tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post4839990162040028595..comments2024-03-11T07:06:28.190-07:00Comments on Mobile Opportunity: Quick Thoughts on the HP AnnouncementMichael Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17966107280587843091noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-68764468347974556332011-02-18T01:18:13.610-08:002011-02-18T01:18:13.610-08:00I believe HP might have made a dangerous assumptio...I believe HP might have made a dangerous assumption that developers will flock to Webos with HP in the helm.<br />Developers will go where there is $$ to be made and that means volume.<br /><br />During the Dev session, HP announced that the new sdk would be the way to go for webos 3.0. That would mean current developed application can run in emulation in Pre 3, but developement if native would need to be redone again in the new SDK.<br />Webos as it stands lacks functionality in 2.0 compared to even the venerable Palm OS, from a calendering, scheduling, PIM perspective, and now they are forcing developers who'have stayed with palm on the lurch again!!..<br />I'd say for developers, it'd only get worst before it gets better...and now with NO new devices until summer? who are developers going to sell to??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-82019627647560876172011-02-13T17:52:54.428-08:002011-02-13T17:52:54.428-08:00I like the idea of a smaller smartphone. It's...<i>I like the idea of a smaller smartphone. It's something Apple should have done with iPhone. (It did the same thing very successfully with iPod; why not iPhone?)</i><br><br /><br />I use my iPhone as a phone less than 10% of the time. A smaller smartphone wouldn't help me since I like the larger screen to read, to text, to watch videos. <br><br /><br /><i>And I love the idea of putting this same OS on personal computers.</i><br /><br />Shades of Folio!! This sounds less like Apple and more like Hawkins' original idea of putting Linux / PalmOS on a notebook that communicates with a Treo. Hawkins idea didn't take hold, but he was ahead of his time. I hope HP has more success.Michael Yamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112461143013930752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-51879107709074264992011-02-11T09:21:35.490-08:002011-02-11T09:21:35.490-08:00@anonymous. I'm not in the repair business, bu...@anonymous. I'm not in the repair business, but my experience has been the Pavilion line and the Toshiba brand are at the bottom of the list in laptop quality. I've returned to Thinkpads. They're tanksJakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13985038190962063448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-87763369453523651252011-02-11T09:18:58.600-08:002011-02-11T09:18:58.600-08:00wholeheartedly, 100% agree with your conclusions.wholeheartedly, 100% agree with your conclusions.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13985038190962063448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-57428455398887276092011-02-09T19:14:21.797-08:002011-02-09T19:14:21.797-08:00i hope the overall quality of the hardware is at l...i hope the overall quality of the hardware is at least decent. i sell and repair used computers. one thing i can tell you with certainty, is that HP/Compaq's are the absolute worst when it comes to the reliability and quality. particularly the pavilion laptop line.<br /><br />the slate looks great but if the break easily they have no way to compete against apple's quality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-33642933176648469912011-02-09T12:41:29.245-08:002011-02-09T12:41:29.245-08:00I'm likewise disappointed that only the Veer w...I'm likewise disappointed that only the Veer will ship soon. The Pre3 cuts the rug from under the Pre2, and the Pre2 isn't even widely available yet! WebOS 2.x is taking a long time to arrive.<br /><br />IR sharing was on every PalmOS device - but only power users used it. Will Touch-to-Share be more popular with ordinary users?<br /><br />I still have no sense of whether this will get ordinary people to try webOS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com