It looks like the HP servers are finally off. It makes sense: The two previously suggested dates for this were both the fifteenth of the month. Aside from the fact of the closure, there is little to complain about. There was a two month extension of the original date and we've had an … Continue Reading ››
At this time of year the webOS toaster is popping up a lot of hot cross buns, but any time of year is the right time for toasted fruit buns! Let's shake out some crumbs:
In an exhibit titled the Interface Experience held at The Bard Graduate Center in New York, you can see a collection of some of the biggest monuments of culture-defining technology from the last 40 years. Among the gadgets are a Commodore 64, Xerox Alto, Macintosh Plus, … Continue Reading ››
The tech press was a little wrong-footed today by a surprise announcement from Palm or specifically, the brand's new owners, TCL (Alcatel).
Though we had hoped TCL would make it's own webOS play for the mobile phone market, this was largely rejected by TCL's George Guo at it's CES press conference. Nonetheless, in it's Continue Reading ››
HP,
You've announced the end of webOS cloud services and I couldn't be happier.
But before I tell you why, I need to explain that I'm not writhing in disgust from the continuous seeming onslaught of monthly (if not weekly) bad news webOS users get from our increasingly patched-to-stay-relevant devices. To continue we need to discuss history.
I'm sure … Continue Reading ››