You comment in the video that Home and Back are on the same button, but you never show the Home button functionality. Do they really mean that you can get home by tapping the back button repeatedly?
Also, do you have any idea if the App Switcher functionality is still present? On a regular Android phone you long press on the Home button to pull up a list of the last six apps used. It makes multitasking a hell of a lot easier since you don't have to return to the home screen and hunt for icons every time you switch back and forth between apps. It would be a real shame if they killed that feature just to eliminate one button off the face of the device.
I was asking myself the exact same thing. I'm going to blindly assume that they got rid of the "Last Apps" button and you'll just press and hold to get the home screen and simply press to go back. If they were smart, they would map the Menu long-press as the "Last Apps" button, but we'll see in due time I guess.
HP has had plenty of time to fine-tune its finger-friendly TouchSmart software, and now, its newest model, the TouchSmart 610, ushers in a fresh design, highlighted by a hinge that allows the display to slide down and lie nearly flat.
The most commented posts on Engadget over the past 24 hours.
Now that we've thrown 'em off the trail, use the form below to get in touch with the people at Engadget. Please fill in all of the required fields because they're required.
You comment in the video that Home and Back are on the same button, but you never show the Home button functionality. Do they really mean that you can get home by tapping the back button repeatedly?
Also, do you have any idea if the App Switcher functionality is still present? On a regular Android phone you long press on the Home button to pull up a list of the last six apps used. It makes multitasking a hell of a lot easier since you don't have to return to the home screen and hunt for icons every time you switch back and forth between apps. It would be a real shame if they killed that feature just to eliminate one button off the face of the device.
I was asking myself the exact same thing. I'm going to blindly assume that they got rid of the "Last Apps" button and you'll just press and hold to get the home screen and simply press to go back. If they were smart, they would map the Menu long-press as the "Last Apps" button, but we'll see in due time I guess.
The Home/Back button has dual functionality: short tap for Back, hold for Home.
I'm pretty sure that means it killed the App Switcher, though I don't actually know for certain.