Exactly and I suspect may intend using it for cross platform app development for their enterprise clients. I'm not convinced they want anything more to do with consumers outside of the printers and inks. On second thoughts, maybe the printer division is next ...
Considering Apple basically copied the look of their entire notebook computer line from HP, this would actually be quite interesting to watch.
Considering that PowerBook set the design standard (keyboard back, palm rests with pointing device in the middle) for the laptop industry in 1991, it would have been hard for Apple to copy HP.
I don't think that buying the whole PC business from HP is the right move for Samsung, but if they were able to purchase WebOS outright, it would be a brilliant move.
They would end their dependence on Google who just became a competitor and they would be able to embed WebOS in their TV's as well as smartphones and tablets thereby encouraging the purchasers of their TV's to purchase their mobile products as well - for increased functionality and interoperability between the devices.
Licensing WebOS doesn't make as much sense. They may as well stick with Android.
The failure of WebOS to gain any traction with Palm or with HP is twofold. First, is the crappy hardware both companies tried to release it on and the price point HP set. Second, is the lack of Apps for the platform.
The OS itself is awesome. On quality, appropriately powered hardware from Samsung, it might just have a chance. An emulator of some sort that would run Android apps on WebOS would be an excellent stop-gap that would provide users with a wide selection of Apps until such time as native WebOS versions of those apps are created and available.
I don't see why anyone would want to buy HP's PC business because it's not like they're going to be able to put an HP logo on their boxes, and HP doesn't have a valuable trademark like "ThinkPad" like IBM. They're going to be spun off and hope not to suffer the same fate as Motorola Mobility. Maybe Google will buy them too?
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HP is not giving up webOS software team.
They've abandoned the hardware team.
What are you people reading?
Exactly and I suspect may intend using it for cross platform app development for their enterprise clients. I'm not convinced they want anything more to do with consumers outside of the printers and inks. On second thoughts, maybe the printer division is next ...
Considering Apple basically copied the look of their entire notebook computer line from HP, this would actually be quite interesting to watch.
Huh?
Which HP product from the past looked like the MBA? Or even the MBP for that matter?
Considering Apple basically copied the look of their entire notebook computer line from HP, this would actually be quite interesting to watch.
Considering that PowerBook set the design standard (keyboard back, palm rests with pointing device in the middle) for the laptop industry in 1991, it would have been hard for Apple to copy HP.
I don't think that buying the whole PC business from HP is the right move for Samsung, but if they were able to purchase WebOS outright, it would be a brilliant move.
They would end their dependence on Google who just became a competitor and they would be able to embed WebOS in their TV's as well as smartphones and tablets thereby encouraging the purchasers of their TV's to purchase their mobile products as well - for increased functionality and interoperability between the devices.
Licensing WebOS doesn't make as much sense. They may as well stick with Android.
The failure of WebOS to gain any traction with Palm or with HP is twofold. First, is the crappy hardware both companies tried to release it on and the price point HP set. Second, is the lack of Apps for the platform.
The OS itself is awesome. On quality, appropriately powered hardware from Samsung, it might just have a chance. An emulator of some sort that would run Android apps on WebOS would be an excellent stop-gap that would provide users with a wide selection of Apps until such time as native WebOS versions of those apps are created and available.