HP has announced the WebOS operating system will be sold to Korea LG Electronics. LG will be fully acquired WebOS source code and proprietary assets and engineering talent, and plans to put it use in WebOS for smart TV. After heralding HP open source WebOS and finally abandon the WebOS.

Lost to fuzzy strategy, WebOS was abandoned

It can be said that, starting from the Palm was acquired by HP, WebOS was the fate of controversial. More opinion thought that HP has influence, resources, finance, marketing and channel, a large number of enterprise customers, led WebOS be able to go all the way. However, the fact was a disappointment. The development of its own problems made worse for WebOS.

There is no denying that HP's first WebOS Smartphone, the first Tablet PC TouchPad has got off to a good start, but a number of factors, such as poor market conditions, hardware defects, shortages, slow launch speed, and lack of product promotion, causes the WebOS mobile devices not on the formation of consumer appeal.

Analysis suggested that the WebOS failed to successfully enter the market for operating systems mainly because: first, the lack of developer support, secondly, there is no app store for users to download App to facilitate the third, without a strong support for mobile terminals.

However industry people that also has long-term track HP told journalists: "as in moved Internet few of full independent ecological system, this WebOS should become HP in moved Internet market differences of competition of weapon, but since last CEO Lee people living with HIV section began, HP on wanders in enterprise and consumption market strategy transformation in no findings, this inevitable to led to HP for WebOS of research and development and the promotion efforts enough, so transformation strategy fuzzy is WebOS died a of fundamental causes. ”

HP WebOS for sale at the same time, in 2013 at the Mobile World Congress to be held a few days ago, HP released a tablet based on Google's Android system Slate7.

Insiders pointed out that, looking at the current entry-level Tablet market, competition has long been a Red Sea of various manufacturers, in addition to the Amazon Kindle, such as Fire, Google Nexus, Apple also launched last year positioned low-end iPad mini Tablet PC. In such a competitive situation, HP Slate7 has the chances? Maybe HP can launch some cheap accessories like Apple, for example, cheap ipad mini cases.

Slate 7 sold only $ 169, low price seems to be the biggest selling point. Indeed, compared with the Android Tablet market, it really cheaper than Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Google Nexus 7. But the low price comes at a price. The resolution Slate 7 only has 1024X600, while a device can extend the memory, but only 8GB internal storage space. 1.6Ghz processors dual-core ARM CPU, rear 3 million pixel camera, front VGA camera, battery life estimates of up to 5 hours.

In contrast, Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD have no rear camera, display resolution is higher than the Slate 7, reaching 1280X800, and minimum 16GB, there are 32GB versions are optional. Processor is faster than Nexus 7 Slate 7 in height, equipped with a quad-core Nvidia processor. Kindle battery life of up to 11 hours of Fire HD, Amazon can access a huge amount of content is available.

"While HP this high profile return flat computer market made has low price brand, but at this time of flat computer market and Amazon year publishing price 199 dollars price Kindle Fire Shi of competition environment has large does not same, price has is difficult to set off larger of market effect, besides similar price paragraph of flat computer intensive, HP undoubtedly entered has flat computer of ' Red Sea '" a industry analyst does not bullish HP flat computer of prospects.

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