{"id":11512,"date":"2011-08-18T19:54:10","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T19:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=11512"},"modified":"2011-08-18T19:54:10","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T19:54:10","slug":"hp-webos-going-away-already-and-trying-to-sell-pc-biz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=11512","title":{"rendered":"HP WebOS Going Away (Already) and Trying to Sell PC Biz"},"content":{"rendered":"

HP have decided that Google have had too much news headlines this week.<\/p>\n

WebOS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Fresh on the awful news<\/a> of sales for their WebOS (Palm) TouchPad tablets, it\u2019s just been announced by HP that they are ending operations of WebOS.  And that\u2019s a day or two after they started selling<\/a> their Pre3 WebOS powered phone in Europe!  <\/p>\n

The news of tablet sales were awful.  It didn\u2019t have a chance.  Apple dominates.  Business is waiting for Windows 8.  Android tablets (an open OS) aren\u2019t selling that well.  RIM proved that a new closed device with no app environment would have the lifespan of a fat Turkey in December.  And HP fattened up and walked straight into the butcher shop.<\/p>\n

Bye bye HP WebOS!<\/p>\n

PC\/Consumber Division<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

HP has announced that they are looking to \u201cspin off\u201d the PC business.  That\u2019s business and consumer stuff on the desk.  Personally speaking, I prefer HP desktops\/laptops because of their build quality and ease of management in relation to software and drivers in the business.  I hate Lenovo (quite poor here compared to what I hear from American friends), and although Dell has a good business, I think the build quality of PC\u2019s’\/laptops isn\u2019t as good \u2013 which is important for devices that users are bashing about.  <\/p>\n

On TWiT Windows Weekly, Mary-Jo Foley suggested that maybe Samsung would buy the division.  Maybe.  And maybe it\u2019ll be spun off\/IPO\u2019d as a new Compaq.<\/p>\n

Oh \u2013 HP are also buying some UK software company called Autonomy.  I guess they want to be the next IBM.  Eeek!<\/p>\n

EDIT:<\/p>\n

Last year there were rumours about HP\u2019s tablet plans.  Originally, the tablet was to run Windows.  Then HP \u201cknew better\u201d and went exclusively with WebOS.  Well, Windows 7 tablets \u2026 you know my opinion on that \u2013 wait for 8.  But investion millions\/billions of dollars on WebOS, a no app OS, I think everyone knew that had no future.  Shareholders should be furious.<\/p>\n

And as for HP in the phone market \u2026 oh come on!  I evaluated one of those back around 2004.  We had to clip a keyboard onto the bottom of it to use a \u201ckeyboard\u201d \"Smile\"  We ended up buying XDA (remember them?) III\u2019s instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HP have decided that Google have had too much news headlines this week. WebOS Fresh on the awful news of sales for their WebOS (Palm) TouchPad tablets, it\u2019s just been announced by HP that they are ending operations of WebOS.  And that\u2019s a day or two after they started selling their Pre3 WebOS powered phone … Continue reading “HP WebOS Going Away (Already) and Trying to Sell PC Biz”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t