Despite everything I still hope webOS succeeds.
Posts tagged hp
What to do with 245.000 TouchPads →
Shawn Blanc has some nice suggestion about what Best Buy should do with their 245.000 unsold TouchPads.
Some highlights:
- Printer promotion: buy an ink jet printer, get a free TouchPad.
- Turn the boxes upside down, move them closer to the Apple section of the store, and hope nobody notices.
- Open up the boxes and sell the USB cables for $25/each.
Disruptive →
Yesterdays news came as a big surprise to most if not all of us. Patrick Rhone summarizes it like this:
The iPad is causing such disruption in the PC business that HP, a company fundamental to the creation of the personal computer itself, is getting out of the PC business.
Who would have thought that would happen? Patrick also gives some solid advice:
Just like the iPad created a whole option, and thus, new market (the one you keep calling the “tablet market”), the only way to compete is not to get into that market but to create a whole new one. One that will suck the life out of the iPad market. Something so disruptive, so mind blowing, so magical that, like the iPad, people will form lines around the block for months to get it.
It’s a great post. You should read the whole thing.
Licensing webOS →
Ross Rubin:
That leaves LG. Once touted as Microsoft’s premiere hardware partner for Windows Phone 7, it was left out in the cold when the folks in Redmond signed their blockbuster deal with Nokia. LG has been behind Samsung in both the Android and burgeoning Windows Phone market, and is less of a threat in the laptop and printer market than Samsung. However, like Samsung, LG is a high-volume manufacturer of TVs, a complementary market for HP, which only dabbled in the TV market years ago.
A very interesting observation. I wasn’t really convinced licensing would be beneficial but if they were to go the licensing route LG would indeed be a perfect match.
webOS shuffle →
Nilay Patel:
Stephen DeWitt is now the senior vice president of webOS, replacing Jon Rubinstein, who’ll “assume a product innovation role” in HP’s Personal Systems Group, which encompasses webOS. DeWitt will be in charge of everything webOS from engineering to marketing, so this is a major change at the top
Not sure if this is a good thing but time will tell.
Shawn Blanc reviews the TouchPad →
Great very extensive review. I also like his title: “The HP TouchPad 1.0”. This is definitely a long term effort and there is lots more to come.
It’s a marathon, not a sprint →
Jon Rubenstein:
We still have work to do to make webOS the platform we know it can be, but remember…..it’s a marathon, not a sprint.
In that spirit, Richard Kerris, head of worldwide developer relations for webOS, reminded me yesterday of the first reviews for a product introduced a little over ten years ago:
“…overall the software is sluggish” “…there are no quality apps to use, so it won’t last” “…it’s just not making sense….”
It’s hard to believe these statements described MacOS X - a platform that would go on to change the landscape of Silicon Valley in ways that no one could have imagined.
The similarities to our situation are obvious, but there’s also a big difference. Like David Pogue, our audiences get that webOS has the potential for greatness. And like me, they know that your hard work and passion, and the power of HP’s commitment to webOS, will turn that potential into the real thing.
I for one am cheering them on. I would love for WebOS to succeed and am seriously considering developing apps for WebOS if only they sold them in The Netherlands.
Likeability →
Shawn Blanc:
From what I have seen and read about the TouchPad and webOS so far, this may be the first likable tablet since the iPad. It’s buggy and has a poor app store like the rest of the other tablets. But what the TouchPad has that the others do not is likability. And that gives me hope that it could be great.
Fish in a barrel →
Apple came out with updated Mac Pros and iMacs today. I’m an iMac man myself, so that’s what I checked out. Looks nice! Of course, The League of Internet Commenters is busy finding flaws and comparing it to similar offerings from Apple’s competitors. Hardware isn’t my strong suit, but I know half…
Great comparison. I’ve long ago given up trying to find something on HP or Dell’s website. They are both complex and annoying. When you look at Apple’s website on the other hand it looks clear, simple and manageable. Just how I like things to be.
