is HP usinng Synaptics ClickPad IS Series 3 yet?

Do any of you folks know if Synaptics ClickPad IS Series 3 is present on your laptop? This relatively new technology is characterized by the "no button" pad which Synaptics calls a "clickpad" instead of a "touchpad", along with the right driver from Synaptics, of course.

the article here makes it clear that (as of the article publish date, which is Nov 2010) The HP Envy does NOT use this technology.

I tried to research one of the latest Sandy Bridge laptops, the dv7-4920, and its driver package but I was left doubting that this product is using the series 3 clickpad. The above article speaks quite highly of it, so much so that one is left wondering when HP will design it in.

 

It definitely isn't on my envy 14 I received last week.

 

Since they went back to dedicated button, at least looking at the new HP DV7 I don't think that HP will be using the new IS3 touchpad.
Perhaps for the new ENVY's... no one knows for sure. What however can be noticed is that people generally dislike the HP ClickPad (integrated buttons), which makes me think that HP will exercise caution for now with new designs like that... that's my speculation.

 

I quite agree and track your comments. The move towards dedicated buttons is very curious to me, especially how quickly they followed the Jan 9 Sandy Bridge intro. It makes me wonder if HP might be using the current "downtime" to re-think the touchpad solution in the Envy -- this will be interesting to watch

 

The reason for going away from the ClickPad and back to dedicated buttons is the ClickPad terrible quality control....the force to click the integrated button is just bad

....I have a new DV6 SB with the ClickPad and you almost break a finger to click, other have the same issues...

Yet I've tried the ClickPad on other laptops on display in the store...some are fine other just terrible...no rhyme or reason....( I read one person measured 5+lb of force just to click his click pad!)

If you review this forum to will see post after post about people sending back new DV6 and DV7 because of the force required to just click a ClickPad .....

There was a giant cry of relief from many to see that dam ClickPad gone on the new DV6 and DV7

 

yea I've been following that and for that reason decided not to spring for today's Envy. but the solution could be either of two approaches: one is to move the Envy into the same direction as the new Dv's. The other is to move the Envy to Synaptics IS3, which uses different hardware technology to solve the touching issues. I wonder which one HP will choose

 

If the ClickPad 3 is really as awesome as they claim it is, then I actually kind of want one.

I'd agree with the QA issues on the current ones. I've tried at length a ClickPad on somebody else's DV series, and liked it (once I added HasBothButtonFeature), but when I tried a dv7 in Costco*, it sucked! Too bad they let it suck for so long, before fixing it... I doubt they'll ever get over the stigma.

*granted, they lock down the laptops so far, it wouldn't surprise me if they broke SynTPEnh.

 

this is a good point. HP marketing might choose to move the Envy back to the Envy direction just for this purpose, rather than present the public with another click pad that will be distrusted from the get go. We might see one or more refresh cycles before HP attempts this again.

 

for those watching this thread -- the most recent Envy 17 3D (Sandy Bridge) product description describes a "gesture support" clickpad but does not hint at any improvement.