Microsoft Windows 8 boldest ever change, "touch" as an important direction of development, but in fact it has not been recognized by consumers. Confusion operating habits, so that Windows 8 has the potential to become the next Vista.
Many consumers already have a PC, and are satisfied with the existing products. Weak macroeconomic situation, consumers are more likely to choose the lower-priced mobile devices. Perhaps this is Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 a chance, but in order to win a larger market, Microsoft needs partners.
Hewlett-Packard: the road to recovery within the foreseeable future
Huge loss of billions of dollars, the share price fell to 10-year low and create chaos in 2011, 2012, HP is still looking to break through. Whitman to succeed Apotheker as CEO of the reorganization of the PC business and printing business, but she also admits that HP is currently only in the early stages of recovery.
Undoubtedly, HP has missed a golden opportunity of mobile computing, but Whitman hands of cards to Custom iPhone 4 case play to the software business transformation seems to be a difficult road, not much.
Some investors began to call again split HP's business, while others think that they still retain all departments in order to have synergy as well. A lot of confusion in the HP 2012, signs of recovery are still not clear.
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Yes, HP missed the the boat.
I still prize my 9 years old HP Pocket PC.
It is my trusted backup phone and computer.
With a few upgrades it will out do any smartphone on the market today.
HP and Microsoft blew a golden opportunity.