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post #31 of 346
8/18/11 at 1:44pm
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My understanding is the Playbook was slow and buggy at release. Much like the Touchpad. I don't understand why companies would be willing to risk bad reviews to get to the market at a certain time. You need to get it right on release day.

You are right about market perception with pricing, but with good marketing I think they could have overcome this. Speaking of which, HP also did a horrible job marketing these devices. I never saw many ads.

I agree that you have to get it right from day one. I never understand why companies cut down on marketing departments the first chance they get. No marketing = no attraction to products = no sales. I see Apple ads all over the web / print (I don't have a TV, so I can't speak regarding their TV ads).
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post #32 of 346
8/18/11 at 1:51pm
It's a sad sad day. Fucking shit... Best mobile OS going down the shitter. I am disappoint. I still hope a HP will license the OS to other manufacturers and it will succeed.

Edit: listening to Earnings Conference Call. They're just discontinuing their hardware devision of webos but are exploring ways to license the OS.
Edited by musicguy - 8/18/11 at 2:11pm
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post #33 of 346
8/18/11 at 2:22pm
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It's a sad sad day. Fucking shit... Best mobile OS going down the shitter. I am disappoint. I still hope a HP will license the OS to other manufacturers and it will succeed.

Edit: listening to Earnings Conference Call. They're just discontinuing their hardware devision of webos but are exploring ways to license the OS.

I'm reading the liveblog: http://live.thisismynext.com/Event/HP_Q3_2011_earnings_call

Who's going to licence the software at this point? I could see HTC doing it, but I think it's basically over for WebOS.
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post #34 of 346
8/18/11 at 2:43pm
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I'm reading the liveblog: http://live.thisismynext.com/Event/HP_Q3_2011_earnings_call

Who's going to licence the software at this point? I could see HTC doing it, but I think it's basically over for WebOS.

Nokia? Unless Sony can find some use for it...?!?
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post #35 of 346
8/18/11 at 2:48pm
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Nokia? Unless Sony can find some use for it...?!?

Nokia is all in with Microsoft and Windows Phone 7.
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post #36 of 346
8/18/11 at 5:15pm
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What really sucks here is we are basically going to be living in a world of iPads. The Playbook from BB has sold like shit and iPads are outselling Android tablets at a rate of like 24:1. I like the iPad, but I also would like to see competition in the market.

Another mistake HP made was in pricing. It should have been $399 from day one. You can't beat Apple selling products at the same price point they are.
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1) The playbook sold like shit because it was shit. No native email? You have to tether your phone to the playbook to utilize email? What is this? 1986?
2) HP probably priced the Touchpad because they assumed that the market mentality would think that if their device is cheaper than Apple's, then it wasn't as good.

Meh, I don't understand the PlayBook hate -- mine is working great and the tethering thing doesn't bother me at all since I carry my BB around all the time anyway.
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post #37 of 346
8/18/11 at 5:24pm
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http://thisismynext.com/2011/08/18/hp-failed-webos-whats-next/

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post #38 of 346
8/18/11 at 5:29pm
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Nokia is all in with Microsoft and Windows Phone 7.

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post #39 of 346
8/18/11 at 5:31pm
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post #40 of 346
8/18/11 at 11:08pm
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Meh, I don't understand the PlayBook hate -- mine is working great and the tethering thing doesn't bother me at all since I carry my BB around all the time anyway.

I don't know anyone who actually has a Blackberry. Well I knew one person, he brought it in from the USA, turned out to be completely useless in China, apart from making phone calls.

In fact the only time I've ever come across BB devices in significant numbers was a security firm in the UK, who used them for patrol reporting.
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post #41 of 346
8/19/11 at 4:16pm
HP's webOS Reportedly Runs Significantly Faster on iPad 2 Than on TouchPad:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1215199
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post #42 of 346
8/19/11 at 4:33pm
^^^^^^^

Perhaps HP should open source WebOS, like the way Android is. Then any manufacturer can make WebOS devices, and hackers can work their wonders and put it on iPads legitimately.
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post #43 of 346
8/19/11 at 5:23pm
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$99 Touchpad anyone?

http://thisismynext.com/2011/08/19/hp-drops-touchpad-price-stone-good-luck-snapping-buy-99/

http://www.precentral.net/hp-begins-touchpad-liquidation-16gb-cut-99-32gb-149-1#comments

For a 100 bones, why not? It's perfectly good device and you could get a couple years of use out of it as an e-reader and web surfing device. I'm going to re-buy it.
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post #44 of 346
8/19/11 at 5:50pm
Who's going to provide technical support on it?
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post #45 of 346
8/19/11 at 5:52pm
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Who's going to provide technical support on it?

Software is stable enough and HP should provide another update or two. Plus you have the indie community.

It's $99. You can't even get a POS Android tablet with the outdated OS and shit hardware from China for that. Even if it lasts a year, I would be happy for that price.
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