The lonely death of WebOS

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I was hoping I would not talk about it a second time, but here we go again: WebOS reaches a point of critical failures and I doubt that technology will make it through the next two years. Why? Because WebOS simply can't capture the mindshare it needed to prosper.

According to the Woot deal site sold 612 dvuhknopocnyh his impressive sale $ 100 off. In a similar sales in July, Motorola Xoom, sold2, 288. In microcosm, this is where the touchpad and WebOS headed.

Before you argue that the sample size is too small for a full assessment, think about the current price drops – more than $ 100 within a few months – and also consider the last saw the touchpad in the wild? Rooms can be frugal, but they are all that we have so far.

This sudden decline HP TouchPad pricing is not unusual. Given that HP is currently responsible for this product, it is clear that prices, discounts, and giveaways are part of HP sales plan, and, thanks to HP's extensive experience in sales of personal computers, they are trying to clear channel for updated devices.

While this pricing decline is clearly part of the traditional HP m.o. – you don't sell millions of desktop and laptop computers, selling at full price all the time-I think it's m.o., in combination with a general lack of consumer interest is what will sink pad and Pre, leaving them to fend for themselves and not many devices in front of them.

For example, consider the iPaq. Originally called a solid competitor to the original Palm Pilot, Compaq sold a HP in 2002 and is slowly sputtered out as HP gave less and less attention to these devices. HP attempt – and not to sell PDA concept again minted Smartphone consumers and even when the iPaq began incorporating the functions of the phone it was too late: the world moved on.

Here's the bottom line: HP is where good ideas go to die. The company is not configured to think like the scrappy startup. WebOS will be rolled in notebooks, WebOS tablet product will destroy Windows 8 tablets, and long, twisted tale of the Palm will end with a whimper. I don't want to come to pass. I love the touch pad and until 3 this is a good phone. But there is simply no place for the third (or fourth (or fifth)) player in the Smartphone market right now with Android and iOS, battling it out and Windows phone creeping behind. HP cannot turn around, and eventually they will pull the plug. Maybe not this year, maybe not this CES, and by 2013 we will write obituary WebOS '.

Maybe I'll be proven wrong, but probably not. WebOS time has passed and we're just watching the funeral.

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