HP TouchPad anyone?
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Well done HP:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/…I like the quote from TechCrunch:
"HP is where good ideas go to die"
- GeorgesII0
I'll buy one if they lower the price to $200,
I'm pretty sure someone will figure out soon how to instal android on it
- JSK0
They will give them away with purchase of PC.
Samsung is giving away their tablet with a purchase of a TV
- it's the only way they can clear their inventory.antagonista
- dopepope0
I have one. I use it as a smart cover for my iPad.
- JSK0
WebOS is one of the better mobile OS out there. Its smooth and intuitive. Sadly the devices sucked.
- yep, the leggy hardware killed it.... among other things.antagonista
- utopian0
HP kills TouchPad, looks to exit PC business
http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/18/…
- ernexbcn0
Apple is the one making more money now in the PC industry, and the non Mac sales leader is retiring from the market. It seems it's not really worth anymore selling PCs.
Next in line is RIM, although not a PC manufacturer.
- Businesses are finally discovering what a RIM JOB happened in their IT departments....vaxorcist
- monolith0
"Apple is the one making more money now in the PC industry, and the non Mac sales leader is retiring from the market"
heh what? Yes, Apple is the only who should sell computer hardware. Stupidest comment I've read here in a while.
the CEO is killing HP, it's simple as that. He wants HP to be a software company more which is absolutely magnificently retarded idea. Especially after they have bought Palm for a ton of cash, dismantled the company, got into WebOS instead of going with existing software company offering mobile platforms and really wanting to keep pissing against the wind and now when everything is a disaster, he gets a brilliant idea to buy another huge software company, spend even more cash and kill of their main revenue in which they have admirable position.
Incredibly stupid. The board who brought this guy as CEO should collectively do seppuku or just blow their brains out because they have effectively brought a guy who is a fantastic path of killing HP.
- ernexbcn0
What part of what I said it's stupid? Apple IS the one making more money at the moment. And HP is the current PC leader and just announced it wants out.
I never said Apple should be the only ones to make hardware, you inferred that, and for that I consider you stupid too.
- jon_d0
Web OS, so much potential. Too bad.
Open source it please!!!
- Samsung should buy it from HPTheBlueOne
- oh... that would be an interesting play.antagonista
- raf0
- JSK0
Wait
I think HP will sell WebOS to Google. Interface patent!!
- doesnotexist0
commercials are better than the product
- ESKEMA0
The only software I had high hopes in competing and inovating alongside iOS. I just hope somebody besides Google picks it up.
Hell, Microsoft should buy it and ditch win7 mobile.
- jon_d0
no way microsoft ditches windows 8. that is going to be huge for them.
- monNom0
Not surprising their getting out of PC's really. Margins in PCs must be getting absolutely crushed. Every commodity is getting more expensive, yet I can buy a decently fast laptop, like the HP I'm on now, for $300.
- formed0
IBM was ridiculed when it left the PC market, and look at what that did to company profits and the stock. Hell of a damn good business move and one HP knows all too well.
I still don't understand why no company can create something close to Apple's quality. Not like they are giving it away, they charge a premium for the same performance.
Make one really good product and people will buy it. Make 1000 mediocre products and people will forget who you are tomorrow.
Personally, I am hoping MS will bring their Phone7 (or whatever it is called) to a good tablet.
I am getting very tired of my iPad 2 leaving big holes in websites (I assume most are because Flash is still not supported - I thought it wouldn't be a big deal, but it is turning out to be quite a pain, not to mention I can't stand the "Let's screw the user because we want to dominate the universe" attitude).
I'll jump ship the moment something else looks good.
- jon_d0
you need to understand that if you add flash, your performance is going to suffer. Apple knows what it is doing.
- what a load of shyte,
are you still using a 486 dx2??GeorgesII - you'll need the math co-processor if you want to run the 3D pipea screensaver.monNom
- the hard truth is that jon_d is right, and it's battery performance as wellmonospaced
- *slurplvl_13
- give it a rest, its bs. and even if it does impede performance, should users get the option of having flash?Hombre_Lobo
- oh wait i forgot 90% of apples market are idiots who want retard proof devices, so less options is in fact better.Hombre_Lobo
- what a load of shyte,
- formed0
"you need to understand that if you add flash, your performance is going to suffer. Apple knows what it is doing."
Hahhaaaahhaa!!! I hope I am feeling your sarcasm!
I'll agree with your last part. Apple is the most monopolistic megalomaniac driven company that has existed in a long time. That has its pros (clear vision, incredible refinement, etc.) but it also destroys anything it sees as outside of their vision [at the expense of the user], which is Adobe at this point.
- Apple destroys stuff? You're blaming THEM? That's borderline schizophrenic thinking.monospaced
- vaxorcist0
is HP keeping the cash-cow printer business?
I read about HP wanting to install WebOS on printers.... problem is I just want my printer to be as simple as possible and just work, not have any touchscream menu.... not sure how this is an added bonus....