess program running on DOS would be helpful. Games like this might be available on SNES or console emulators but it will be more useful if it can execute more than games.
For developers, researching the top 10 games in the Android Market or iOS's App Store would be a starting point. These games already have a captured market, having them on the cheap Touchpad would attract more people into the device.
Developers can also interface the Touchpad with other HP's product like printers or server. Although admittedly this will veer off from the target market, it may make the business sector take a second look at the device.
To some, the Touchpad might be dead. Some say HP is just clearing their inventory in giving out Touchpads to developers. But this author views it as an opportunity to tap a small market and control it. If HP then decided to continue with the Touchpad, your market is already at hand and will only continue to grow more!3
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