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Originally Posted by Mazrim
The HP Touchpad looks great. Really good competition for the iPad. A great rendition of WebOS to say the least.
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It does look good. It also has the same cohesion as the iOS lineup, with phones and the tablet both using the same OS.
Too bad there's 10 billion iOS apps already deployed in the wild. If HP had been a bit earlier to the party they'd stand a chance. Now, they'll be forced to compete on price, which means taking shortcuts in hardware quality or support, or some other aspect of the ecosphere they've built. Or maybe they can hope that they end up with the "reverse mac" effect - where their platform has fewer apps, but they all tend to be best of breed and really, really good quality. The kind of boast that Mac users used to make all the time.