PreCentral have managed to acquire a leaked copy of HP’s webOS 3.0 beta 1 software development kit (SDK). Why is this a good thing? Because contained within said SDK rests a TouchPad, webOS 3.0 emulator, of course. While emulators only provide 50% of the TouchPad story — the other half being hardware — it is useful to get a high-level overview of what user interface will look like. There’s an eighteen minute video overview (after break). Click to source to view more images.
"As with the Palm Pre and Pixi, the Topaz will support the Touchstone inductive charging technology, though it will use a second-gen version of the dock that offers far more than simply rejuicing the slate. Instead, it will support wireless picture, site and contact sharing, audio streaming via Bluetooth to a speaker dock, wireless access to mapping and directions, music sharing from a Palm smartphone to the Topaz slate, wireless printing, wireless video streaming to an HDMI/VGA output, and even wireless video gaming via the video dock."
Processor Dual-core Qualcomm MSM8660 at 1.2GHz
Graphics Integrated Adreno 220 GPU
Screen 9.7″ XGA 1024 x 768
Dimensions 190mm x 240mm x 13.7mm
Weight 700g / 1.5lb (estimated)
RAM 512MB DDR2
Storage 16g / 32g / 64g eMMC
Camera Front-facing 1.3mp camera for Video Chat
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
WiFi Dual-band 802.11 b/g/n
Other Radios Optional WWAN for HSPA, LTE, perhaps CDMA later
Sensors Accelerometer, eCompass, Gyro, Light Sensor, Microphone
Speakers 2 integrated speakers with Beats Audio, 3.5mm audio jack
Battery 24WHr for >8hrs, using two 3150mAh cells
