HP ENVY 14 Spectre laptop includes touch to share with the webOS Pre3.?

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HP ENVY 14 Spectre laptop includes  touch to share with the webOS Pre3.?


HP revealed the ENVY 14 Spectre in January – and it won Best of CES 2012 for its awesome design. 


Some specifications:
CPU: Core i7-2677 CPU @ 1.8GHz
RAM: 4GB 
SSD: Samsung 128GB SSD

HP Touch To Share. Turn on the Near Field Communication (NFC) radio in the laptop :
Touch to Share means that you could be checking out something on your phone – say directions – just place your phone near the laptop and the NFC function transfers that data between devices.


 GizmoGladstone says on his article A quick look at HP ENVY 14 Spectre here

  " Something I stumbled across as I was sifting through the MSCONFIG’s Startup tab for this machine: HP Touch To Share. Turn on the Near Field Communication (NFC) radio in the laptop and you can link this with an Android phone that has the app installed. (Sorry, I only had a Pre3 on me – what can I say? I’m stubborn. ;p) For those unfamiliar with the concept, Touch to Share means that you could be checking out something on your phone – say directions – just place your phone near the laptop and the NFC function transfers that data between devices. Needless to say it’s a neat feature I hope to test when I have more time. And when I have the right phone. Another thing I spotted in the MSCONFIG: HP’s Wireless Audio Manager (for streaming to Kleer Audio-enabled devices)." http://www.smsc.com/index.php?tid=290

And posted the picture below, where you can see an AT&T webOs Pre3 on the HP ENVY 14 Spectre: 

HP ENVY 14 Spectre and a webOS Pre3 (AT&T)

 Is the first time I have read about TOUCH TO SHARE between a webos smartphone and a HP laptop, but with the HP TouchPad before. Seems fantastic. Don´t you think?


UPDATE: Pre3 uses proprietary non-NFC tech. the laptop uses NFC. not compatible at all

Source: thenextbench

HP webOS update 3.0.5 now available for your TouchPad. Release Notes.

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webOS 3.0.5 Release Notes:

The HP webOS 3.0.5 update enhances core apps like Email and Calendar, improves the video calling experience, and fixes additional bugs.

• Faster switching between Day, Week, and Month views, and faster event display in Calendar.
• Faster scrolling when reading an email message.
• Email attachments are now saved with draft messages.
• Added sender photos and IM presence indicators in Email.
• Improved stability when watching video in the Web app.
• Improved handling of MP3s that are transferred from a computer using USB Drive mode.
• Added a dedicated view of contacts available for a video call, for quicker setup of a video call.
• New alert when video quality might be lower because of network issues.
• When typing, pressing the space bar twice inserts a period. This can be toggled on and off.
• Auto-correction can be turned off directly from the onscreen keyboard.
• Added support for HTTP Live Streaming.

An update on updates

A new update for your TouchPad is now available via a free over-the-air system update. (For information about how over-the-air updates work, click here). Here are some of the new goodies you'll find in webOS 3.0.5:

• faster switching in Calendar views; 
• IM presence indicators and faster scrolling in Email; 
• support for HTTP Live Streaming; 
• the ability to easily toggle auto-correction on or off; 
• an option you can set so that a period will be inserted when you press the space bar twice.

For more details, click here.

An update to webOS 2.2.4 was also recently made available for unlocked Pre 2 and AT&T, Verizon, and unlocked Pre 3 phones. For Pre 2, this update brings improvements in Skype voice calling and messaging, and MAP for Bluetooth. For all devices, you’ll find Messaging, Calendar, and Contacts enhancements. 

Jon Zilber

Sources: Release Notes , webOS system updates and Blog Palm

HP webos Pre3 16GB Black Unlocked available on Amazon from $300.-

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HP webOS Pre3 16GB Black Unlocked available on Amazon from $300.-

Also you have the UK version (Unlocked), UMTS, GSM/EDGE, 8GB, Black.