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06/02/2010, 11:00 PM
#118
 Originally Posted by DarthRepublican
It doesn't resonate well because right now 100% of all webOS users are smartphone users. That statement implies that HP intends to abandon all of us. Why should I buy an HP webOS tablet if HP already killed one webOS platform?
It implies nothing of the sort. Do you think that Mac owners are jumping ship now that the iPad is outselling the Macbook Pro? You can certainly argue that Apple is focused mostly on iPhone and iPad. There hasn't been a significant new development on the Mac or OSX platform in awhile. Should they all jump ship? No, every new iPad or iPhone user becomes a candidate for OSX hardware, too.
This guy clearly talked about a range of products that all look and work the same. Does that sound like he will kill phones to that printers can run webOS in isolation? Or does it sound like the mobile market is enjoying explosive growth, with about 90% of that growth in future years, and a market that will segment into many form factors for many different uses. And to play in that space for consumers and business alike, people can't think of those markets in a vacuum, but as part of an ecosystem that has unlimited potential. Potential that can only be addressed by someone with a platform that can deliver the products to address the full range of needs in that market. Three companies have such a platform. Apple, Google, and HP.
This is starting to sound like presidential politics...
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