HP kills Slate for now - Page 2

Dylrob · 05-02-2010, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by SensualPoet

I really wonder about the fit for HP. Palm lost money the past 11 quarters -- that's a pretty dismal record. The Palm Pre was intended to revitalise the line and was nothing short of a disaster -- not as a device or piece of technology -- but in sales. It got lots of media and was marketed heavily ... but still it did not sell to expectations. And now the Smartphone market is very cramped. I also would be very cautious about predicting room for a fourth tablet platform -- Apple, Android, Windows ... WebOS, too? Really?

What HP gets out of this is the potential to take the company through a profitable soft-landing as it pulls out the talent and puts them on projects that have a clearer future. The good folks and their thinking behind WebOS might help HP gain an edge in the nascent Android tablet market. There is no leading Android specialist yet: perhaps that's where HP is headed.

Did you see Palm's ads for the Pre? I'm sure they were trying to be memorable, but it came off as downright creepy and also rather ineffective. Palm additionally made the mistake of giving Sprint six months exclusivity here in the US. By the time the Pre hit Verizon it was overshadowed by all the Droid hype.

WebOS itself is a fantastic little operating system. It deserves more than to be hacked up for the sake of Android. Besides, Android is fragmented enough as is.

ChrisC333 · 05-03-2010, 07:19 PM

It would be a shame to see it disappear altogether. Maybe it just reflects that they're changing tack with some of the features and that something similar is still being considered for 'later'?

dmaul1114 · 05-03-2010, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ChrisC333

It would be a shame to see it disappear altogether. Maybe it just reflects that they're changing tack with some of the features and that something similar is still being considered for 'later'?

Yeah, as discussed the general feeling is that they're just going to redo it with WebOS instead of Windows 7 since they acquired Palm.

ChrisC333 · 05-03-2010, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by dmaul1114

Yeah, as discussed the general feeling is that they're just going to redo it with WebOS instead of Windows 7 since they acquired Palm.

Maybe they've been reading your posts and the real change is to something a bit closer to an A4 size?

Fingers crossed...

dmaul1114 · 05-03-2010, 08:58 PM

One can hope!

But I think we'll see mostly 16x9ish screens in most early tablets as they're probably opting to use cheaply available netbooks screens etc.

ChrisC333 · 05-03-2010, 10:41 PM

Unfortunately, I have to agree. I think we'll be stuck with 16:9 for a while, for the reasons you've outlined.

edercito · 05-04-2010, 11:54 AM

Palm's failure had a lot to do with the poor marketing and the choice to go exclusively with a smaller carrier when they launched the Pre. WebOS is a very intuitive mobile OS, in my view more elegant than the iPhone OS and Android, and with HP's deep pockets this could be a wise move.

grndslm · 05-06-2010, 04:30 AM

Right.

WebOS is the bomb. The Pre is the bomb. The homebrew community behind webOS is the bomb. HP buying Palm is possibly even more bomb.

As Phil from AndroidCentral.com stated... putting more money into Palm is just like putting more memory into the Pre, yielding the Pre Plus. It's just a beautiful thing.

I can't wait to see what HP brings to the table. But they will bring many things, and webOS isn't going anywhere.

Unfortunately, I'm not interested in a tablet ATM. I'm looking for an eReader. I'll keep webOS on my smartphone... tho I would like webOS as my desktopOS as well, in all honesty. Just no room for a tablet in *my* life. E-Ink is precisely what I need.

m-reader · 05-09-2010, 01:54 AM

And here we go. The trusty rumour mill is working overtime.

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According to an unsubstantiated report over at the Examiner, an "insider at HP" has informed the site that "a webOS tablet under the code name HP Hurricane could be released the third quarter of this year."

05-03-2010, 07:19 PM	#17
ChrisC333 Groupie Posts: 194 Karma: 2031 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: West Australia Device: Acer eM250 Netbook, iTouch, iRiver Story, HP TM2 Tablet	It would be a shame to see it disappear altogether. Maybe it just reflects that they're changing tack with some of the features and that something similar is still being considered for 'later'? Last edited by ChrisC333; 05-03-2010 at 07:22 PM. Reason: weird typo - even for me

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dmaul1114 Wizard Posts: 2,300 Karma: 1121709 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 1	One can hope! But I think we'll see mostly 16x9ish screens in most early tablets as they're probably opting to use cheaply available netbooks screens etc.

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ChrisC333 Groupie Posts: 194 Karma: 2031 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: West Australia Device: Acer eM250 Netbook, iTouch, iRiver Story, HP TM2 Tablet	Unfortunately, I have to agree. I think we'll be stuck with 16:9 for a while, for the reasons you've outlined.

05-04-2010, 11:54 AM	#22
edercito Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Stanford, CA Device: Kindle 1, Kindle 3 Wifi	Palm's failure had a lot to do with the poor marketing and the choice to go exclusively with a smaller carrier when they launched the Pre. WebOS is a very intuitive mobile OS, in my view more elegant than the iPhone OS and Android, and with HP's deep pockets this could be a wise move.

05-06-2010, 04:30 AM	#23
grndslm Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 61184 Join Date: May 2010 Device: none	Right. WebOS is the bomb. The Pre is the bomb. The homebrew community behind webOS is the bomb. HP buying Palm is possibly even more bomb. As Phil from AndroidCentral.com stated... putting more money into Palm is just like putting more memory into the Pre, yielding the Pre Plus. It's just a beautiful thing. I can't wait to see what HP brings to the table. But they will bring many things, and webOS isn't going anywhere. Unfortunately, I'm not interested in a tablet ATM. I'm looking for an eReader. I'll keep webOS on my smartphone... tho I would like webOS as my desktopOS as well, in all honesty. Just no room for a tablet in my life. E-Ink is precisely what I need.

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