What I Hope to See from HP on February 9

I was thinking over the weekend about my future gadget plans, and discovered that it’s actually a bit premature to start making any decisions (a “duh” moment if ever there was one). That internal discussion led me to start pondering what I want from technology in general over the next year or so, and how that plays into any plans I might make as to actual monies to be spent. My conclusion: my needs are...

Note to HP: Use This Screen or Something Like It

Okay, HP, if you want to make folks in the webOS community happy—I mean, really, really happy—with the upcoming PalmPad tablet (besides changing the name, that is), then put a Qualcomm Mirasol screen in the thing. Seriously, now, just think about it: sunlight readable screen the competes with e-Ink, and high-refresh color that competes with LCDs, all while using from 1mW to 20mW of power (compared to the greater...

Blackberry Playbook Beats HP and Palm to the Punch

Yes, it’s true: RIM has a webOS cards-like multitasking system running on a tablet (in public) before HP and Palm. Bummer. It’s not exactly the same, but it’s close enough for government work. What’s worst is that whatever HP and Palm do release, at least on a tablet, will suddenly seem derivative. Oh, and might I add: “Playbook” is an awesome name for a tablet. Simply...

Phil McKinney Shows Phantom (webOS?) Devices

Twitter user @MarkatHP (none other than Mark Budgell, PR Manager at HP) posted a couple of pictures of HP’s CTO Phil McKinney holding (and wearing?) three different mystery devices. Phil himself then retweeted the post, giving it all sorts of additional credence. Finally, the pictures in question: From this chain of evidence, we’re led to conclude that these are prototypes of a tablet, a smartphone, and a...

Rahul Sood Hints at Future webOS Design Direction?

Precentral.net member “GodShapedHole” put two and two together nicely with a recent comment at the Precentral forums: I also liked what Mr. Sood said [in the most recent Precentral Palmcast] about that designer who he’s worked with now being on the Palm team – not because I know the designer, but because it satisfies a bit of curiosity: it’s quite likely that the Pre Pebble designer who...