Chipp, They priced the TouchPad to high and released it with a poor version of WebOS. Had they released it with a better pricing and WebOS 3.0.2, things would be better... Also killing it after 48 days is a bit too much. Meanwhile they tricked all of us, loyal palm developers. They promissed things. We went and purchased equipment for development purposes while they shouted about the big things we would build together. That was mere days before shutting down. Thats not how you treat your developers.
I am a LiveCode developer, I use LiveCode every single day and yet, I choose WebOS as my mobile OS because I saw in it a potential and usability far beyond iOS (thats easy) and Android. Heck, Ares alone is worth WebOS investment. What killed the TouchPad and WebOS was poor executive decisions, not technology... On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Chipp Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > They killed it because it just wasn't moving-- even a little bit. Sales > were so bad HP decided it wasn't worth pouring more marketing and R&D > dollars into a commodity product market. > > Most of the $99 and $149 models were snatched up immediately-- with folks > expecting to convert them to Android. > > It will be interesting to see if Microsoft or Google or other large company > purchases the WebOS IP. Word is, it's a valuable war chest of patents. > Supposedly, the team is also still intact, for now... > > Chipp Walters > CEO Shafer Walters Group, Inc > > On Aug 23, 2011, at 7:44 PM, Mike Felker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sold out here in 3 hours. I wonder why they killed it and felt they > needed a firesale? > > > > Mike > > > > Andre Garzia <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hello Folks, > >> > >> As some people know, WebOS is my favorite mobile OS and now HP just > killed > >> it. Now, to get rid of the inventory, HP is selling the HP TouchPad for > USD > >> 99 in a firesale on selected stores such as best buy. Unfortunately I am > in > >> Brazil and we don't have best buys here (or anything similar). So if > someone > >> here would like to help me, I would send by PayPal the money needed to > buy > >> the HP TouchPad plus the shipping cost to Brazil. WebOS is a wonderful > >> mobile OS and now without the prospect of newer devices, this is the > last > >> chance to get it. > >> > >> cheers > >> andre > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > [email protected] > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
