thought on hp announcement
Today’s HP announcement of assorted touchscreen devices slated for this summer echoed with a fresh wave of the too little too late sentiment from loads of pundits and bloggers, but I’m not so sure. Regardless of how late they arrive to the party, there is always going to be room for a solid competitor to the iPad in the tablet space, and WebOS seems as good of a bet as the other contenders.
Sure Android has offerings out already, but we can’t pretend they have a meaningful share of the market yet. Not to mention that the Android tablet space is spread so thin, as CES was so kind to show us. The closest thing to a killer piece of hardware is the Samsung Galaxy thingy, and everybody willing to admit it knows it’s not putting any pressure on the iPad. Having so many tablets available hasn’t been as advantageous as the worlds most “open” company would have hoped.
Palm has been one of the few companies who has risked innovation in the tech world on par with Apple in the past. I’d be happy to see them dish out some solid competition.