Quite unexpectedly, HP has shut down their webOS device operations. HP will shut down their TouchPad tablets, and webOS phones.
Here is a take from the press release:
In addition, HP reported that it plans to announce that it will discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones. HP will continue to explore options to optimize the value of webOS software going forward.
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Qualcomm will host an interesting conference on June 1-2, in San Diego. The conference is called Uplinq 2011, and will have a wide array of interesting speakers.
Keynote speakers will include Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, chairman and CEO of Qualcomm, Jon Rubinstein, senior vice president and general manager, Palm Global Business Unit, Hewlett-Packard Company, Peter Chou, CEO of HTC and Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia.
Maybe we’ll see some Windows Phone 7 news from Nokia!?
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(On a side-note, I wasn’t able to come online during the weekend, and that’s why you didn’t see a post yesterday. Regular posts will continue again tomorrow!)
A tablet spec comparison paper. You’ll find the following devices in the image: iPad 2, Motorola Xoom, LG Optimus Pad, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, HP TouchPad and BlackBerry PlayBook.
A phone’s music player is an essential app for those of you who don’t want to carry a separate MP3 player with you. Check out the video above and decide for yourself on which player suits you the best. The following OS’s are covered: webOS (Palm Pre Plus), iOS (iPhone 4), Android (Samsung Continuum and Motorola Droid 2) and Windows Phone 7 (HTC Surround).
HP announced that every webOS device will get updated to webOS 2.0. The timeframe for this is in the coming few months. Good job HP on your anti-fragmentation work.
Admob released the new statistics for April 2010, and it shows that the iPhone OS outnumbers Android OS by 3.5 to 1 on a worldwide basis.
Highlights of AdMob Mobile Metrics for April 2010.
- The majority of unique iPhone OS devices were located in North America (49%) and Western Europe (28%). The top five countries with the most unique iPhone OS devices in April 2010 were the United States (44%), United Kingdom (9%), France (6%), Canada (5%) and Japan (4%).
- 75% of unique Android devices were located in North America in April 2010, followed by Asia (12%) and Western Europe (11%). The United States had the most unique Android OS devices (75%), followed by China (8%), the UK (3%), France (2%) and Germany (2%).
- In the US there was a 2 to 1 ratio of iPhone OS devices to Android OS devices. Worldwide the ratio of iPhone OS devices to Android devices was 3.5 to 1.
- In AdMob’s network there were 8.7 million unique Android OS devices and 10.7 million unique iPhones in the United States in April 2010. When non-phone devices running the iPhone OS – the iPod touch and iPad – are included the number of unique devices jumps to 18.3 million in the US.
- In AdMob’s network there were 11.6 million unique Android OS devices and 27.4 million unique iPhones worldwide in April 2010. When non-phone devices running the iPhone OS – the iPod touch and iPad – are included the number of unique devices jumps to 40.8 million worldwide.
- 2 new Android devices, the Sony Ericsson X10i and HTC Desire, entered the top 10 smartphones in the United Kingdom in April 2010.
- AdMob overall worldwide traffic for April 2010 increased 8% month over month to 18.0 billion.
HP announced yesterday that it had agreed to buy Palm for $1.2 Billion.
“Palm’s innovative operating system provides an ideal platform to expand HP’s mobility strategy and create a unique HP experience spanning multiple mobile connected devices,” said Todd Bradley, executive vice president, Personal Systems Group, HP. “And, Palm possesses significant IP assets and has a highly skilled team. The smartphone market is large, profitable and rapidly growing, and companies that can provide an integrated device and experience command a higher share. Advances in mobility are offering significant opportunities, and HP intends to be a leader in this market”
The transaction will close during HP’s third fiscal quarter ending July 31, 2010. Palm’s current chairman and CEO, Jon Rubinstein, is expected to remain with the company.
Read the full Press Release here.
Remember that touch screen comparison a few months ago? People were saying that the test was flawed due to human error. Well guess what? The same test is now done with a robot controlling the finger! So this time around you can’t actually blame the results on anything other than poor/good display quality. This time they have also done the test on a Palm Pre and Storm 2, in addition to the “old” Apple iPhone, HTC Droid Eris, Motorola Droid and Google Nexus One.
Hit view post to see the equipment/robot that is controlling the finger, and the video.
