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Old 08-17-2011, 05:55 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by kjk View Post
You know what is most disappointing? One of the criticisms of Palm was that they couldn't really put together decent launches for their products, because of their size and budgets.

The HP purchase was supposed to go a long way towards addressing that issue-HP has tons of experience, a deep network of industry connections, and the wherewithal to execute such things-let Palm continue with their creative focus on WebOS devices, and let HP handle the rest.

What happened? They launched the Touchpad too early and obviously unfinished, and got a LOT of coverage, but luke warm reviews. They then tried a second launch with a much better product but without the huge press push, and no one noticed.

Just really disappointing.
It's a shame. And I fear similar for BlackBerry PlayBook.
Well, it has happened before. A friend of mine, a real HiFi enthusiast, still keeps saying: Video2000 by far has been the best video system. Betamax was okay as well. And VHS, by far the worst, did actually make it...
At least we can be pretty sure, that iOS and Android will "learn" a lot from those 2 benchmark tablets...
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