By Greg Mills
As news of the cancelation of the HP TouchPad and Web OS smartphones hit the street, speculation abounds as the future for both HP as a company and its established business units. Almost as an afterthought the news came out that HP was also throwing in the towel on its PC manufacturing business.
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Posted by Greg Mills
I was somewhat taken back by the news that HP has pulled the plug on the TouchPad, so quickly. That the Palm OS smartphones and computer business were also cut by HP means the shake out of the mobile computing market is beginning in ernest. A massive shift to tablets is underway and when I say tablet, you can read that iPad.
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By Greg Mills
HP is getting out of the tablet business, canning its mobile computing business including cellular handsets and is spinning of the HP computer business. All of this seems dramatic, but the Apple surge in taking over the mobile computing market is shaking even seasoned competitors.
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By Greg Mills
People who live in glass houses …. have a heck of an energy bill. The proposed new Apple store design for Santa Monica, California, will require a waver of energy related building codes as it far exceed the surface area allowed to be glass.
The problem is that in the summer, the new store with a glass roof, will absorb heat from the sun like a giant solar panel. In the winter, the heat will escape through the glass ceiling far faster than with conventional roofing materials.
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By Greg Mills
The illustration is an exploded view of the HP TouchPad.
For those developers thinking about developing apps for the Palm OS, which runs on HP’s TouchPad, think a bit longer. Sales figures just are awful on HP’s latest iPad killer that isn’t. If you thought the Microsoft Kin cell phone was a success, you will really love the HP TouchPad. HP’s slogan for the TouchPad, “Like Nothing Else,” can sarcastically be interpreted by consumers as “nothing like an Apple iPad.”
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