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HP’s Reshuffle Shows Bright Future for webOS

By: David Baxter, 7/13/2011 4:17 pm | 58 comments

To say HP shook things up recently would be an understatement. Palm is, for all intents and purposes, no more. In their stead is a brand spankin’ new global business unit called the “webOS GBU”. The name alone speaks volumes.

We have spoken many times over the last few months how HP is going all in with webOS and I think this is just more proof of exactly that. webOS isn’t just a product to HP anymore, it is a strategy and a large division of the company unto itself.

Who is leading this new division? Wunderkind 12 year old Stephen DeWitt. Ok, he isn’t really 12, but he definitely looks a lot younger than he is. The wunderkind part is spot on though. So who is Stephen DeWitt and what does this mean for webOS? Mr. DeWitt sat down with Engadget, and others, yesterday and let us in on the secret.

Who is this guy?

Stephen is a serial entrepreneur who has been ridiculously successful. His first venture was as a teenager and in the mid-nineties he started a little company called Cobalt Networks. He later sold that guy to Sun “for a couple of billion dollars”. After more success he finally mosied over to HP for the last 3 years has lead the “Personal Systems Group” which is in charge of all PCs, laptops, phones, and tablets.

So the guy is not a lightweight…great…so what about webOS?

His philosophy at HP has always been about building relationships rather than just sell some stuff. This has worked very, very well in the PC and laptop space and he plans on bringing this to webOS and the devices that run it. Think butler program.

As you might guess this kind of “elite customer service” will appeal to both consumers and enterprise. To Mr. DeWitt’s mind, they are actually one and the same.

Engadget: You have a lot of experience on the business side of the spectrum — do you see the TouchPad as a primarily business-minded tablet?

DeWitt: No, because we’re not looking at business and consumer, anymore. It’s you. All that matters is you. You’re the design center. It’s not, “oh, here, we want to sell a product to someone who works at Bank of America,” or, “we want to sell a product to Jane Doe in Findlay, OH.” We want to sell products that allow your individual identity to be reflected in that device, and we want to make accessibility to that flawless — all the human factors: touch, voice, video. One of the beautiful things about webOS is how awesome the accessibility is in the platform, and if we can add to that accessibility unique services for the developer community, like Synergy and a whole slew of other things we’ve talked about (and believe me, we’ve got a lot more in the hopper), we think that’s a pretty powerful combo.

Thoughts on the TouchPad

When it comes to the recent reviews of the TouchPad Mr. DeWitt gets a bit more…umm…defensive.

Engadget: I imagine you’ve seen most, if not all of the TouchPad reviews. The reception for a lot of reviewers has been fairly lukewarm. What’s your reaction to the criticism?

DeWitt: Well, look what we got criticized on. I’ve gotta love this. First people are saying that we’ve got a fat device. You need a cord to power an iPad. You don’t in our world. The fact that we’re a couple of millimeters fatter is because we have Touchstone, and Touchstone allows our device to be inductively powered. And that Touchstone feature allows us to do things like touch-to-share. So we traded off a couple of millimeters — which at the end of the day, isn’t going to have any impact on functionality — for features and function.

We have other devices that we’re going to work on that are going to have other form factors and weights, etc. But we don’t lament the fact that we think we offered an awesome ease of use capability for the tradeoff of a couple of millimeters. That’s one issue we got hit with in the press, and I think that, at the end of the day, users will see the value, and we just have to communicate that.

This is the first time I have heard an HP explain that TTS is a major reason for HP’s pudginess, and I think it is a good explanation, but it is a bit short sided.

We have all of the key apps out, and we’re going to have a ton more every day.

We would like an opportunity to add to that list if possible, and hope to see as many new apps coming to the catalog daily as he forecasts.

The TP got a few more dings than just its thickness and lack of apps. While we genuinely like the TouchPad, it does have some weaknesses, namely performance and random slowdowns [which we hope are fixed in the upcoming update - Ed]. I think his answer glosses over these facts a bit much…

The Hard Launch

As we heard earlier, the July 1st release date? That wasn’t really THE release…it was just a tease for the REAL date which is the 17th.

That’s our official retail launch date. What you’re gonna see is all of the major retailers will have their advertising and their promotions. This weekend is really the beginning of the month-long back to school season. We very consciously picked this as a launch date. Look for major promotional activities, broadly. Not only across all of our webOS devices, but across our PC products as well. Look for a lot of in-store experiences: merchandising, labor, promotions, bundles — all sorts of things will kick off on the 17th.

I am gonna remain a bit skeptical here…did the Veer ever have a hard launch, or did that just remain squishy?

OTA!

Yup…it’s coming…and soon (hopefully)

That will be out by the end of the month, as well. We’re trying real hard to match the 17th, but you can at least expect it by the end of the month. And, by the way, there will be another update after that and another update after that one. That’s the way it’s going to be in the future, and I think the elegance of that is awesome for end users. Their products are literally getting better, and they don’t even know it.

In addition to his comments on when we can expect the update he said this concerning what we can expect will be in it.

There are bug fixes, there are new features, there are new apps, new capabilities, all of the above.

Community

An interesting turn during his interview came when he spoke about community.

“We haven’t had a community, per se.”

That is probably completely accurate. HP hasn’t been in the business of courting a community. As you know, they have inherited (from Palm) a very passionate one that pays attention to every word. We will be looking for each and every one of those things in the update. Let’s hope these words don’t end up sounding like some of Mr. Apotheker’s statements with regard to webOS related matters….

Ruby

So with Mr. DeWitt taking over, what happens to Jon Rubenstein? He goes back to doing what he does best. Designing. Ruby was largely responsible for the original iMac and iPod.

“We’re fortunate to have Jon doing that voodoo that he does. He’s going to bring his knowledge, experience, and passion for building products across the PSG portfolio.”

The guy is a legend in product design and is going right back to it as the head of innovation in the PSG group. I, for one, think this is a great move and will benefit HP in a big way.

Wrapup

Some media outlets are painting this shuffle as a big deal and a sign of weakness for webOS. I don’t think this could be further from the truth. HP is showing that they are 110% behind webOS and are making it more and more core to their central vision. This reorg takes one of their top players and uses him to make sure that webOS reaches the potential it all has.

Source: Engadget, Boston.com

About David Baxter

David is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of webOSroundup. When not toiling away at WOR he is usually with his family, at church, building a website of some kind or another, or playing a video game. @davidbbaxter

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http://twitter.com/confusedgeek Felipe Garcia

that engadget int was a must read.

i wish him and webos well. but now they have to execute. once they say something they have to pull it off.

so 10 days is 10 days, by the end of next friday the ota should be out. if not, then its the same old stuff. promises promises.

one thing though, mr dewitt answered my question on twitter so he is already likable. ;)

by rudi you got tired with your “soon” answer to every question.

MPM

I would love to ask him when the hell Sprint gets some new webOS phones

JDM

Watch out for the Webosroundup police, MPM. (YES “W”ebos even if it’s at the beginning of the sentence, BWAHAHAHA!!!)

Malette

Are you the self appointed sherriff?

http://www.webosroundup.com/ David

He gets till the end of the month for the release to come out. Then we unleash the hounds :P

MPM

All sounds great but he will impress me once he has webOS on all carriers especially Sprint. Till that happens I am not buying a TouchPad

JDM

Again. You gotta be real careful around here, MPM. You will be flogged for saying “Sprint” in these, here, side of the hills.

JDM

See, you gotta be on topic. Your opinion isn’t valid unless it relates to the article. And some people are SO tired of whiney people… I mean, come on! Can’t people just learn to stay on topic and not say ANYTHING at ALL about Sprint?? WAhhhhhh! Man, they’re so lame! I’m soooooo tired of all the whining! That’s all I hear!!! Wah wah waaaahhhh!!! Sprint wahhhh! So tired of it! So remember, MPM. Don’t mention Sprint and new devices and I won’t have to Whi-…errr, I mean, compla-….no, haha, I mean try to maintain a whine-free webOSroundup forum :) Haha!!

JDM

Actually, I mean that “THEY” won’t have the need to compla- (OOPS! I Almost said the wrong thing again, haha! My bad!) They won’t have the need to politely correct you and keep webOSroundup free of Sprint complaints…

http://profiles.google.com/anayagamingllc Jason Buffalo

You know HP should be glad that there is complaints for WebOS not been on Sprint, that shows demand. because to be honest, the way things are looking nobody is really that much interested in WebOS, but i guess we will wait and see for the REAL release Date on the 17 when everything goes “full sail”.

Paulb443

I know you’re being sarcastic but I gotta say… It’s true… You sprint guys have a single mode: whiney…. I actually think ATT is much more flexible (data and voice simultaneous) and great for business (international GSM)

Dale Hollins

One problem for those of us in the DC metro / Northern Virginia area… AT&T quite simply does not have the coverage of Sprint or VZW. My wife has an iPhone 4 on AT&T. Her coverage was not very good, so as a test she purchased an iPhone 4 on VZW. Let’s just say that she is now a VZW customer. Plans are plans, and pricing is pricing, but if the coverage isn’t there all the rest doesn’t matter. People want coverage–especially people who heavily rely on their phones for business purposes.

MPM

Here is a tip. WebOS is Sprint. There would be no webOS without us Sprint customers who are the largest and most dedicated users. So frankly I don’t care if you don’t like the complaining. It is what it is. Those of you on ATT enjoy your dropped calls and rip off pricing

Robert

I hardly ever get a droped call, and price is a little more then sprint. But as said in the interview “We haven’t had a community, per se” that means they really don’t care about sprint customers , and neither do I. I see why they think that, none of us with Pre+/- or Pixi +/- have bought a HP phone. This is the rebirth of WebOs, not the Evolution. So just adapt to not getting a webos phone, could be worse, like the old saying goes “Better pissed off then pissed on”
Stillherehangingon NOMORE

Well heres the deal. Can’t go with tiered plans since I use phone as primary (99%) online access. Sprints the best value so guess HP can just “piss off”. HP must be BLIND !!! No community,then WTF are Precentral, Webosroundup & Sprint users. HP is so f#k’d. Sorry for the language but H(emaroid) P(ains) is what they’ve given me.
Robert

Lol

Getiatoday

My biggest criticism with the Engadget interview, is that, here they had the head honcho of webos at their side, and they FAILED to ask about the biggest gripe that many webOS users have. SPRINT. I won’t be a cry baby about that, I would have just hoped that they could have asked the question to put the rumor mill to rest.

Malette

That is a good point and I can totally understand how sprint users could be frustrated with the lack of news. If it were me I’d want to know so either I could go to another carrier or another OS. For me I just get frustrated hearing people in a sense demand sprint carry it or HP release to it. Which neither really has to happen. Companies make their own choices to do what they think they need to do to be successful.
Malette

That is a good point and I can totally understand how sprint users could be frustrated with the lack of news. If it were me I’d want to know so either I could go to another carrier or another OS. For me I just get frustrated hearing people in a sense demand sprint carry it or HP release to it. Which neither really has to happen. Companies make their own choices to do what they think they need to do to be successful.

Stillherehangingon NOMORE

Ditto
Stillherehangingon NOMORE

Ditto

Miles4000

I believe it when they say the 17th is the start of Touchpad launch. There was an embargo for retailers.
Miles4000

I believe it when they say the 17th is the start of Touchpad launch. There was an embargo for retailers.
Miles4000

I believe it when they say the 17th is the start of Touchpad launch. There was an embargo for retailers.
http://www.facebook.com/leviwallach Levi Wallach

I still don’t get this concept of a soft launch. If they want to beta-test the devices, why didn’t they just get the community (oops, wait, there is not community, right.) rather than let the press (who will be very upfront about any problems) beta test for you? Why let retailers put the product in their stores but let the display languish with crashed devices just to give consumers a horrible first impression? It makes NO sense to me, I’m sorry.

This guy seems super smart and successful, so I’m actually more optimistic about prospects since the TP launched, but he’s not being completely up front. I know, he’s trying to spin things in a positive light for HP, but most people can see through such spin and it can end up presenting a less than honest tone to HP. Defensiveness can also make it seem like you have things to hide. But I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and bet that he really will get the ship righted again (Sorry David, I disagree that Ruby wasn’t demoted, or at leased shoved off so that someone a bit tougher – and more marketing and biz-relations saavy could take over).

Bakachu

sorry, I just have to correct you and everyone whining about this “no community” thing. Read the whole article and especially that part again. He’s saying in the past, HP hasn’t had a community they’ve had to deal with. WebOS does have a community but HP is new to dealing with one. That is simply all they’re saying.

Fango

Love it.
Malette

Well overall I have some regained confidence in HP. Not seeing greatness in the near future though. I for one think they should have thought about people placement months ago. If the reshuffle appears as weakness it is only because of the timing and lack of TP “success”. The updat should be available now! Not by the end of July, but none the less it’s on it’s way. I just hope HP realizes they need to be creating products steps beyond what the beyond is right now. By the time they release so much more will be out. I’m glad to hear they have products in development with different form factors. The answer to the TP reviews in my opinion was weak. It doesn’t even address the real issues that caused the less than luke warm reviews. Still glad to hear some of these words and hope all is true including the updates for now and in the future.
JDM

Lol: “Squishy”
Scotland

I think we’ll just have to see. DeWitt comes in with a lot of experience working at PSG – so, unlike Rubenstein, who is a relative newcomer to HP (and has always been within the relatively insular Palm GBU), DeWitt probably has much better connections throughout HP to get things done (for example, he has done multiple HP style product launches). DeWitt also has a clear history of good execution within this environment so this is definitely good news from that perspective (HP is placing a clear emphasis on webOS).

Though he gets a lot of knocks against him for his recent work at Palm, Rubenstein has a long history of product development excellence. We’ll have to see if HP is serious about keeping him and positioning him to be in a role that is both valuable to the company, and affords him the types of challenges he is looking for. If Ruby could focus his efforts on longer term visions of the webOS ecosystem and developing the same sorts of human resources (architects/designers) that Apple has – I think that might fit the bill. I would hope he will have the staff to not only develop and articulate a clear strategy but also have the clout to be able to make it a reality.

Again, we’ll have to wait and see. HP has talked about becoming more like Apple and, part of the cost of having your own ecosystem (instead of being just an OEM being part of someone else’s) is that you have to have visionary leaders, innovation, and long-term planning. I could see Ruby being a key part of that transformation.
melvin hunter

I think ruby did a fine job with webOS, but his efforts were laughable when it comes too hardware. Quite frankly, the pixi, pre+, and pixi+ should never have existed. The Pre 2 really should have come around much sooner, and there’s no reason the veer should have been further along in development than the pre3. He must have too much apple in his blood, trying to tell the market what it wanted. subsequently, he failed to produce a single device to commercial success. He belongs in a creative position, but shouldnt have the final say. It 2011 and there is still no webOS phone with a larger display. I know not everyone wants one, but a lot of people do and the void should have been addressed a year ago.
melvin hunter

I think ruby did a fine job with webOS, but his efforts were laughable when it comes too hardware. Quite frankly, the pixi, pre+, and pixi+ should never have existed. The Pre 2 really should have come around much sooner, and there’s no reason the veer should have been further along in development than the pre3. He must have too much apple in his blood, trying to tell the market what it wanted. subsequently, he failed to produce a single device to commercial success. He belongs in a creative position, but shouldnt have the final say. It 2011 and there is still no webOS phone with a larger display. I know not everyone wants one, but a lot of people do and the void should have been addressed a year ago.
melvin hunter

I think ruby did a fine job with webOS, but his efforts were laughable when it comes too hardware. Quite frankly, the pixi, pre+, and pixi+ should never have existed. The Pre 2 really should have come around much sooner, and there’s no reason the veer should have been further along in development than the pre3. He must have too much apple in his blood, trying to tell the market what it wanted. subsequently, he failed to produce a single device to commercial success. He belongs in a creative position, but shouldnt have the final say. It 2011 and there is still no webOS phone with a larger display. I know not everyone wants one, but a lot of people do and the void should have been addressed a year ago.
melvin hunter

I think ruby did a fine job with webOS, but his efforts were laughable when it comes too hardware. Quite frankly, the pixi, pre+, and pixi+ should never have existed. The Pre 2 really should have come around much sooner, and there’s no reason the veer should have been further along in development than the pre3. He must have too much apple in his blood, trying to tell the market what it wanted. subsequently, he failed to produce a single device to commercial success. He belongs in a creative position, but shouldnt have the final say. It 2011 and there is still no webOS phone with a larger display. I know not everyone wants one, but a lot of people do and the void should have been addressed a year ago.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PHFU3HBG6V5UDHWM7TWYETK4VI calvinw321

Is it just me or does looking at that smirky pic of him that’s going around send of gaydar alerts? Not that there’s anything wrong with it…

JDM

Someone has a bit of a crush, mmmMMMM???? Not that there’s anything wrong with that… He is quite a handsome devil, isn’t he?

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PHFU3HBG6V5UDHWM7TWYETK4VI calvinw321

Is it just me or does looking at that smirky pic of him that’s going around send of gaydar alerts? Not that there’s anything wrong with it…
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PHFU3HBG6V5UDHWM7TWYETK4VI calvinw321

Is it just me or does looking at that smirky pic of him that’s going around send of gaydar alerts? Not that there’s anything wrong with it…
Raun

A corporate global business unit is what HP needed? Wow, you guys aren’t living in reality.

How’s Apples GBU faring?

Umm, ya, I thought so.

They can strategize all they want but they better start building widgets people want.

Steve Jobs, a single man, controls an enormous amount of this space, and hp is an afterthought.

A gbu isn’t going to do sh%%

http://www.webosroundup.com/ David

Apple doesn’t need GBU’s because they are not nearly the size of HP.

The GBU simply means that webOS is front and center.

http://profiles.google.com/anayagamingllc Jason Buffalo

I starting to think this is one of the Advantage Apple has over HP, it’s still small, i am thinking HP is to Big and therefor to hard to Manage,when you read your review i think i remember that an executive made claims that a OTA update is coming in a Week, now here it’s in the end of the Month, i doubt the CEO or VP of HP knows what exactly is going on in HP. this is something look into at other big Company’s and how they manage there units, and see if there is at a certain point a complete Failure in Business where they need to start splitting up the Company.

JDM

I don’t know jack about big business, but the hope would be that the leader leads his commanders well, and they in turn lead their employees well. This, of course, is if HP is a well-oiled machine.

http://profiles.google.com/anayagamingllc Jason Buffalo

That’s problem with Machines is the more parts it has the more likely something is Wrong, as to a Machine with Less parts, Here i am just asking myself if there is so much going on in HP that the Leadership just looses oversight in certain Areas.

Anonymous

Action speak louder than worlds. webOS GBU was how hard to put out there? Hmmm let’s see – what does ink cost these days.

Show us a $500mm to 1BB R&D/Marketing budget. Apple spends billions on each (every year) but yet you think a July 17 blitz is going to put this on the map?

Show us a product road map that is not littered with Pre design center products. The original Pre was a sales volume face plant. Why in the world would someone make what amounts to be a giant Pre made of plastic patterned after an tablet (iPad 1) which is no longer being sold.

They screwed the pooch on this one and they know it. No amount of signage or BB circular tree killing is going to make the TP easy to hold, trim, faster or functional.

The OTAs and more apps will help but no rear camera + being one of the heaviest and thickest of the brand name tablets is not how to announce your presence with authority.

Touchstones in HP conference rooms may look cool but 99.9999% of users would take an Samsung Galaxy 10.1 style device over a pudgy plastic TP b/c touchstone charging is not all that cool or needed.

So how many Touchstones will people use on airplanes, at the park, at a hotel?

Almost none.

People who travel with tablets dont want to carry more bulky. Has this guy been to the airport or flown coach recently.

A few coiled wires is all people want to stuff into their bags.

Oh and even with the touch stone the TP gets about 6hrs of heavy use to iPad 2 and Galaxy 10.1 10 hrs.

So year the bulk and the touch stone are so worth it.

Good lord. Call a duck a duck.

I wanted to buy one of these but I hate my Pre due to its design limitations and the TP is just a larger version of the same problem.

A no imagination, design by committee/bean counters, disappointment.

Call me when you have a 10.1″ screen TP 2 which is as light/trim as an iPad2, made of aluminum or metal grade plastic, comes with a 8mp rear cam, 2.5 mp front cam, Google +,Nook app, can edit MS Office Docs, etc.

I have no faith Google with support this platform so G+ is a non starter.

Anonymous

well one thing he said. He said the update will be out by the end of the month, if not sooner. I know the other article says 10 days from yesterday, I’ll give them till the end of the month. As of him talking about bundles coming on july 17, maybe I can trade my TP in get the bundle for a better price? I’m hoping, I believe, time to think ahead and beyond.
http://profiles.google.com/anayagamingllc Jason Buffalo

Whats up with the we don’t have a Community Per say,why am i here, when HP bought Palm it includes the Community, i surly don’t like this statement, sound like HP is distancing itself from the Community, i surly hope this not true.

Scotland

That’s not the case – you have to get the context from the original Engadget interview. DeWitt is giving kudos to the webOS community and saying that, prior to acquiring Palm, they never had such a strong user community before. This makes sense given that HP never really owned the end-to-end user experience on their consumer products – what they are doing now is different than what they did before when they were just an OEM using a Microsoft OS for their PC products, for example.

I’ve pulled the excerpt from the original article with bold added by me for emphasis.
>>[Engadget] Did you feel that any of the criticisms were apt, that you plan to work on, moving ahead?My hope is that in six months we’re going to have a discussion about all of the new stuff that we brought to the market…not just playing catch up.>> [DeWitt] Um…yeah. And you know, it’s not just the feedback you get from reviewers, it’s also the fact that our user community is extremely vocal. On the thousands of units that are already out there, the feedback that we’re getting from the customer base is fantastic. One of the things that’s new for HP — and I’ll admit it, though I don’t want to be defensive, because it’s nothing to be defensive about — we haven’t done this in the past. We haven’t had assets like this. We haven’t had a community, per se. And so, we’re getting used to this regular cadence of delivering updates. Remember, this is an environment that evolves every single day.
Scotland

That’s not the case – you have to get the context from the original Engadget interview. DeWitt is giving kudos to the webOS community and saying that, prior to acquiring Palm, they never had such a strong user community before. This makes sense given that HP never really owned the end-to-end user experience on their consumer products – what they are doing now is different than what they did before when they were just an OEM using a Microsoft OS for their PC products, for example.

I’ve pulled the excerpt from the original article with bold added by me for emphasis.
>>[Engadget] Did you feel that any of the criticisms were apt, that you plan to work on, moving ahead?My hope is that in six months we’re going to have a discussion about all of the new stuff that we brought to the market…not just playing catch up.>> [DeWitt] Um…yeah. And you know, it’s not just the feedback you get from reviewers, it’s also the fact that our user community is extremely vocal. On the thousands of units that are already out there, the feedback that we’re getting from the customer base is fantastic. One of the things that’s new for HP — and I’ll admit it, though I don’t want to be defensive, because it’s nothing to be defensive about — we haven’t done this in the past. We haven’t had assets like this. We haven’t had a community, per se. And so, we’re getting used to this regular cadence of delivering updates. Remember, this is an environment that evolves every single day.

Scotland

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Scotland

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Scotland

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http://profiles.google.com/anayagamingllc Jason Buffalo

Ah okay, well i haven’t read the Endgadget Article but WOR Article and they just gave that little sentence, what i have to say is very easy to misinterpreted.

Stillherehangingon NOMORE

Ditto

Scotland

That’s not the case – you have to get the context from the original Engadget interview. DeWitt is giving kudos to the webOS community and saying that, prior to acquiring Palm, they never had such a strong user community before. This makes sense given that HP never really owned the end-to-end user experience on their consumer products – what they are doing now is different than what they did before when they were just an OEM using a Microsoft OS for their PC products, for example.

I’ve pulled the excerpt from the original article with bold added by me for emphasis.
>>[Engadget] Did you feel that any of the criticisms were apt, that you plan to work on, moving ahead?My hope is that in six months we’re going to have a discussion about all of the new stuff that we brought to the market…not just playing catch up.>> [DeWitt] Um…yeah. And you know, it’s not just the feedback you get from reviewers, it’s also the fact that our user community is extremely vocal. On the thousands of units that are already out there, the feedback that we’re getting from the customer base is fantastic. One of the things that’s new for HP — and I’ll admit it, though I don’t want to be defensive, because it’s nothing to be defensive about — we haven’t done this in the past. We haven’t had assets like this. We haven’t had a community, per se. And so, we’re getting used to this regular cadence of delivering updates. Remember, this is an environment that evolves every single day.

Wmmc2001us

Amazing how many interpreters we have posting on this site. HP has to be loving it…. Go say something to the press and see how many was the webOS community will spin it! No wonder the English (USA Version) is so difficult to learn. You say a sentence and it can mean several different things to several different people, but each wants you to think they are correct in their interpretation.
Why not let each of us read it and keep our thoughts to ourselves? Oh forgot this is why bulletin-boards/blogs got so popular….. One thought many readers, then many thoughts each different….Oh yea, Wikipedia like inspiration.
Keep it coming as it is very entertaining, whether on a TINY Veer Screen or my 9.7″ FAT Tablet screen, or even my 17″ Heavy-10lb laptop.
IMHO
Merzy

There’s a sound of optimism from De Witt, and I hope he is right
Guest

I saw your headline and thought, oh boy, they are drinking the kool-aide again.
Fango

I played with the evo 3D, and it didn’t seem that fast, and still had load times and took as long as my pre minus with 1gb overclock. Hmm…I am hoping to get everything that I can get with the touchpad. Before the end of the month.