It would appear as though there are a couple more WebOS users in the world today, after the TouchPad fire sale this weekend. That shiny new TouchPad in your hands can be a little overwhelming if you’ve never played in WebOS before. Don’t worry, we understand–you’re in a new place. You’re surrounded by strange cards you’ve never seen before, and you’re not entirely sure where to go. All we need to do is get you setup with the right apps, and you’ll be fine.
What HP TouchPad apps, you ask? Well, let’s take a look at some of our favorites!
The Browser
It’s free, it’s pre-loaded, and it is one of the best of the browsers on any mobile platform. HTML5 and Flash both work great, and you’ll find that unlike Android you can get to sites like Hulu.com without being blocked! The WebOS browser is by far one of the TouchPad’s most brilliant assets.
Spaz HD
As far as Twitter clients go, there’s little else to compare to Spaz HD in WebOS. If you’re looking for a multi-column system to organize your tweets and communicate with your followers, this is the app for you. Free to download, and smooth to use in either portrait or landscape, I can honestly say that I wish this app were available elsewhere for me to use.
Glimpse
My biggest complaint about the mobile OS based tablets are that they seem far more engineered for entertainment then productivity. This is fine and dandy, until conversations about tablets replacing laptops pop up, then you’ve got to pump the brakes… unless you’ve got Glimpse. Glimpse breaks your screen up into three panels that allow you to run multiple apps within the larger contruct. You can have you email, calendar, and your RSS feed all available simultaneously, with no need to switch back and forth. For $5, Glimpse is worth every penny, and is a useful tool in anyone’s WebOS arsenal.
TWiT HD
If you are reading this chances are you’re a geek, so you should be interested in an app that delivers the online video network right to your TouchPad, and gives you a very slick tablet optimized UI for navigating archives and following your favorite TWiT show. Best of all, it’s a free app!
Box.net
The $99 Touchpad was a pretty good deal, right? Well how about 50GB of cloud storage for the rest of Box.net’s life on the house? Grab the free box.net app from the App catalog today and create your account with Box.net for free lifetime cloud storage.
Preware
As much fun as the HP Touchpad apps that are available in the App Catalog are, you might consider taking a look at what the WebOS Homebrew guys have to offer. Preware is a catalog of apps that were never vetted into the App Catalog, but still provide you with tools, mods, and many more things to help you get the most out of your new tablet. Just install the free Preware app from the App Catalog, follow the instructions, and you’ll have access to a whole new repository of great tools for your tablet.
There’s still plenty more you can do to explore the limits of your device. The app catalog is full of great games (there are more than just Angry Birds HD) and tools to make your tablet experience more complete. Rest assured that with the recent influx of WebOS users, developers for the platform won’t be going anywhere now that there’s a new audience for them to work with.
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