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"Touch to Share capability for sharing web addresses between HP TouchPad and compatible webOS phones" I'm sure all 5 people who still have the palm pre can bar

"Touch to Share capability for sharing web addresses between HP TouchPad and compatible webOS phones" I'm sure all 5 people who still have the palm pre can barely contain their excitement... Seriously, what's HP thinking? I think the Palm Pre came out with more fanfare, and that didn't turn out that great. If all that really differrentiates HP's tablet from the iPad is the OS, well, quite frankly, it's been done before with the Palm Pre vs. iPhone, with less than flattering results for Palm. I just don't see the sensible part yet... if someone else does, please point it out to me...

glhaynes 15y ago
Yeah... I want to see webOS do well, but making one of your main differentiators be tight integration with a product that essentially nobody owns isn't normally the route to success.
- jimmyk 15y ago
  It's not compatible with the original Pre or Pixi. It's compatible with the veer, which just came out, and the pre3, which doesn't even have a release date yet. It might be compatible with updated versions of the Pre2 but I don't think they're banking on people buying those.
  - camiller 15y ago
    No, the touch to share functionality is based on some form of near field communications. I don't think the Pre2 has the hardware. The Veer (with a software update) and Pre3 are supposed to support it.
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megaman821 15y ago
Palm made the mistake of not realizing fanfare isn't the same as distribution. Touchpads are going to be available at Amazon.com, HP.com, BestBuy, Walmart, Sam's Club, OfficeMax and several others within two weeks of launch, not to mention the international push. The Pre was stuck on the nation's 3rd largest network for like 6 months. It really had no chance of competing with current offerings on AT&T and Verizon being that old.
- jimmyk 15y ago
  Yup, and it took me over two months to get a Pre after it came out. And I was the first to get one from that Sprint store.
- Killah911 15y ago
  That's a valid point. It'll be an interesting case study, if it does indeed meet with some success. However, there are already other Android based tablets out there (Best Buy/CompUSA) which have had lackluster sales. Are they really banking on distribution channel being the key differrentiator? (yes, I know... WebOS too)
megrimlock 15y ago
I enjoyed reading your comment from my pre, while sitting in the park on a nice day. I agree that the fanfare over gee-whiz features is just hype. What should interest you is the potential, though unlikely emergence of another serious competitor. As with copy/paste, multitasking, notifications, and over-the-air updates, having competitors that show that Apple is not the only place great ideas come from can only be good for us all.
- podperson 15y ago
  Where did Jon Rubenstein's team come from again? ;-)

glhaynes 15y ago

Yeah... I want to see webOS do well, but making one of your main differentiators be tight integration with a product that essentially nobody owns isn't normally the route to success.

jimmyk 15y ago
It's not compatible with the original Pre or Pixi. It's compatible with the veer, which just came out, and the pre3, which doesn't even have a release date yet. It might be compatible with updated versions of the Pre2 but I don't think they're banking on people buying those.
- camiller 15y ago
  No, the touch to share functionality is based on some form of near field communications. I don't think the Pre2 has the hardware. The Veer (with a software update) and Pre3 are supposed to support it.

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megaman821 15y ago

Palm made the mistake of not realizing fanfare isn't the same as distribution. Touchpads are going to be available at Amazon.com, HP.com, BestBuy, Walmart, Sam's Club, OfficeMax and several others within two weeks of launch, not to mention the international push. The Pre was stuck on the nation's 3rd largest network for like 6 months. It really had no chance of competing with current offerings on AT&T and Verizon being that old.

jimmyk 15y ago
Yup, and it took me over two months to get a Pre after it came out. And I was the first to get one from that Sprint store.
Killah911 15y ago
That's a valid point. It'll be an interesting case study, if it does indeed meet with some success. However, there are already other Android based tablets out there (Best Buy/CompUSA) which have had lackluster sales. Are they really banking on distribution channel being the key differrentiator? (yes, I know... WebOS too)

megrimlock 15y ago

I enjoyed reading your comment from my pre, while sitting in the park on a nice day. I agree that the fanfare over gee-whiz features is just hype. What should interest you is the potential, though unlikely emergence of another serious competitor. As with copy/paste, multitasking, notifications, and over-the-air updates, having competitors that show that Apple is not the only place great ideas come from can only be good for us all.

podperson 15y ago
Where did Jon Rubenstein's team come from again? ;-)