Good point. That tablet was fantastic. (Gaming)

by stabbim , Des Moines, IA, USA, Tuesday, March 07, 2017, 17:05 (2828 days ago) @ Funkmon

I tried to buy one when they started going on sale everywhere, but never could get one. My buddy had one and I would play with it.

Too heavy for me, I had a Galaxy Tab at the time, which was thinner and lighter than an iPad 2, but I wish I could have gotten it. It blows that it wasn't super thin, which was what everyone was going for at the time, so it also didn't sell well. Oh, and it was $500.

Heh, the only good thing about HP calling it quits was that they issued a huge retroactive discount. That $500 tablet cost me $100. Of course, I didn't know that was going to happen when I bought it.

The stacks feature came about in WebOS 2.0 I believe, which, outside of the tablet, was only on the Pre3, which was functionally identical to the Pre.

Ah, OK

Overall, I think it was let down mostly by the hardware and Palm not being able to stick with it. HP had almost no confidence in the product, and dumped it immediately. I bet that if it had the kind of support other companies put behind their phones, it would still be in the conversation.

That's pretty much what I think. It was ahead of the game in several key areas, it's hard to believe it couldn't have done well given the right circumstances (and better hardware). It really did seem like someone at HP wanted to dump it before it even got going. I'd guess there was some internal conflict about whether to even acquire Palm in the first place.

I've never tried an LG smart TV. :(.

Me either. I'm sure it's pretty different in TV form.