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| HP CEO: we have to offer a smartphone |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-09-14 21:20:52 |
| "'We are working on this,' Ms. Whitman told Fox Business Network in an interview. 'We have to ultimately offer a smartphone because in many countries of the world that would be your first computing device... We are a computing company.'" On the same day the Pre 2 a reader is loaning me arrives in the mail. This is just cruel. Update: "HP Bender Android smartphone appears in benchmark details". Eh. |
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| good news. |
| By fran on 2012-09-15 09:42:37 |
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That is really nice. I am saddened by HP financial woes and I hope/believe they can turn it around. Why do i like HP that much. Well, HP has his own research lab dedicated to cutting edge stuff like memsistors etc. They have a long track record of innovation. |
 - Score: 3 |
| RE: Meh |
| By dsmogor on 2012-09-15 12:27:05 |
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Why so if they ported webos gui to Android and pushed it on some decent HW they could give Samsung run for its money. Innovation is good but duplicating APIs for the sake of it frequebtly bring more harm than good. Besides adding WEB os api support on top of Android flinger is not inconcievable. From basic usage and multitasking (not mentioning linux base) boh are badically compatible. |
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| This is HPs problem |
| By BluenoseJake on 2012-09-15 13:51:41 |
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They have turned into a "Me Too" company, they don't come out with anything innovative anymore, they just copy other companies stuff, badly, then fill it with crapware. Even their printer division has been putting out cheap plastic crap the last few years. They have to start taking risks, and for the right reasons, not because "Everyone else is doing it" If Apple or Dell jumped off a bridge, would HP follow? |
| - Score: 5 |
| RE: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By zima on 2012-09-15 15:05:30 |
| I'm surprised you don't welcome such name with open hands - while cautiously also hoping that the phone will have some 6502-family CPU ;P |
| - Score: 3 |
| RE[2]: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By MOS6510 on 2012-09-15 15:29:43 |
| I'd buy a C64 phone! |
| - Score: 3 |
| With webOS? |
| By jefro on 2012-09-15 16:57:08 |
| That is what they need now. |
| - Score: 2 |
| RE[2]: Meh |
| By WorknMan on 2012-09-15 20:16:51 |
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> Why so if they ported webos gui to Android and pushed it on some decent HW they could give Samsung run for its money. Because if they fork the hell out of Android, whatever version of the OS it comes with is probably going to be what it runs for the rest of its life. |
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| Get rid of marketing "gurus". |
| By unclefester on 2012-09-16 04:00:36 |
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HP should have a technologist as CEO. The worst possible CEO for technology company is a former marketing executive (Whitman, Ballmer, Fiorino, Sculley etc). They don't understand technology. Most German technology and manufacturing companies have a PhD qualified engineer or scientist as their CEO/Chairman. The CEOs of Mercedes, BMW and Volkswagen are all PhD qualified mechanical engineers. Tim Cook is now busy destroying Apple by focusing on short term profit at the expense of long term marketshare. Edited 2012-09-16 04:07 UTC |
| - Score: 4 |
| RE: This is HPs problem |
| By moondevil on 2012-09-16 07:45:28 |
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My first printer was a HP DeskJet 500, back in 1993, followed by a 670C and a 800 something (no longer remember the name). Nowadays, I can care less, as their drivers install lots of crapware alongside them. |
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| RE: Comment by fretinator |
| By Mark0 on 2012-09-16 11:47:03 |
| The HP200LX was a marvelous machine. Good display, nice keyboard, extreme portability, very easy to develop fore - just about any DOS dev-chain was OK. And about 2 weeks of battery life on 2 AA NiMH. |
| - Score: 1 |
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