Jon Rubinstein, Ex-Apple and Palm Executive, Now Leaving HP

TouchPad Launch

On Friday, it was reported by AllThingsD that Ex-Apple executive Jon Rubinstein, who also worked for and left Palm is now leaving his latest position at HP. Jon Rubinstein is best known for his work on the iPod, Apple’s intro to the portable music player market, better known to some as Apple’s “gateway drug”, that has now led to the … Read More

HP webOS Tablets Leaked

HP webOS Tablet Leak

With HP’s ‘Something big, something small, something beyond’ event coming up on February 9th, rumours have been rife as to what we will be seeing coming out of the computer giant. What we expected was something using Palm’s WebOS – probably a tablet. Turns out we could well be seeing not one, but two! Engadget’s Nilay Patel wrote recently that … Read More

Is HP’s new acquisition, Palm, a Sinking Ship?

In some ways I regret the title of this piece. There are some very capable and visionary engineers and designers who make up the heart of Palm. But I do think that Palm itself, as we knew it, is falling apart. In the last few weeks, after HP snapped up Palm, we’ve seen some worrying signs from the company. Last … Read More