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HP to Acquire Palm in $1.2 Billion Deal
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http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/hp-were-doubling-down-on-webos-palm-that-was-the-whole-po/
The phone industry is just a whole lot more interesting than any other tech sector for me at this point haha.
The phone industry is just a whole lot more interesting than any other tech sector for me at this point haha.
The Palm Pavilion POS-9000
HP's idea of innovation:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/19/hp-slate-leaks-its-way-into-the-wild-meh/
But hey, acquiring Palm changes everything! We all know how prescient and avant-garde HP is, after all.
Palm was a major player in both the PDA and smartphone arenas. The intro paragraph to this post downplays their success with the Treo family.
Oddly enough, HTC had a hand in the Treo design haha.
I hope they leave palm mostly untouched (at least for now) and treat them as a different arm of their company HP shouldn't "corporate" the brand too much.
Won't even comment on the dumbest part...but wow, you really listed all the dumb companies they have bought.
Such a pattern? Amiright?
Now instead of just crappy HP notebooks and computers we'll also get crappy HP phones too! Yay!
Say goodbye to webOS as you know it folks.
Say goodbye to webOS as you know it folks.
This really isn't surprising at all considering Dell's recent smartphone and tablet announcements. This way HP can quickly play catchup and immediately has two decent smartphones (the pre and pixi) without having to do any r&d. The WebOS is very solid and like others have stated with more money behind it it could become a solid competitor. Or the hardware could always be used to run android. Not a bad buy at all. Palm had solid technology but no cash. HP has cash and no solid technology. God I hate HP machines lol.
The Palm Pavilion POS-9000
HP's idea of innovation:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/19/hp-slate-leaks-its-way-into-the-wild-meh/
But hey, acquiring Palm changes everything! We all know how prescient and avant-garde HP is, after all.
So if you don't have anything interesting to say, why are you still here? Oh wait, it's just trollbait.
Isn't that really the biggest question with this deal? There is no denying that WebOS is a cool OS _now_, but with OS4 coming soon they are going to lose one of their major competitive advantages (not to mention the other features). If HP thinks they can simply slap WebOS onto some devices and call it good, then they just wasted $1.2b. I see them either treating WebOS as an OS and doing incremental updates and it will die in 3-5 years or perhaps they actually have plans to really build up an "ecosystem" around WebOS and attempt to provide a complete experience (e.g. app store, hardware, support) effectively mimicking Apple. I only see the latter having the remotest chance of being effective.
Short term I think they would benefit greatly by getting carriers to offer no contract plans since one of the biggest impediments of WebOS has been the dread of locking into a phone with no life and being stuck for 2 years.
Nope, it runs processes locally and multi-tasks really well. It's nothing like the Web Apps that Apple tried to force early iPhone adopters to run. It's a common misconception amongst (mainly, it seems) iPhone owners that the apps are like the Web Apps of old on the iPhone where nothing could be further from the truth
The Pre is a great little phone and games such as Need for Speed, etc are just as good on the Pre as the iPhone. With the might of HP behind them, it could well be the biggest competitor to the iPhone in the next few years...
And your TV?
Your anger issues aside (by the way if you don't like Apple products why are you on this board? And if you do, you certainly have some self hate about it!) The closed APple system is not a big deal to anyone but - a segment of developers.
I have never heard, my mom, my sister, my brother say "This closed system just isn't good! I hate when things work." If you want to install your own graphics boards the Mac was never the computer for you. But for many people ease of use and a mobile system where security is a number one priority wins the day.
Palm was 'so open' but it didn't help them. And it wasn't just the marketing. It's that they offer a solution to no problem. It's me-to design. There is a market for that. But don't mix up the value of a working system, robust platform and strong security with the ability to install everything you want. When you buy a Honda, you most likely expect it to have the engine Honda designed and spec'd for it.
Your anger issues aside (by the way if you don't like Apple products why are you on this board? And if you do, you certainly have some self hate about it!) The closed APple system is not a big deal to anyone but - a segment of developers.
I have never heard, my mom, my sister, my brother say "This closed system just isn't good! I hate when things work." If you want to install your own graphics boards the Mac was never the computer for you. But for many people ease of use and a mobile system where security is a number one priority wins the day.
Palm was 'so open' but it didn't help them. And it wasn't just the marketing. It's that they offer a solution to no problem. It's me-to design. There is a market for that. But don't mix up the value of a working system, robust platform and strong security with the ability to install everything you want. When you buy a Honda, you most likely expect it to have the engine Honda designed and spec'd for it.
So great
No one bought them.
Does the market count for anything? It may be a fine little phone in a world of fine little phones. But it wasn't the second coming for gawds sake or HP wouldn't have just bailed their butt out of hock.
No one bought them.
Does the market count for anything? It may be a fine little phone in a world of fine little phones. But it wasn't the second coming for gawds sake or HP wouldn't have just bailed their butt out of hock.
You've clearly never used WebOS.
Engadget and Gizmodo (along with many others) didn't sing WebOS as a platform praises for no reason.
Its a worthy platform and far from a "me too." God that line is getting old from iPhone fanatics. Me too's were the samsung instincts. Android and WebOS as well as windows 7 all do things that iPhone does not and offer a compelling experience.
God for it
I meant - "Good for it - " The 'it' being the Web OS. But God is for it too.
I'm happy to hear that.
Too bad it tanked.
Good luck with HP. I mean, there's a company with vision.
I hope it proves a wonderful, open, robust platforms for months to come.
And PS. I did play with it. It is fine. Nothing to wet your pants over.
I meant - "Good for it - " The 'it' being the Web OS. But God is for it too.
I'm happy to hear that.
Too bad it tanked.
Good luck with HP. I mean, there's a company with vision.
I hope it proves a wonderful, open, robust platforms for months to come.
And PS. I did play with it. It is fine. Nothing to wet your pants over.
They marketed it very badly, mismanaged the developers, signed a deal with the wrong phone companies, produced the Palm Pixi which offered much less for only a small difference in price. Palm Pre was a good phone but Palm really messed it all up.