Failbook phone: AT&T, already is looking to ditch the HTC status, says source

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Surprise! Even a clever little trick as custom button Facebook cannot save a bad phone from an early death.

After only 36 days on the shelves of a trusted source, close to AT&T tells us that the carrier had already prepping to ditch HTC so-called "Facebook phone" status. The Reason For This? Things just don't sell.

Since the original tipster forward, we have confirmed with several sources of sales status much lower than expected. AT&T declined to comment.

To say that we foresaw the fate of status will be something of an understatement. The status was originally launched as ChaCha back at Mobile World Congress, where I stated that Chacha (real-time response companies) likely will not be too kindly name — and of course, Chacha turned around and filed a lawsuit against HTC over the weekend. When AT&T announced plans for the device (now called status), we predicted fail due to lack of exhausting and we're here just over a month post-launch rumor that the death knell for this time to prepare for the melody.

For those who may have missed status update state is Android phone in the same vein as the classic BlackBerry (2.8 touchscreen on top, with a QWERTY keyboard below) — design, which, if we are honest, probably most of the status of weak sales. The status of one of the potential saving grace was its context-sensitive button Facebook — a small, dedicated key placed next to the bottom edge of the tube strictly built one click Facebook sharing. At any time the user was browsing the content that could be shared on Facebook (photos, videos or website), the button will automatically light up. When pushed, the content will be packed and pushed into the Facebook user profile.

For what it's worth even Facebook never seemed all that interested in HTC'S efforts. Mark Zuckerberg called it in with the HTC initial announcement, providing a short, versatile video instead of the actual appearance. Even with a fair amount of time spent on Facebook headquarters in no time any of us here at TechCrunch have seen Facebook employee carrying status. They all seem to use iPhones.

Update: AT&T now decided to go on record with the comment, saying "the status of the HTC is a great product and have not changed our plans to be a part of our portfolio.

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Looking at the device from HP, cars to grow and maintain webOS

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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.

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