HP dropping webOS devices

Posted Aug 19, 2011 8:13 UTC (Fri) by imgx64 (guest, #78590)
Parent article: HP dropping webOS devices

I'm both sad and relieved at the same time. One one hand, I've always been a huge fan of Palm, and it's sad to see the products of such great company die and be forgotten like that.

On the other hand, I've always been a huge fan of Palm, and I'm a bit relieved to know that someone has finally put it out of misery that has dragged for far too long. I won't have false hope anymore.

HP dropping webOS devices

Posted Aug 19, 2011 10:11 UTC (Fri) by epa (subscriber, #39769) [Link] (6 responses)

Apparently the new Amiga handheld will be awesome.

HP dropping webOS devices

Posted Aug 19, 2011 13:26 UTC (Fri) by ejr (subscriber, #51652) [Link] (4 responses)

Newton all the way!

HP dropping webOS devices

Posted Aug 20, 2011 0:58 UTC (Sat) by cry_regarder (subscriber, #50545) [Link] (3 responses)

Nothing can beat the ultimate handheld device: the HP-48 series.

Cry

HP dropping webOS devices

Posted Aug 20, 2011 19:28 UTC (Sat) by sbergman27 (guest, #10767) [Link] (1 responses)

I was a TI59 guy for a long time, who secretly drooled over the "over-priced" HP41 series, who eventually moved to an HP48SX, which got stolen and later replaced by an HP48GX. And you know what? The 48GX is still sitting beside me on my desk. I use it frequently.

I go to the outlets where handheld mathematics-related devices are sold, and instead of drooling, I yawn. There's nothing appreciably better than the 48SX/GX. Most seem more aimed at being the "Cliffs Notes" of math than anything else. And if you need more than what the HP48's can do, Python packages are your recourse. (Perhaps not the only one, But certainly the obvious one.) In mentioning the HP48 series, you have insightfully noted an effective border of eras.

It still surprises me how the expected "Moore's Law" evolution in that area just unexpectedly terminated. Scissors cut paper. Paper smothers rock. Rock breaks scissors. Market forces trump Moore's Law.

And yeah. Moore's law specifically deals with transistor density. But still...

HP dropping webOS devices

Posted Aug 22, 2011 11:24 UTC (Mon) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link]

It is not just the interest for good calculators which is dropping:

http://www.google.com/search?q=science+enrolment+drop

More work for us...

HP dropping webOS devices

Posted Aug 25, 2011 15:21 UTC (Thu) by achiang (guest, #47297) [Link]

If you use an Android phone, Droid48 is available for free in the marketplace, and it works great.

In certain ways, it's better than the real hardware due to the smaller form factor of your phone. :)

HP dropping webOS devices

Posted Aug 19, 2011 15:33 UTC (Fri) by tjc (guest, #137) [Link]

> Apparently the new Amiga handheld will be awesome.

Two weeks! ;)