It seems like the mismanagement of webOS is something we’ll be hearing about for a long time going forward. The webOS system has been celebrated by tech pundits and users, but just can’t seem to find its way onto quality hardware with reasonable marketing and support behind it. WebOS started out [...]
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Apple, Uncategorized, android, blackberry, tablets, webOS
August 17th 2011 | Posted by WebOsArena
Digitimes reports that in order to boost sales and clear inventory due to weaker than expected demand, Android, webOS and QNX tablet makers are planning across-the-board price cuts by the end of September.
We don’t see it as much of a surprise that the tablet prices will be falling about six months after launch, [...]
Apple, Uncategorized, Windows, android, software, webOS
August 4th 2011 | Posted by WebOsArena
Our digital news stands are about to get quite a bit better. Time Inc. has promised that by the end of this year, it will bring all 21 of its magazine titles to the “leading tablet platforms”. Although, by “leading platforms” apparently Time only means iOS, Android and WebOS. Sorry, BlackBerry [...]
AT&T, Apple, Uncategorized, android, tablets, webOS
April 12th 2011 | Posted by WebOsArena
Gartner is a well-trusted tech oracle, but when it comes to predicting events in a 5-year timeframe, predictions become largely equivalent to palm-reading. Well, there might be one exception – tablets. Apple has basically created the tablet market with the original iPad and Gartner’s latest prognosis says that Cupertino is to remain the dominant company. [...]
Apple, Uncategorized, android, software, symbian, webOS
March 9th 2011 | Posted by WebOsArena
In the very near future game creator Rovio will be releasing an update to the Angry Birds Seasons game with special levels designed for St. Patrick’s Day that includes the pigs wearing green Irish hats.
This edition of the game is called “Go Green, Get Lucky.” In the preview trailer posted at [...]
Apple, Palm, Uncategorized, android, blackberry, tablets
March 8th 2011 | Posted by WebOsArena
Though many have jumped on the tablet bandwagon with devices like the successful Apple iPad, 99.7% of the world’s population still has not seen the need for a tablet and therefore have not purchased one to date.
The research was conducted by RBC Capital Market analyst Mike Abramsky who managed to create [...]
AT&T, Apple, Motorola, Palm, Samsung, Uncategorized, android, tablets, webOS
March 8th 2011 | Posted by WebOsArena
The battle of the heavyweights has officially been staged – the Apple iPad 2 is the successor to the original iPad, which dominated the tablet segment in the last year, but the new contenders appear with an equally mighty dual-core muscle and tailor-made Android Honeycomb not breaking a sweat under its power.
The iPad 2 comes [...]
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February 2nd 2011 | Posted by WebOsArena
HP CEO Leo Apotheker recently shared some of his thoughts and hopes about HP and it seems his major point is that HP should become “cool” like Apple. Just how cool? Reportedly, Apotheker called on his Bangalore employees to “get rid of their iPhones and iPads.” The main reason – of course – is the [...]
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December 7th 2010 | Posted by Derek Kessler
CES 2011 is just a few weeks away, and we’re all assuming (and hoping) that Palm announces some awesome new devices to replace the aging hardware that’s out there right now. At this point, given the current marketshare numbers, what might be needed more than the new hardware is a new consumer mindset pertaining to Palm.
According to the latest numbers from Nielsen, Palm’s marketshare stands at a paltry 1.3% in the United States, and we’d reason that international marketshare is around that, if not lower in countries where Palm products are even available.
With Palm’s market penetration so low, the question weighing heavily on our minds right now is how do Palm and HP turn around their fortunes with webOS – especially if we need to wait some time for new hardware? The answer lies not with rebuilding marketshare. No, the answer is to reboot the public perception and start over. webOS is a fantastic operating system, but it was already fighting an uphill battle against iOS when it launched, and has since been eclipsed by Android and is facing competition for the bottom rung from, of all companies, Microsoft with their turn-the-smartphone-OS-on-its-ear Windows Phone 7.
In this mess of smartphone operating systems, how is Palm to differentiate itself and make the case for why Joe Consumer should buy a webOS phone over an iPhone or Droid? Reboot, reset, and start over. Palm needs to be aggressive with their advertising. It can’t be “We’re still here.” No, the message must be “We are here. This is why we’re awesome.”
Apple, Uncategorized, Windows, android, blackberry, webOS
December 6th 2010 | Posted by WebOsArena
The October smartphone OS numbers are in, and not everyone is pleased. The statistics from comScore measure the change in U.S. smartphone OS market share from July, 2010 to October, 2010. Google’s Android is the big winner, while RIM’s BlackBerry continues to falter.
Android has continued its ascent, going from 17% to 23.5%, which amounts to [...]