Last week was a huge week for news surrounding smartphones and iPad-like tablets. I mentioned a few weeks ago how the market was moving to vertical integration, which was placing platforms like Android at risk, but I didn’t expect HP to move this quickly by buying Palm and getting its own OS. In addition, the lawsuit from Apple targeting HTC’s Android phones, coupled with HTC having to license even more code from Microsoft to cover the same phones, has likely turned Android into the most expensive OS in its space.
Good luck to HP is all I can say. Because Apple is on a roll and it does seem that in the media and for many Apple fans that Apple can do no wrong. Even busting doors down did not seem to wake up the media. What Apple does better then anybody is preparation.
They seem to get a product right except for a few glitches. Android and many others who have tried seem to get it half right but lack getting the attention Apple does with a product launch. Until someone like HP with enough money can overcome this Apple media. Apple will continue to be the market king. Even though they may not have the best stuff.
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HP's Deal of the Century, Android's Short Life
Posted by: Rob Enderle May 3, 2010 05:00 AMLast week was a huge week for news surrounding smartphones and iPad-like tablets. I mentioned a few weeks ago how the market was moving to vertical integration, which was placing platforms like Android at risk, but I didn’t expect HP to move this quickly by buying Palm and getting its own OS. In addition, the lawsuit from Apple targeting HTC’s Android phones, coupled with HTC having to license even more code from Microsoft to cover the same phones, has likely turned Android into the most expensive OS in its space.
They seem to get a product right except for a few glitches. Android and many others who have tried seem to get it half right but lack getting the attention Apple does with a product launch. Until someone like HP with enough money can overcome this Apple media. Apple will continue to be the market king. Even though they may not have the best stuff.