Apple iPad rival HP Slate sees demand fizzle at 9,000 units
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Apple iPad rival HP Slate sees demand fizzle at 9,000 units
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Re: Apple iPad rival HP Slate sees demand fizzle at 9,000 units
#2I didn't expected such biased news would be upvoted on HN
Re: Apple iPad rival HP Slate sees demand fizzle at 9,000 units
#3It's pretty clear HP tried to distance themselves from the Slate starting the day they bought Palm. They showed it at CES and then sat on it for months, then released apparently the same thing they had shown at CES.
I think that's a big mistake. While I love WebOS, I have even less desire to buy it on a Slate than I do iOS. I don't want my phone but bigger, I want my computer but smaller. My guess is the first real competitor to the iPad will be the one that lets you run actual Windows and somehow programmatically makes everything touch-friendly.
Re: Apple iPad rival HP Slate sees demand fizzle at 9,000 units
#4I didn't expected such biased news would be upvoted on HN
Then you must be new here.
Re: Apple iPad rival HP Slate sees demand fizzle at 9,000 units
#5I know these devices have a similar form factor but I think most comparisons should stop there. The HP slate is something that could be moderately successful being sold to businesses with few consumer purchases. The iPad is wildly successful being sold to consumers with few business purchases.
It will be more interesting to see if there will be consumer demand for HP's real iPad rival, the Palmpad.
Re: Apple iPad rival HP Slate sees demand fizzle at 9,000 units
#6It's pretty clear HP tried to distance themselves from the Slate starting the day they bought Palm. They showed it at CES and then sat on it for months, then released apparently the same thing they had shown at CES. I think that's a big mistake. While I love WebOS, I have even less desire to buy it on a Slate than I do iOS. I don't want my phone but bigger, I want my computer but smaller. My guess is the first real c…
lets you run actual Windows and somehow programmatically makes everything touch-friendly
That sounds... difficult. :)
Re: Apple iPad rival HP Slate sees demand fizzle at 9,000 units
#7I know these devices have a similar form factor but I think most comparisons should stop there. The HP slate is something that could be moderately successful being sold to businesses with few consumer purchases. The iPad is wildly successful being sold to consumers with few business purchases. It will be more interesting to see if there will be consumer demand for HP's real iPad rival, the Palmpad.
Disagree about the iPad's business uptake.
I just ran into a fellow passenger on a flight who works for a startup in the Bay Area that makes portal software for corporate boards of directors (to securely share info about the company).
After starting as a normal web-based app, they now have three full-time iPad app developers devoted to their iPad app -- because these board members love their iPads and demanded a version be created for it. They have so much demand from corporate boards that their sales team is struggling just to keep up with inbound orders.
An anecdote does not suffice for data, but if gray-haired corporate board members are so nuts about it, there must be some sort of significant business demand.
Re: Apple iPad rival HP Slate sees demand fizzle at 9,000 units
#8It's pretty clear HP tried to distance themselves from the Slate starting the day they bought Palm. They showed it at CES and then sat on it for months, then released apparently the same thing they had shown at CES. I think that's a big mistake. While I love WebOS, I have even less desire to buy it on a Slate than I do iOS. I don't want my phone but bigger, I want my computer but smaller. My guess is the first real c…
Exactly, the true rival seems to the Samsung Tab.
Not sure why the Apple sites are so fixated on the Slate.
Re: Apple iPad rival HP Slate sees demand fizzle at 9,000 units
#9I know these devices have a similar form factor but I think most comparisons should stop there. The HP slate is something that could be moderately successful being sold to businesses with few consumer purchases. The iPad is wildly successful being sold to consumers with few business purchases. It will be more interesting to see if there will be consumer demand for HP's real iPad rival, the Palmpad.
Fun-fact: 1/3rd of german parliament members use the ipad every day. The number is increasing, since they found out its paid for by taxpayers because its a device useful for work. They also changed a law that previously forbid using electronic devices in the assembly hall. Im not making this up. Steve Jobs is a genius and the ipad has business users alright.
Re: Apple iPad rival HP Slate sees demand fizzle at 9,000 units
#10I know these devices have a similar form factor but I think most comparisons should stop there. The HP slate is something that could be moderately successful being sold to businesses with few consumer purchases. The iPad is wildly successful being sold to consumers with few business purchases. It will be more interesting to see if there will be consumer demand for HP's real iPad rival, the Palmpad.
Disagree about the iPad's business uptake. I just ran into a fellow passenger on a flight who works for a startup in the Bay Area that makes portal software for corporate boards of directors (to securely share info about the company). After starting as a normal web-based app, they now have three full-time iPad app developers devoted to their iPad app -- because these board members love their iPads and demanded a vers…
There was a story on the front page two days ago about how insecure the iPad is, and how it's threatening corporate IT with uptake.
A colleague's husband's department (same corp, different company for him) actually has a fleet of ~30 iPads. They're cheapish, easy to dev for if you have an in-house mac shop, and popular with the suits. Not to mention easy to use with the corporate intranet sites thanks to webkit.