A-AvantGarde
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Although WebOS was / is a fantastic mobile OS, I wasn't expecting to hear this news.
As an owner of Pre phones and having recently trialed the TouchPad this is sad to hear.
Reflecting on it I can see that they must have had major issues with getting the product (Pre / Veer Phones & the new Touchpad) to market. I had heared a rumour yesterday that BestBuy in the US weren't happy with sales of the new TouchPad (they had ordered 250,000 and apparently had only sold 25,000 since the mid July launch). However, they clearly state WebOS isn't dead, they're working out how to maximise the value of it (after buying Palm for $1.2bn last year)
There is also talk that the Personal Systems Group (PC's, Laptop's etc may become a separate company)
H-P cuts outlook, eyes PC spinoff, dumps webOS - MarketWatch
As an owner of Pre phones and having recently trialed the TouchPad this is sad to hear.
Reflecting on it I can see that they must have had major issues with getting the product (Pre / Veer Phones & the new Touchpad) to market. I had heared a rumour yesterday that BestBuy in the US weren't happy with sales of the new TouchPad (they had ordered 250,000 and apparently had only sold 25,000 since the mid July launch). However, they clearly state WebOS isn't dead, they're working out how to maximise the value of it (after buying Palm for $1.2bn last year)
There is also talk that the Personal Systems Group (PC's, Laptop's etc may become a separate company)
H-P cuts outlook, eyes PC spinoff, dumps webOS - MarketWatch
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