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The death of WebOS
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Why on earth would you go buy a crappy tablet that will never have another app or further updates done to it? You may as well go buy a brick.
this is really sad to me. i though webOS had a lot of potential, and it seems that HP was quick to kill it rather than try and let it mature. but then again it also seems like they bought Palm and then didn't know what to do next at that point so perhaps this is for the best.
Agreed, at this point there webOS has zero developers behind it. It doesn't matter that HP promises to find someone to license/buy the OS. Palm and HP squandered the goodwill that existed. They're moving on to android, iOS and even wp7.
Can I watch movies or listen to music on a brick?
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I thought it was Windows 8.
A TouchPad is officially worth it's weight in dog poop.
Edit: LanEvo has a Playbook and wants a TouchPad. I guess he's opening a tech museum and is highlighting all the failures of 2011.
The webOS portion of the entire strategy is relatively small potatoes. HP is getting out of the personal computer market and remaking itself in the mold of IBM. There's no room for either a phone OS or HP's PC products.
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I can't believe what's happening!
I can't believe what's happening!
HP's saying WebOS isn't dead, just HP's hardware with WebOS, but you already know it's dead. Unless another company wants to risk tons of money and license it from HP, but good luck with that. I guess Samsung may consider licensing it in light of the Googorola deal, but my gut instinct is that they won't.
The TouchPad had little bearing on HP's decision. They're getting out of the hardware business completely. Printers, workstations, laptops, servers, phones and the short-lived tablet. I'm more concerned about the sheer number of HP servers in my company, as opposed to a $400 tablet.
I'm within the return window at BestBuy, so it it's going back. Not the end of the world, since it was an impulse buy in the first place, but man, I've really come to appreciate WebOS. Such is life.
So at this point, people shouldn't even buy PC laptops from HP. That's the same thinking here.
To me, webOS is superior to iOS ... but there were several key apps I needed. I think this also just shows that it's wise to stick with just Apple products.
To me, webOS is superior to iOS ... but there were several key apps I needed. I think this also just shows that it's wise to stick with just Apple products.
HP is not getting out of the server business or printers. Just PCs, tablets, and phones. Mostly the consumer stuff to focus on business.
This is sad not just because of WebOS, which is a wonderful system, but because HP was the only company that's really been making touchscreen kitchen computers for years.
We love our large screen HP Touchsmart desktops. They're handy info centers, video Skype windows during family celebrations, picture displays, and DVRs.
Was looking forward to seeing what HP would do with Windows 8.
What a shame. I think HP will come to regret doing this.
Edit: Hopefully the PC spin-off will keep some of this going.
We love our large screen HP Touchsmart desktops. They're handy info centers, video Skype windows during family celebrations, picture displays, and DVRs.
Was looking forward to seeing what HP would do with Windows 8.
What a shame. I think HP will come to regret doing this.
Edit: Hopefully the PC spin-off will keep some of this going.
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Wow. Do you think HP would stop making that type of hardware if it were profitable? Think about it.
Why not price drop these things to $200 and atleast get some of the money back. At $200 I'd buy one just to have another tablet that I can use for storage and surfing the web. Cheaper than a netbook and more portable.
Actually there's a big market for tablets. It's a young market too. Others will improve theirs until there's more choices than there is today.
Think about that for a second. HP wouldn't get anything back, unless you mean sell the TouchPad as-is with no support, warranty or updates. If that's what you mean, then why on earth would you spend $200 on it?
Think about this for a sec. 260,000 tablets are about to go back to HP at 100% loss and end up in a landfill. HP would benefit by dropping it to $200 and probably end up selling all of them.
And why would i spend $200 on a device I know won't be supported because 1. I can and 2. I can use it for portable web surfing and media storage purposes. Not everyone needs a ton of apps or tech support.
That's the great tragedy here. WebOS is a stellar OS, that's been shackled with average hardware and terrible marketing throughout it's life, thus far.
Unfortunately, WebOs will suffer, by merely being associated with that.
Someone like a Samsung really should buy it, to differentiate themselves from the 'me too' Android hoarde, especially as Motorola will dine at Google's top table, leaving only scraps and leftovers for the rest.