I read yesterday that HP bought Palm (http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/hp-buys-palm/) – which is something of a relief. I have a Palm Pre – running their WebOS software. I’ve had mixed feelings about my Palm – as some things are great and others are not so great. The WebOS itself seems to have a lot of potential – as the UI is pretty cool.
One of the areas I have Android envy is the app store – as Palm’s is nowhere near what Apple or the Android marketplace has. I’ve found some apps – but it’s not not the same. I really wondered about the future of apps given the uncertainty surrounding Palm.
What’s encouraging is that HP isn’t just buying Palm for it’s assets – but it looks like it will back the WebOS platform: http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/28/hp-palm-deal-webos/. If they’re going to back the platform then more apps may come out. Also there is the potential for the WebOS on different hardware - say a tablet? (The more I think about it the WebOS on a tablet could be pretty slick).
