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Fusion Garage (of CrunchPad-Joo-Joo Fame) Drops Grid 10 Price by $200 – Only $200 More to Go

Fusion Garage (of CrunchPad-Joo-Joo Fame) Drops Grid 10 Price by $200 – Only $200 More to Go

By Zoli Erdos on September 12, 2011

Some things just can’t die. Like the zillionth incarnation of what was formerly known as CrunchPad…. then after a messy divorce from TechCrunch became the Joo-Joo (sold a few dozen units), and now it’s back as the Grid 10.   I have a funny history with this device. I was a major advocate of the […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged android, crunchpad, FusionGarage, iPad, JooJoo, Tablets, TechCrunch, technology, webos

Imperfect substitutes

Imperfect substitutes

By Michael Coté on August 21, 2011

HP’s PDAs and phones never received management attention. How do I know? Because they relied on off-the-shelf components for everything including software. It indicated that the value to be offered was in “leveraging” (there’s that word again) their brand and distribution. The value of HP was not to build something great–something that required blood, sweat […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged android, apple, Facebook, google, Hewlett-Packard, hp, iPad, Open source, webos

Radical Surgery to Fix Software Patents

Radical Surgery to Fix Software Patents

By Bob Warfield on August 21, 2011

I’m from the camp that says we’re way past the point of patents fostering innovation, if they ever did.  It didn’t take me long reading Scoble’s post this morning about the value of WebOS’s patents to HP possibly making the unit a profitable venture to be reminded once again that while patents may be a […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Hewlett-Packard, intellectual property, motorola, Nathan Myhrvold, Patent, TouchPad, webos | 1 Response

Big Company Customers:  Be wary of Big M&A, Big Executive Change, and Big Bad Quarters

Big Company Customers: Be wary of Big M&A, Big Executive Change, and Big Bad Quarters

By Bob Warfield on August 20, 2011

It hasn’t even been a year since I suggested things might not go swimmingly for WebOS and now they’re discontinuing it.  Such is the life of products at large organizations when directions are being changed.  Apparently they’re also planning to disgorge the PC business.  Shades of IBM’s moves not so long ago. For those watching […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Hewlett-Packard, ibm, webos | 1 Response

Good for HP (with a but!)

Good for HP (with a but!)

By David Terrar on August 20, 2011

Last week the IT industry had a major bombshell.  HP announced it’s intention to get out of the PC business, drop it’s WebOS smartphone and TouchPad products and buy enterprise software company Autonomy.  If you don’t recognize Autonomy they are a major success story born out of research at Cambridge University.  Founded in 1996 they […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Autonomy, HewlettPackard, hp, ibm, Mark Hurd, Personal computer, TouchPad, webos | 2 Responses

Read My Lips: We Are Not Walking Away from WebOS

Read My Lips: We Are Not Walking Away from WebOS

By Jeff Nolan on August 19, 2011

Today comes news leaked from an internal HP all hands meeting that the company is not abandoning WebOS, 15 months after acquiring it for $1.2 billion. This is how we get all our news about HP these days, leaked memos and meeting soundbites. Watch for two main arguments being presented, the first by the tech […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged android, hp, HTC, microsoft, palm, Patents, samsung, Smartphone, Uncategorized, webos

Remember HP’s New Wave?  Here We Go Again!

Remember HP’s New Wave? Here We Go Again!

By Bob Warfield on February 15, 2011

Sam Diaz has gotten clarification on the future of Windows in the light of their Web OS announcements.  It should come as no surprise that Windows isn’t going anywhere, and certainly won’t be replaced by Web OS any time soon.  Instead, HP is saying: HP will integrate the WebOS experience into Windows, but not through […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Borland, Hewlett-Packard, microsoft, Microsoft Windows, mobile, Nokia, Operating system, platforms, webos

10 things iPad rivals must do to compete with the Apple – Quick Analysis

10 things iPad rivals must do to compete with the Apple – Quick Analysis

By Michael Coté on February 9, 2011

If you’re going to compete against the might iPad, here’s 10 things you should do. Good luck storming the castle!

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Amazon Kindle, App Store, apple, differentiation, HP TouchPad, ideas, iOS, iPad, iPhone, marketing, mobile, Quick Analysis, tablet, The New Thing, webos, Windows Phone 7

HP and Palm, Beyond Smart Phones

HP and Palm, Beyond Smart Phones

By Jeff Nolan on April 29, 2010

Enough has been written about HP acquiring Palm that I don’t think it’s that newsworthy today… however something has been bouncing around my hamster cage since reading the coverage yesterday that I’m not ready to let it go. Maybe this isn’t about smart phones at all? Put another way, of course this is about smart […]

Posted in Business | Tagged apple, Hewlett-Packard, hp, iPhone, palm, slate, Smartphone, tablet, webos

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