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10 HP TouchPad Apps for Newbies

The bare essentials for HP TouchPad noobs.

By Brad Reed

HP (HPQ) took the wraps off its shiny new webOS-based tablet -- the TouchPad -- on July 1. And like the Apple iPad, the Motorola (MOT) Xoom and the BlackBerry PlayBook, this tablet debuts with a pack of applications customized for the tablet form factor. In this slideshow we'll provide you with a quick and handy guide to the 10 applications that will give you a good start with your TouchPad experience. (Note that we're excluding Facebook and Twitter from the mix since we assume you've heard of those before&)

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