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WebOS: Will It Make Hewlett-Packard A Winner In High Mobility?

by Roger Kay on April 16, 2011 in Personal Computing

This post initially appeared on Forbes.com March 21, 2011. Before the coming out party for Hewlett-Packard’s (HP’s) new CEO, Léo Apotheker, last week in San Francisco, I would have put my money on Microsoft to make number-three vendor in the high mobility space.  Now, it seems clear that HP — with its webOS — is [...]

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Tablet-Notebook Hybrids Arrive

by Peter Kastner on March 31, 2011 in Mobile Technology

A mule is the hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. The West was won with these strong pack animals. We’re beginning to see hybrids combining the DNA of the tablet, notebook, and netbook. I like this idea. The photo below depicts the new Asus Eee Pad, announced at CES. This new tablet hybrid [...]

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Is The PC Dead?

by Roger Kay on March 27, 2011 in Personal Computing

Smart Devices Will Lap PCs in 2011 This post first appeared in Forbes.com Feb. 28, 2011. Smartphones are upon us, and so are tablets, and some other new ways individuals can get on the Internet are likely to arrive in the next few years as well.  So, will the PC remain central, play some sort [...]

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Why Windows 8 Can Stop the iPad

by Rob Enderle on March 4, 2011 in Personal Computing

We tend to be a species that likes flashy things and the latest flashy thing is the iPad and heck even I want one. But one thing analysts are supposed to do is look at historic trends and looking back the flashiest thing doesn’t always win out. Recall Client/Server computing and UNIX? It was the [...]

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