04-30-2010, 08:11 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 468
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
Actually, I was not referring to the programming model; I'm fully aware of that.  What I was referring to was the fact it syncs against the web, not with desktops, not with flash devices. Palm designed the webOS platform to work in the cloud. Now while it is possible HP can link it to their printers and cameras and Bluetooth solutions, it seems kind of peripheral to me. I accept the argument of "integrated strategy" as mobile hardware coupled with mobile software, and I think HP can do a good job with that. DLNA and whatnot to tie content in, yes, I suppose I could see that. But tying into their desktop/enterprise solutions... not so much in the current iteration. That said, it's certainly not impossible, but they've got quite the work cut out for them. 
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Personally, I think desktop syncing has gone (and deserves to go) the way of the dinosaurs! If I never ever plug my phone into my PC to sync it again, I'll be very happy. That the Palm syncs to the cloud is a very good thing, in my view. My PC also syncs to the cloud (ALL of my PCs do that), so my data is sync'd quite nicely!
In fact, many of HPs enterprise tools are also web-based (I use many of the former Mercury tools daily), so HP seems well poised to make a play there, too.
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