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Is this a nerd convention??:hiding:
Is this a nerd convention??:hiding:
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HP pad instead of Ipad
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yes, your seat's over there.
Netbooks were just a side step in ultraportables. Then apple stepped in and corrected that sidestep by making an iPad and a MacBook Air. One was for people who wanted a full laptop but portable and the other for people who did not need a laptop, just portable movies and games. Plus, I doubt laptops 10 years ago could go 10 hours on a single battery charge, which is the main appeal of any good ultraportable nowdays.All you people are getting bamboozled by big companies and buying castrated laptops.
It first started with "netbooks." What the hell is a netbook exactly? Look at a laptop 10 years ago - that's what it is.
Now, all these "pads." The smaller ones are just like big cellphones and the big ones are like small laptops.
I half agree with castrated laptops in a sense that some of these tablet devices are mostly castrated (lack of features like USB ports, expendable flash memory, etc), but you cannot look at them as laptops because they are not. They were never intended to be. Anybody who buys a tablet because they want a laptop should really do some more research because a full laptop can be had for less then most tablets on the market.
The biggest development as of late though is the $100 TouchPad. Yes it's a one off, but it truly will have a huge impact. People are finally seeing them for what they are. Would you buy a $90 picture frame of the same size or a $100 TouchPad that can just as easily display pictures. How about a portable DVD player for $140 or a TouchPad for $100 that has internal storage and can stream from the network. That price point just made that device infinitely more attractive and put in better perspective what a tablet is meant to replace (which is not a laptop).
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Agreed that tablets are kind of a quagmire in terms of functionality.
In my mind, the thing that Apple did right was market the original iPad as an accessory to their other products (which were and are still selling great). They pretty much created the market for these things by making people want one for purely vain reasons. That's the brilliance of steve jobs right there.
I bought my playbook to replace my 4 year old, 1st gen iPod Touch. It sounds ludicrous, but whenever I was at the airport for a business trip, stranded somewhere with nothing to do, or commuting to and from work on the train, my iPod was always there to provide some sort of entertainment. Now my playbook can do that and more, especially since, as a blackberry phone owner, I can bridge my tablet to my phone and get the internet wherever I have a cell signal. My porn streaming capabilities know no bounds!
The unfortunate thing is that I don't think RIM really knows how to market this product. I have a sneaking suspicion that they themselves don't even realize how awesome their tablet can be. The hardware is phenomenal and the OS, for once, is fantastic...but it feels like they're half-assing it on the apps and on the upgrades. I give RIM another year or so before they fold.
In my mind, the thing that Apple did right was market the original iPad as an accessory to their other products (which were and are still selling great). They pretty much created the market for these things by making people want one for purely vain reasons. That's the brilliance of steve jobs right there.
I bought my playbook to replace my 4 year old, 1st gen iPod Touch. It sounds ludicrous, but whenever I was at the airport for a business trip, stranded somewhere with nothing to do, or commuting to and from work on the train, my iPod was always there to provide some sort of entertainment. Now my playbook can do that and more, especially since, as a blackberry phone owner, I can bridge my tablet to my phone and get the internet wherever I have a cell signal. My porn streaming capabilities know no bounds!
The unfortunate thing is that I don't think RIM really knows how to market this product. I have a sneaking suspicion that they themselves don't even realize how awesome their tablet can be. The hardware is phenomenal and the OS, for once, is fantastic...but it feels like they're half-assing it on the apps and on the upgrades. I give RIM another year or so before they fold.
PaoloC
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I am in no stretch a fanboy. But as I type this on my iPad2, I can share with you that this is the best piece of electronics I've ever owned.... I have a samsung and toshiba tv's, Sony playstation n receiver, an iMac and pc ."..... really ....if it's good I will buy it. There are many flash sites converting to html5 so iPhones/iPad users (millions of them) can access they're sites with the same overall experience..... The iPad may not be technically the best tablet but it is the best overall due to the overwhelming support it has. There are apps for pretty much anything, I can't believe I dj'd a party with it... Maybe my uses are simplistic but I can't see a tablet being much better
Poser
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HP may resurrect TouchPad, weighs PC spinoff
Hewlett-Packard Co may resurrect its TouchPad as it weighs a spinoff of its personal computer arm, the head of its PC division said, suggesting HP might revive a tablet that lasted just six weeks in the face of stiff competition from Apple Inc.
HP stunned markets two weeks ago, when it announced it may shed its PC business -- the world's largest after the $25 billion acquisition of Compaq in 2002 -- as part of a wrenching series of moves away from the consumer market. Those included killing off the TouchPad tablet computer.
Now, the board of the largest U.S. technology company by revenue is expected to decide before the end of the year whether to hive off its PC arm -- which began selling the TouchPad in July -- into a separate company, considered the best option for shareholders.
Personal Systems Group head Todd Bradley told Reuters in an interview he intends to lead any standalone company created, and expects it to be a full-fledged computer maker spanning tablets, ultra-thin and all-in-one PCs.
"Tablet computing is a segment of the market that's relevant, absolutely," he said, without elaborating. He said a spinoff of the Personal Systems Group will bring the "best value" to HP shareholders for taxation and other reasons.
"My intention would be to lead it through this transaction ... and if it's a standalone public company, to lead that."
Selling the PC division to a rival such as Taiwan's Acer Inc, which acquired computer maker Gateway in 2007, or to China's Lenovo Group Ltd, which bought IBM's PC division in 2004, is not a desirable alternative, Bradley said.
"I would just say that the numbers don't support that that strategy works," he said, citing Acer reporting its first-ever quarterly loss last week.
HP has struggled in the PC market -- a high-revenue but low-margin business -- as popular devices such as Apple's iPad lure consumers away.
Bradley is on a trip to China, Taiwan and South Korea to meet with employees, suppliers, government officials and media to convince them that HP's PC business will remain robust and committed to Asian markets.
"China's obviously a critically important market for HP as well as PSG," he said.
SUPPLIERS, DON'T FRET
Bradley said HP will increase investments in Shanghai, and over the next three years expand its Shanghai manufacturing base, consolidate six employee sites into one campus, and make Shanghai a regional headquarters in China for the PSG.
"Regardless of what happens, we're the largest PC company in the world. We need everybody energized, and while this isn't business as usual, we need people to go out and sell products every day," Bradley said.
Suppliers to HP PCs will remain largely intact, although the company may renegotiate and redefine the relationships.
"Unwinding the integration that's taken place within HP will be enormous amounts of work and effort, justified by the return we think we'll be able to provide to our shareholders."
Nevertheless, he said, "we will be one of, if not the largest, customers of all of our major suppliers, be it Samsung to LG to Microsoft to Intel."
The Palo Alto, California-based company is now exploring options for its WebOS software, which it acquired through the acquisition of Palm, of which Bradley is a former chief executive.
Bradley has said that a number of companies had expressed interest in possibly using WebOS as an operating system, but he gave no further details on Tuesday, saying that he is not in China to announce or even negotiate anything regarding WebOS.
Hewlett-Packard Co may resurrect its TouchPad as it weighs a spinoff of its personal computer arm, the head of its PC division said, suggesting HP might revive a tablet that lasted just six weeks in the face of stiff competition from Apple Inc.
HP stunned markets two weeks ago, when it announced it may shed its PC business -- the world's largest after the $25 billion acquisition of Compaq in 2002 -- as part of a wrenching series of moves away from the consumer market. Those included killing off the TouchPad tablet computer.
Now, the board of the largest U.S. technology company by revenue is expected to decide before the end of the year whether to hive off its PC arm -- which began selling the TouchPad in July -- into a separate company, considered the best option for shareholders.
Personal Systems Group head Todd Bradley told Reuters in an interview he intends to lead any standalone company created, and expects it to be a full-fledged computer maker spanning tablets, ultra-thin and all-in-one PCs.
"Tablet computing is a segment of the market that's relevant, absolutely," he said, without elaborating. He said a spinoff of the Personal Systems Group will bring the "best value" to HP shareholders for taxation and other reasons.
"My intention would be to lead it through this transaction ... and if it's a standalone public company, to lead that."
Selling the PC division to a rival such as Taiwan's Acer Inc, which acquired computer maker Gateway in 2007, or to China's Lenovo Group Ltd, which bought IBM's PC division in 2004, is not a desirable alternative, Bradley said.
"I would just say that the numbers don't support that that strategy works," he said, citing Acer reporting its first-ever quarterly loss last week.
HP has struggled in the PC market -- a high-revenue but low-margin business -- as popular devices such as Apple's iPad lure consumers away.
Bradley is on a trip to China, Taiwan and South Korea to meet with employees, suppliers, government officials and media to convince them that HP's PC business will remain robust and committed to Asian markets.
"China's obviously a critically important market for HP as well as PSG," he said.
SUPPLIERS, DON'T FRET
Bradley said HP will increase investments in Shanghai, and over the next three years expand its Shanghai manufacturing base, consolidate six employee sites into one campus, and make Shanghai a regional headquarters in China for the PSG.
"Regardless of what happens, we're the largest PC company in the world. We need everybody energized, and while this isn't business as usual, we need people to go out and sell products every day," Bradley said.
Suppliers to HP PCs will remain largely intact, although the company may renegotiate and redefine the relationships.
"Unwinding the integration that's taken place within HP will be enormous amounts of work and effort, justified by the return we think we'll be able to provide to our shareholders."
Nevertheless, he said, "we will be one of, if not the largest, customers of all of our major suppliers, be it Samsung to LG to Microsoft to Intel."
The Palo Alto, California-based company is now exploring options for its WebOS software, which it acquired through the acquisition of Palm, of which Bradley is a former chief executive.
Bradley has said that a number of companies had expressed interest in possibly using WebOS as an operating system, but he gave no further details on Tuesday, saying that he is not in China to announce or even negotiate anything regarding WebOS.
Poser
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HP has announced that it will produce 'one last run' of TouchPads to meet unfulfilled demand.
Since we announced the price drop, the number of inquiries about the product and the speed at which it disappeared from inventory has been stunning. I think it's safe to say we were pleasantly surprised by the response.
Despite announcing an end to manufacturing webOS hardware, we have decided to produce one last run of TouchPads to meet unfulfilled demand. We don't know exactly when these units will be available or how many we'll get, and we can't promise we'll have enough for everyone. We do know that it will be at least a few weeks before you can purchase.
Since we announced the price drop, the number of inquiries about the product and the speed at which it disappeared from inventory has been stunning. I think it's safe to say we were pleasantly surprised by the response.
Despite announcing an end to manufacturing webOS hardware, we have decided to produce one last run of TouchPads to meet unfulfilled demand. We don't know exactly when these units will be available or how many we'll get, and we can't promise we'll have enough for everyone. We do know that it will be at least a few weeks before you can purchase.
featured, News, TouchPad TouchPad will soon be the #2 best-selling tablet in the world. Yeah, you read that right.
http://www.webosroundup.com/2011/08...tablet-in-the-world-yeah-you-read-that-right/
http://www.webosroundup.com/2011/08...tablet-in-the-world-yeah-you-read-that-right/
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mazdubb
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That's not exactly news. When you sell an electronic device at a fraction of the competition, you're bound to sell a lot of them.
If HP did this as a marketing ploy to further WebOS, it was a brilliant move. They've essentially killed the non-iPad tablet market for the short term.
What would the figures be if HP hadn't have had their 99 cent fire sale 2 weeks ago? Yeah, that's what I thought.
Remind me again, what flavour is the Kool-Aid today?
Not relevant, People are becoming aware of WebOs, which before they weren't, it doesn't matter how that happen, the important thing is that it happen.
The Cool-Aid tasted fantastic, I bought a bunch more with the $400 i got back from Future Shop due to the price match warranty HP gave back to all customers that bought prior to the fire sale
None if any... 14:59...
This get's better every day.
http://gizmodo.com/5836619/hp-threatens-to-sue-itself-over-touchpad-refunds
http://gizmodo.com/5836619/hp-threatens-to-sue-itself-over-touchpad-refunds
That belongs in the Joke of the Day thread.
Hahaha What kind of monkeys do they have working over there?
Guess when a company gets so (too?) big no one has a clue what's going on anymore.
Cue the Benny Hill music......
once you do, pm me and I'll introduce you to the wonderfull world of preware. My hp pad is running with both processors at 1.82ghz, comes stock at 1.2 and only one processor like the iPad. This thing is snappy and fast as hell.
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Fo sho. Will see if she's able to get it. She's trying.
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