HP Says Apple Is Not TouchPads Target

post from Daring Fireball on 30 June 2011 09:03:55 PM. © Daring Fireball

Jim Dalrymple, interviewing HP?s vice president of worldwide developer relations Richard Kerris:

HP acknowledged Apple?s dominance in the tablet market, but saidApple wasn?t its target with the TouchPad.
?We think there?s a better opportunity for us to go after theenterprise space and those consumers that use PCs,? said Kerris.?This market is in its infancy and there is plenty of roomfor both of us to grow.?

Smart. Reminds me of that Steve Jobs mantra from the late ?90s: “We have to let go of this notion that for Apple to win, Microsoft has to lose. We have to embrace the notion that for Apple to win, Apple has to do a really good job.”

Restated for today, mobile OS competitors need to let go of the notion for them to succeed, Apple has to lose. Compare and contrast HP’s attitude with RIM’s.

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http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/06/30/interview-hp-says-apple-is-not-touchpads-ta
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Yeah, Sure, Thats the Ticket

post from Daring Fireball on 30 June 2011 08:03:45 PM. © Daring Fireball

Matt Hartley, reporting for The Financial Post:

Research In Motion Ltd. will create a committee that will examinepossible changes to its corporate structure, including thepossibility of separating the co-chairman and co-chief executiveroles of its leaders Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, after anshareholder group threatened to put forth a motion to consider thechanges at the company?s forthcoming annual general meeting.

So they have a plan, to create a committee, which will conduct a study and produce a report. Well then, problems solved.

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http://business.financialpost.com/2011/06/30/rim-bows-to-pressure-plans-committee
-to-examine-leadership-structure/

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Open Letter From an Anonymous High-Level RIM
Employee

post from Daring Fireball on 30 June 2011 08:03:45 PM. © Daring Fireball

Devastating and comprehensive examination of the hole RIM is in, purportedly from a company insider. (RIM’s version of Mini-Microsoft?) Their products offer uncompetitive user experiences, their management is riddled with bozos, their plans are unfocused, they have no expertise in the areas where they lag the competition, and their marketing stinks.

Amazingly, RIM responded, hours later. 330 words to say nothing.

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http://www.bgr.com/2011/06/30/open-letter-to-blackberry-bosses-senior-rim-exec-te
lls-all-as-company-crumbles-around-him/

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HPs Uncomfortable Relationship With Microsoft

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Austin Carr, writing for Fast Company:

“I’m limited to what I can talk about with Windows 8,” McKinneysays. “We’re working very closely with [Microsoft], and I’m goingto leave it at that or I’m going to start getting myself intotrouble.”
Any chance of a Windows 8 tablet, though? “We currently have aproduct shipping today called the Slate 500, and to be quitehonest that product has been doing quite well,” he says. “Sothat’s a Windows 7 version, and then we’ll have the TouchPadcoming out [with WebOS].”
So is it safe to assume there will also be a Windows 8 tablet? Along pause.

HP is the number-one seller of Windows PCs in the world, but they’re charting their own course in mobile with WebOS. They might even license WebOS to other hardware makers — whatever you think of the merits of that idea, there can be no argument that doing so would put HP in direct competition with Microsoft.

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http://www.fastcompany.com/1763998/after-spurning-android-hp-may-offer-windows-8-
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All Things Chickenshit

post from Daring Fireball on 30 June 2011 05:05:03 PM. © Daring Fireball

Federico Viticci at MacStories noted an iPad milestone today:

Either specifically targeting the tablet, or released as universalupdates to existing iPhone apps, at the moment of writing thisthere are 100,161 iPad apps in the Store. How do I know? The AppStore app itself on my iPad shows that.

Ina Fried, reporting for AllThingsD, credits the scoop thus:

As noted by an Apple enthusiast site, there are now morethan 100,000 iPad apps — either apps that run only on the iPador those that have been optimized to take advantage of itslarger screen.

No credit by name for Viticci or MacStories. That’s chickenshit. Until this is fixed, no more mentions by name of “All Things D” or anyone who writes for them. I’ve corrected this piece from earlier today accordingly.

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Read The Full Article:
http://allthingsd.com/20110630/apple-hits-100000-ipad-apps-further-lapping-tablet
-competition/

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Some Guy With a Goatee on the TouchPad: Simply No
Match for the iPad

post from Daring Fireball on 30 June 2011 04:04:31 PM. © Daring Fireball

No grading on a curve here:

I?ve been testing the TouchPad for about a week and, in my view,despite its attractive and different user interface, this firstversion is simply no match for the iPad. It suffers from poorbattery life, a paucity of apps and other deficits.

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http://allthingsd.com/20110629/touchpad-needs-more-apps-reboot-to-rival-ipad/

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All Things Chicken Shit

post from Daring Fireball on 30 June 2011 04:04:30 PM. © Daring Fireball

Federico Viticci at MacStories noted an iPad milestone today:

Either specifically targeting the tablet, or released as universalupdates to existing iPhone apps, at the moment of writing thisthere are 100,161 iPad apps in the Store. How do I know? The AppStore app itself on my iPad shows that.

Ina Fried, reporting for AllThingsD, credits the scoop thus:

As noted by an Apple enthusiast site, there are now morethan 100,000 iPad apps — either apps that run only on the iPador those that have been optimized to take advantage of itslarger screen.

No credit by name for Viticci or MacStories. That’s chicken shit. Until this is fixed, no more mentions by name of “All Things D” or anyone who writes for them. I’ve corrected this piece from earlier today accordingly.

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Read The Full Article:
http://allthingsd.com/20110630/apple-hits-100000-ipad-apps-further-lapping-tablet
-competition/

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American McCarver: Your Sports Blog

In case you missed it, my new sports gig, with an all-star staff of writers, and Mike Monteiro.

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http://americanmccarver.com/

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Amazon Associates Program Terminated in
California Immediately

Joel Falconer at The Next Web:

Amazon informed Californian users of the Amazon Associates programearlier today that they?d no longer be permitting Californiansto participate by the end of September if the online retailersales tax bill was made law. The governor today passed the bill,and Amazon says it has been forced to move the deadline up.
They aren?t wasting any time. As of today, June 29, 2011, Amazonsays, Associates contracts with Californian residents areterminated.

Amazon did the same thing in Arkansas, Connecticut, and Illinois.

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http://thenextweb.com/industry/2011/06/30/amazon-associates-program-terminated-in
-california-immediately/

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Appnovation Tech Kicks Off SproutCore User Group
Meet Ups in Vancouver

Appnovation Technologies, a Vancouver based IT Services Company, is excited to announce the launch of the monthly SproutCore user group meet ups for the Vancouver area with the first meet up scheduled for Tuesday, July 26th hosted at their office. The purpose of the monthly event is for SproutCore, Mobile and Javascript developers and enthusiasts to learn about the SproutCore framework, share their experiences using it and to stay up to date on the framework's latest developments.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-27376.htm

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