Tag Archives: android
HP Reaffirms Commitment to webOS — As an Enterprise Development Platform
Hewlett-Packard today reaffirmed their commitment to webOS, as an enterprise development platform. Yep, that’s right, an enterprise development platform.
Chairman of the Board Ray Lane said the following at the InformationWeek 500 conference when comparing webOS and Android for the …
When Big Business Partners with the Big Apple
As a dedicated user of webOS, I’ve learned to accept the fact that some app developers will never see the need (or the financial incentive) to port existing mobile apps to my platform of choice.
I’ve had plenty of conversations …
Posted in Featured, Opinion/Editorials, Straight from the Hip
Tagged android, iphone, Shopping, webOS
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Content is King: What HP Must Do to Help the webOS Tablet Succeed
We talked about tablets on the most recent webOSRadio podcast extensively, and within that discussion primarily about specs and hardware. Having high-end components is certainly an important part to not only appeal to gadget lovers but also in assuring …
Posted in Featured, News, Opinion/Editorials
Tagged android, cloud, connected devices, hp, ipad, Opinion, palm, Pixi, Pre, tablet, webOS
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Why did Matias Duarte leave Palm?
Today, Engadget posted their recording of an exclusive interview with previous webOS design guru, Matias Duarte. As the designer for our favorite mobile OS, Matias had a lot of impact. He brought the many subtle design cues, the multitasking …
Posted in News, Opinion/Editorials
Tagged android, google, honeycomb, hp, matias, palm, webOS
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Now THIS is Multitasking
There seems to be a great deal of confusion about multitasking on mobile devices. That is, what one company calls multi-tasking is what another calls unitasking with quick-swapping.
ANALYST: webOS Will Fail to Catch on by 2014?!
We’ve always taken analysts’ predictions with a heaping helping of salt, so when the most recent one from IDC came across our desks, we got the shakers ready. Turns out we’re gonna need a helluva lot more salt than …
Posted in News, Opinion/Editorials
Tagged android, Blackberry, hp, IDC, iOS, palm, Symbian, webOS, Windows Phone 7
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HP’s Android based Zeen tablet is the HP Photosmart eStation C510
As we reported last month, HP has been rumored to have an Android-based tablet device on the way called the Zeen. As stated in our previous post, we know that the product is a is part of a printer …
Posted in News
Tagged android, competition, hp, News, Photosmart eStation C510, slate, tablet, webOS, Zeen, Zeus
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Straight from the Hip: The Middle Ground of Openness
“Straight from the Hip” is our new regular column by Pamela Hazelton that talks about webOS and mobile tech.
An attractive feature of the Android platform is total openness. So much openness, in fact, that Google doesn’t even validate …
Posted in Opinion/Editorials, Straight from the Hip
Tagged android, iphone, palm, straight from the hip, webOS
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HP Casts Android Tablet Aside
“Doubling down” on webOS seems to have a way of shifting priorities for HP, doesn’t it? We just told you guys about how HP is no longer a launch partner for Windows Phone 7. Here’s another not-so-surprising tidbit: according …
Google Releases Competitor to Ares
Google today announced the beta release of App Inventor, a visual design tool similar to Palm’s Ares. The tool aims to allow the creation of Android applications without the need to learn programming. Similar to Ares, App Inventor allows …
iPhone vs. Android?…What about webOS?!
As webOS fans, we’re kinda getting used to having our favorite operating system left out of smartphone discussions. So when Lifehacker did a “power user smackdown” of iPhone vs Android as though they were the only two options, it …
Posted in Fun Stuff, Miscellaneous
Tagged 1n73r.net, android, iOS, iphone, Lifehacker, webOS
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Matias Duarte Leaves Palm, is Assimilated by Android
Well you can imagine our surprise (and chagrin) when we paid Engadget our daily homage only to be met by the headline (originally released by All Things D) that Matias Duarte — the man who first showed us webOS at …
