MS aren't the only ones killing their prototype if this rumor bears out: <http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/29/hewlett-packard-to-kill-windows-7-tablet-project/>
HP is apparently killing its Slate tablet. It really isn't surprising, given that it was supposed to have more ports and memory than the iPad, front- and rear-facing cameras, and would have to pay a Win7 license fee, yet still was somehow going to be cheaper than an iPad. HP also reportedly wasn't happy with Win7 as a touchscreen OS. Speculation is that once HP acquires palm, the Slate will be resurrected and transmogrified into a Web OS device with a mobile processor replacing the Intel Atom. What's next? Fusion Garage is still promising JooJoo delivery "in a few months". Anybody want to wager on that? (On a side note, what't up with that name? I can understand changing it from CrunchPad, you don't want the word "crunch" associated with breakable electronics, but "JooJoo" simultaneously evokes something anti-semitic and bad movie theater candy.) On Apr 30, 2010, at 5:18 PM, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system wrote: > From: "Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)" <[email protected]> > Subject: M$ Cancels Courier - Lost their Way? > > Ars posted a nice post mortem article on the Courier: > <http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/04/courier-no-more-not-that- > it-ever-was-a-post-mortem.ars> > > What do you think - Has M$ lost their ability to design marketable new > products, misunderstood the main criteria for UI design, let perfect > over-rule possible or are they just too scattered to get new product > ideas to market successfully? Something else? > Thank you,=20 > Mark Snyder ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
