Comments on: HP/ Palm webOS News Roundup

By: PRETHOUGHT

PRETHOUGHT — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 04:46:58 +0000

Microsoft had 10 years to get the tablet market off of the ground. By any measure they have failed. The webOS is head and shoulders superior over all other platforms. If HP doesn’t launch a webOS tablet ASAP, Apple and Blackberry will bury them.

So I take that enterprise users only put in 5 hours in a day?

I think your problem is your trying to use a tablet for work that should be done on a computer. Looks like you wasted $500 on buying that iPad that you never be satisfied with to begin with. Did you even try it before you bought it? The iPad isn’t for everybody. Obviously, if all you use is MS Office then you probably don’t want an iPad.

iPad+Cydia+iSSH=unbeatable IT Swiss army knife

I keep finding new ways to use the iPad things I never thought of until I got under the hood.

Have you tried NotetakerHD or Headspace? Those are just a couple of apps that totally kick ass and take advantage of the touchscreen. You can buy a stylus if you really want one.

By: dksmidtx

dksmidtx — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:30:59 +0000

Werris couldn’t be more wrong. The choice of its new CEO indicates HP is making a charge in the enterprise market. PalmOS is doubtless going to be the consumer sauce, but Windows 7 is the glue for the enterprise. The tech press may have made HP gun-shy as they fawn over Jobs’ latest success, but a Win7 slate with 5 hours of battery will rule the enterprise space. I’ve been desparately (and frustratingly) trying to make my iPad and dozen work-around Apps function on the business network, and finally gave up and went back to my HP 2730p TabletPC. You HAVE TO HAVE full network browsing and 100% MS Office compatibility to keep from going out of your mind. Even the best of the alternatives (DocsToGo) leaves you back where we were in earlier Windows days mashing documents between Word and WordPerfect (yes, it IS that bad).

Nothing on iOS, Android, nor Linux-lite equals OneNote and the inking experience on the TabletPC. In fact, lack of a stylus = fail in the business world. Where the big FAIL is occuring is in Microsoft’s failure to customize Win7 for the touch interface and tablet manufacturers’ failing to bundle OneNote with EVERY tablet/slate PC running Win7. If they did, they would own the business and education markets, leaving the couch and casual travelers to revel in the magic of the iPad.

By: Werris

Werris — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:27:11 +0000

The HP Windows 7 slate is a disastrous move.

What is HP thinking?

After video leaked of it a couple of weeks ago, the HP Windows 7 slate has been universally condemned by the technology press. It has become the laughing stock of the industry. A complete joke.

The problem for HP is that if it releases this hopeless device, HP’s reputation in mobile devices will be dragged down in the gutter with Microsoft’s. The ensuing mockery will then make it more difficult for HP to get traction for its successor, the webOS slate.

HP: Don’t do it. Don’t release the silly Windows 7 slate. It’s not worth it. Stay with webOS. Don’t get distracted. Concentrate on webOS.

By: Bigmouth

Bigmouth — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:22:57 +0000

Thanks for your unbiased coverage, JK. I think the slanted media coverage of the Slate 500 has made HP gunshy. But as a long-time tablet user, I can’t wait for a Windows 7 tablet. And judging from the comments to many articles on the subject, I’m not alone in my desire for a tablet with a full OS.

By: PRETHOUGHT

PRETHOUGHT — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:21:27 +0000

HP needs to speed things up. With Blackberry’s Play Book there is going to be a lot of companies with a huge headstart. I’m running my iPad with ProSwitcher which looks pretty cool but doesnt keep things running in the background as webOS. We’ll see how well it works with 4.2