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HP from the outset stated that she plans to enter a webOS more than smartphones and tablets. He saw time run webOS printers, netbooks and peace! Well the time has come. HP seeks to grow and expand in webOS world major appliances and automotive.
HP invested $ 1.2 billion in Palm last year and from the perspective of an outsider, it was difficult to watch, as a wise investment, even when considering 1500 patents that were part of the deal. The main product, webOS touchpad, floundering in the market. Spotting webOS smartphones in the wild is akin to seeing mg using Xoom. WebOS is a fine operating system, but consumers are simply not latched on for various reasons. HP now looks outside the traditional scope of CE.
Part of the fall of the OPERATING SYSTEM is that the products do not have a dev or third-party support. Smartphone should have a solid set of native apps to webOS, but it must then be even more robust ecosystem of 3rd party applications. That's what makes the iOS is so popular: Apple handles routine tasks that are usually associated with the phone while he finds all the fun and innovative stuff devs App Store. Without such support, with support from mouth to mouth marketing awesome OS like webOS has no chance.
And so looks HP put webOS into non-traditional products. The WSJ says that he looks in the automotive and appliance sector for a bit. Thought, which is smart, is to license their webOS companies without their own touch-sensitive interface. Hope that happened that one day, washer, stove, or even car Infotainment system will work on webOS. Of course Android is lurking in the corner, but the last patent litigation and licensing battles makes it look like a dirty alternative.
Unfortunately for HP, as are the WSJ, peace will not take more touch screen interface. Washing machines and have more life than a Smartphone. What's hot today, there will be hot in ten years, let alone five. Appliances are built for reliability, not apps.
HP may be a little more luck in the automotive sector. Microsoft is currently a great player with Microsoft Auto platform for many automotive applications, such as the Ford Sync. In-car entertainment system are ripe for collapse. Only a few of them really worth their price.
This is the correct path for HP and webOS, though. The company needs to grow the brand and exploring other webOS space can be rough, but smart course. You can bet that HP did not die without a fight is going to allow investment of $ 1 billion. Touch is just the beginning. WebOS is here to stay, even if no one buys the goods.
Palm, Inc. is one of the leading companies in mobile products, creating instinctive yet powerful mobile products that enable people to better manage their lives on the go. The company's products for. ..
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