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Originally Posted by devilsadvocate
Java is the front-runner in most smartphone IDEs (Android, WebOS and Blackberry that I know of personally); C++ is a big one for WebOS as well since you can install a compiler. In addition, with Android stealing all the media thunder, Palm appears to have been somewhat more liberal with the freedoms granted to developers.
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Well, Android and Blackberry, certainly. WebOS seems more oriented to HTML/CSS/JavaScript.
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HP has gone on record as saying their purchase of Palm shouldn't be correlated with an interest in getting into the smartphone wars;
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If I were them, I wouldn't be either. It's a feast or famine business, and you're as good as your latest offering. Motorola was rumored to be looking to exit the smartphone business after a failure to follow up on the popular Razor device. The Droid turned around their fortunes, at least for the moment. Smartphones are fashion accessories and the market is fickle.
The bigger question is why they
did buy Palm.
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also, the Slate coming off the table (and WinMo7 coming of the Slate) at the same time as the Palm acquisition wasn't coincidence. Then again, HP was already in the smartphone business with the Glisten and iPaq, and is currently looking for a new boss so my money's on CES next year for any real news.
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I concur. I assumed it would take time to digest Palm and come up with a product road map in any case. The departure of Mark Hurd just adds some delay.
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Dennis