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[Tobor]

Actually, HP is in a pretty good position now. The mobile patent war is still hot and I'm sure Palm's patents are worth more than that.

Interesting point. Worth more dead than alive?

I got it from woot.com, is there a way to return it from them?

Oh, man. No idea. You should check their site.

 

[Vic]

Wow, already?

 

[Dr. Malik]

Actually, HP is in a pretty good position now. The mobile patent war is still hot and I'm sure Palm's patents are worth more than that.

Seriously. If Google buys those patents, then Android would be the best OS out there

 

[No_Style]

Next up? WP7

I sincerely hope not. Microsoft seems to have more patience anyways.

 

[3N16MA]

No shame Jon, return to Apple. Embrace Steve once again.

 

[thirty]

Next up? WP7

HP will probably support WP7.

 

[Zerokku]

Next up? WP7

Nah, Pretty sure MS is in it for the long haul with Windows Phone. They'll keep throwing money at it until it succeeds. Just like they did with the Xbox.

 

[Tobor]

HP will probably support WP7.

With what? They're spinning off the PC division, and just folded their phone division.

 

[clav]

Next up? WP7

Shut your crow mouth.

 

[Souljiro]

What a shame webOS had my intrest at one time, but the hardware was always lacking.

 

[Zombie James]

Make WebOS open source and compete with Google on software. Forget about hardware.

 

[brotkasten]

I can't wait for the This Is My Next/The Verge podcast today, it's going to be insane. Google buys Moto Mobility, HTC sues Apple again, HP drops WebOS.

Interesting point. Worth more dead than alive?

I'm sure they already got calls from the usual suspects.

 

[dream]

Make WebOS open source and compete with Google on software. Forget about hardware.

Google has a completely integrated ecosystem that offers a lot of value to Android users. webOS has...the ability to import your Facebook friends into your contacts list. Even if it was open source and free to use, who would use it? The same people that were ordering OpenMoko phones?

 

[x-Lundz-x]

How HP could not have known this was doomed to fail is beyond me.

Any why HP, HTC, Samsung, Motorola and everyone else has not banded together to make one single tablet with unified specs/size to compete against the iPad is beyond me.

Tablets are not cell phones, when you have 30 different tablets that all pale in comparison to the iPad in the general public's eyes you have a problem.

If there were fewer tablets with more unified specs there would less failures like the one HP is having right now.

 

[DrFunk]

Precentral.net down for the count

 

[nubbe]

Google wants them tasty patents

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

How HP could not have known this was doomed to fail is beyond me.

Any why HP, HTC, Samsung, Motorola and everyone else has not banded together to make one single tablet with unified specs/size to compete against the iPad is beyond me.

Tablets are not cell phones, when you have 30 different tablets that all pale in comparison to the iPad in the general public's eyes you have a problem.

If there were fewer tablets with more unified specs there would less failures like the one HP is having right now.

how would that even work? would they split the profits (I lol'd). These companies are in business for themselves. They don't care about the others.

 

[Vanillalite]

I can't wait for the This Is My Next/The Verge podcast today, it's going to be insane. Google buys Moto Mobility, HTC sues Apple again, HP drops WebOS.



I'm sure they already got calls from the usual suspects.

Joshua Topolsky seemed rather blown away on Twitter about the HP thing!

 

[Xater]

I can't wait for the This Is My Next/The Verge podcast today, it's going to be insane. Google buys Moto Mobility, HTC sues Apple again, HP drops WebOS.

Yep crazy week. Will probably also result in comedy gold

 

[kehs]

Google has a completely integrated ecosystem that offers a lot of value to Android users. webOS has...the ability to import your Facebook friends into your contacts list. Even if it was open source and free to use, who would use it? The same people that were ordering OpenMoko phones?

HP has a killer cloud printing service. Google look out.

Any why HP, HTC, Samsung, Motorola and everyone else has not banded together to make one single tablet with unified specs/size to compete against the iPad is beyond me.

In order to compete with an iPad you have to be Apple. There will never be anyone who will make a better iPad other than Apple. That's how the iPad customer base works. It's Binary.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Faster death than Kin confirmed.

 

[x-Lundz-x]

how would that even work? would they split the profits (I lol'd). These companies are in business for themselves. They don't care about the others.

Which is why they will all fail in the tablet marketplace.

 

[B!TCH]

Google wants them tasty patents

Stole my post. Dem patents.

Don't worry about HP. They'll be fine despite mismanaging webOS.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Which is why they have all failed in the tablet marketplace.

I fixed it for you.

 

[J-Rod]

Firesale happening soon I hope. I'll pay someone a hundred for their obsolete web browser.

 

[Mr_Brit]

ipad looks set to be the ipod of the tablet world.

 

[D4Danger]

Next up? WP7

probably. Microsoft are just playing for time until they can get Windows 8 to work on everything.

also, lol @ hp. What a waste of time and money.

 

[CharminUltra]

That's unfortunate. If the iPhone and iPad didn't exist, I'd take a webOS phone and tablet over an Android device any day of the week.

 

[brotkasten]

Joshua Topolsky seemed rather blown away on Twitter about the HP thing!

He was always a Palm and WebOS fan, iirc. He just never liked the hardware enough.

Yep crazy week. Will probably also result in comedy gold

It will be awesome.

 

[Vanillalite]

Yeah WP7 is already paying off for MS purely because they are adopting the metro UI to all off their properties be it Windows or the 360 etc...

 

[x-Lundz-x]

I fixed it for you.

LOL, touche.

 

[kehs]

ipad looks set to be the ipod of the tablet world.

The ipad is an ipod in a tablet world.

 

[Kabuki Quantum Lover]

Fucking HP. It had potential. Are they even going to give it a good sign off and open source it?

 

[neojubei]

So...when can I get a $50 HP TouchPad?

Me too

 

[impirius]

I'm pretty locked into the iDevice ecosystem, but I was really hoping WebOS would be a strong contender. Meh.

 

[Xater]

He was always a Palm and WebOS fan, iirc. He just never liked the hardware enough.

And who can blame him? What I saw of the OS looked cool. Problem is that only HP was bringing out (sub-par) hardware and there pretty much was no ecosystem. How is something like that supposed to succeed?

I'm pretty locked into the iDevice ecosystem, but I was really hoping WebOS would be a strong contender. Meh.

Android seems to be only viable contender. You better hope these guys get their shit together.

 

[mj1108]

If someone is clearing them out, I'd buy one for $50 just to screw around with it.

Make WebOS open source and compete with Google on software. Forget about hardware.

This.

 

[R2D4]

If someone is clearing them out, I'd buy one for $50 just to screw around with it.

$350 on ebay now. Check back in a month.

 

[Raistlin]

Lol.

Someone went off on me last year when I said if you read between the lines (I'd have to look up the specific statement) ... they planned on licensing the OS.

Flash forward to them not only announcing licensing a few months back ... now they are bowing out of HW dev completely.

Next up? WP7

For the sake of consumers, I'd hope not.

 

[Souljiro]

I'll buy a touchpad for $100 maybe even $150 I still don't have a tablet yet this could hold me over.

 

[VanWinkle]

Wow, that was fast. Shame. Seemed like a pretty good tablet after the update they had.

 

[Luckyman]

MS can atleast "trojan" Windows 8 to a lot of people. They have to tweak some things for the tablets though.

They need to announce Windows 8 supports silverlight apps like Windows Phone

 

[Axion22]

Can't wait to get my hands on that HP software that everyone raves about.

 

[3N16MA]

Clear them out Dreamcast style.

 

[dream]

If Microsoft's smart, they'll reconsider their no WP7 tablet policy, put out a 7 inch model and have it be forward compatible with Windows 8 ARM apps.

 

[Tobor]

RIM is next.

 

[VanMardigan]

I can't wait for the This Is My Next/The Verge podcast today, it's going to be insane. Google buys Moto Mobility, HTC sues Apple again, HP drops WebOS.

Except they'll just start a "who can tell a better joke" side discussion for 45 minutes instead of talking about the news or offering commentary. I want to like that podcast, but it can be really irritating since they try SO HARD to be funny. Especially Topolsky. They have such good viewpoints, but they waste SO MUCH TIME on dumb asides. ugh.

 

[SimleuqiR]

You will always live on in my heart.

)*=

Rose much?

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

RIM is next.

I could see them being bought.

 

[Xater]

RIM is next.

I had them in my death pool for a while.

Except they'll just start a "who can tell a better joke" side discussion for 45 minutes instead of talking about the news or offering commentary. I want to like that podcast, but it can be really irritating since they try SO HARD to be funny. Especially Topolsky. They have such good viewpoints, but they waste SO MUCH TIME on dumb asides. ugh.

I like those "dumb asides"