Comments on: Hey, HP, the Smartphone Market Is Calling

By: gbp

gbp — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:41:20 +0000

Besides , it looks to me that Hurd guy is not a "Techie", he is a "Manager Type". You need a management consisting of Engineers to understand the business (yes , engineers understand the business better than the Managers with Business degree).

By: gbp

gbp — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:39:02 +0000

I can now say HP wants to kill PALM. Read the new press release on HP's email connected printers partnering Google. They forgot to mention WebOS. Its time for the Ruby and co to leave HP say in six months.

By: Hephail

Hephail — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:34:25 +0000

The biggest irony in these statements, is that some eons back, HP was actually a highly prized Windows Mobile handset.

By: Colin Gibbs

Colin Gibbs — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:06:07 +0000

As I pointed out in the longer piece on the Pro site, Hurd said flatly that HP "didn't buy Palm to be in the smartphone business." And I think it'important to note that he was speaking to investors at a tech conference, so it's not like these were off-the-cuff comments. HP's follow-up did soften those statements slightly (again, as I noted in the Pro piece), but the company didn't clarify its intentions regarding hardware. So I think we have to take Hurd's comments at face value.

My point is this: The smartphone space is still wide open, and HP now has key components in place to become a major player. It'd be a shame to see them pass up that opportunity.

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By: webosCorrect

webosCorrect — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:21:41 +0000

This article topic is old news. Didn't you read the latest news followup regarding HP CEO clarifying that they will OF COURSE continue to build webOS smartphones? And that statement was taken out of context? Bottom line is, HP is still on track to support the development of next generation webOS smartphones including tablets, printers, and other future products.

By: Ramon B. Nuez Jr.

Ramon B. Nuez Jr. — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:00:13 +0000

They have no plans to “aggressively move into the smartphone business.” I am hoping that IBM is at least surveying the mobile landscape? According to 3G Americas there are roughly 3 billion mobile subscriptions today with an anticipated 5 million subscriptions by 2015. With LTE being adopted by the major mobile providers — the wireless broadband ecosystem will fuel handset penetration. Let’s not forget that it’s the apps that that subscribers love to use — so IBM will also need to have a solid app store.

By: SB

SB — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:00:05 +0000

agree. I dont anyone would believe such a statement anyways.

By: Markus Goebel

Markus Goebel — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:25:39 +0000

They've sent this PR statement to Engagdet, Boy Genius Report and other blogs. It states that we understood everything wrong and HP wont leave the smartphone space, smartphones will be a part of a wide array of mobile devices with Web OS. Didn't you read that? I think it takes all the steam away.

By: Marcelo Calbucci

Marcelo Calbucci — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:29:18 +0000

Colin, HP saying "...has no plans to aggressively move into the smartphone business" and buying a company on the Smartphone business for $1.2B is quite contradictory.

HP has a plan. HP want to be the leader in mobile devices. However, they have too many relationships right now with companies like Microsoft, Intel, and others to make statements that could jeopardize those relationships.