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HP’s TouchPad – Will It Succeed?

by Van Baker  |  March 21, 2011  |  2 Comments

Hewlett-Packard is planning to launch it’s TouchPad tablet this summer. The tablet is based on the WebOS operating system just as the smartphones sold by HP’s Palm business unit. Given the success of the iPad many have speculated that there is no room for another tablet competitor beyond Apple and the Android tablets. Despite Apple’s [...]

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The Trouble with Technologists

by Van Baker  |  March 15, 2011  |  6 Comments

It is widely rumored that Apple sold somewhere between 500,000 and 1,000,000 iPad 2 tablets over their first weekend of sales in the United States. International launches are still to come and there is no reason to expect any less success in these markets. This is despite the fact that the technologists have proclaimed it [...]

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