Half of All Americans to Use Smartphones by End of 2011

In my last weekly column at WindowsRoundup.com, I discussed how HP Palm have some time to take advantage of the nascent nature of the smartphone market and its increasing fragmentation. I based this on the statistic of around 20% of Americans owning a smartphone today. It looks like I was just a bit off—in fact, according to data generated by pollster Nielson and reported by Asymco, the percentage is a little...

Rubinstein Talks About HP Palm and Mobility

Jon Rubinstein waxed strategic as he chatted the other night at the Churchill Club, where folks get together and look into the future of various industries and technologies. Talking about mobility, Ruby discussed why HP and Palm are well-positioned for success (if not uniquely positioned). Via HP’s Data Central blog: “What enables breakthroughs,” said Rubinstein, “is the convergence of technology, product...

Newest Column: What Chance Does webOS Really Have (Part 1)?

This week’s column is up over at webOSroundup.com. Go check it out. The gist: …HP Palm has time to build the right products, create the right ecosystem, and devise the right marketing plan. By the end of Q1 2011, Microsoft should have made some headway at least in educating the market about WP7. This should cause consumers looking at new smartphones to resist efforts by carrier sales reps to steer them in one...

HP Palm Comes Full Circle in Community Support

Okay, first HP Palm (looks like they don’t use a dash, and so I’m not going to, either) not only allows homebrewing and patching to exist, but they actively encourage it. On top of that, they invited members of the homebrew community, such as Rod Whitby of webOS Internals (who would be Apple’s public enemy #1 if he were doing his magic on iOS) to their events such as the recent Developer Day even in NYC. And...

HP’s Newest Executive Ari Jaaksi on the Palm Pre

It looks like the new executive that joined HP from Nokia to head up the webOS group has a sweet spot in his heart for webOS. In fact, he’s had it for quite some time now. Check out what he said in his blog on May 1, 2010: I used to use a Palm Pre a lot. What a great device. What an astounding software. I was so disappointed to see it not getting the traction it deserves. I really hope that now that it has found a...