Will mobile computing free up the Internet?

[vasa1]

It looks like the open source Android 'phones are doing quite well, thank you, compared to proprietary competitors.
A Wave of Android Smartphones Outsells Apple

In the first quarter, Android phones have taken market share away from Apple, RIM, Microsoft, and Palm, according to NPD.

[Doobie]

RIM owns business yuppies who want blackberries and unnecessary gold-plated watches as part of their business uniform. Apple owns the more cents than sense crowd who don't want to be bothered by the complexities of openness. But, for the majority, price and versatility of Android trump brand loyalty. These people moving from non-smart phones are putting Android on top.

Palm, etc. RIP.

[J_L]

Originally Posted by Doobie

Palm, etc. RIP.

Palm's not dead yet: http://www.google.com/search?q=hp%20acquires%20palm

[Doobie]

Originally Posted by J.L.

Palm's not dead yet: http://www.google.com/search?q=hp%20acquires%20palm

We didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business. And I tell people that, but it doesn’t seem to resonate well. We bought it for the IP. The WebOS is one of the two ground-up pieces of software that is built as a web operating environment…We have tens of millions of HP small form factor web-connected devices…Now imagine that being a web-connected environment where now you can get a common look and feel and a common set of services laid against that environment. That is a very value proposition. - HP

I tell people of the simple cure cancer, they dispute me. I tell people how to have unlimited free energy, they argue. I tell them that Palm is dead, they contradict me.

[J_L]

Originally Posted by Doobie

We didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business. And I tell people that, but it doesn’t seem to resonate well. We bought it for the IP. The WebOS is one of the two ground-up pieces of software that is built as a web operating environment…We have tens of millions of HP small form factor web-connected devices…Now imagine that being a web-connected environment where now you can get a common look and feel and a common set of services laid against that environment. That is a very value proposition. - HP

I tell people of the simple cure cancer, they dispute me. I tell people how to have unlimited free energy, they argue. I tell them that Palm is dead, they contradict me.

That wasn't announced when I made the post.

[vasa1]

Luke 4:24 ... Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.