

HP TouchSmart 610


The company stated in a press release:










  • Move HP into higher value, higher margin growth categories
  • Increase investment in innovation to drive differentiation




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By Samus on 8/18/2011 5:09:45 PM , Rating: 4
Who do they think they are? IBM?

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By Hyperion1400 on 8/18/2011 5:17:26 PM , Rating: 3
No, IBM still makes computers :P

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By jvillaro on 8/18/2011 5:37:14 PM , Rating: 3
They sold part of that business to Lenovo...

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By spread on 8/18/2011 6:33:40 PM , Rating: 4
And kept the really profitable part, the server side and custom fabricated CPUs.

On the other hand Lenovo is also making a killing and releasing some nice hardware so maybe IBM couldn't cope with consumer level products.

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By GulWestfale on 8/18/2011 6:39:50 PM , Rating: 3

kinda like motorola; their CPU division became 'freescale', and now their cellphone business is going to google... what do they still make?

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By drycrust3 on 8/18/2011 8:16:44 PM , Rating: 2
The stupid part about it is they didn't like Compaq making better PCs than them, so they bought them and disbanded Compaq's R & D teams. Now they have decided they don't want to be a PC maker after all, so they have effectively binned two highly reputable brands.

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Services, Servers, Storage, Networking and Printers.

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By teldar on 8/18/11, Rating: -1
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Motorola MOBILITY was bought by Google....

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Read my reply to Samus below.

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By TakinYourPoints on 8/18/2011 6:57:42 PM , Rating: 2
There is a lot to be said for simplifying and streamlining a business leading to greater efficiency, profit, and customer service.

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how many customers will they have after they sell the company?

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Obviously you don't work in IT.

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By sviola on 8/18/2011 5:53:14 PM , Rating: 2
They don't make PCs or laptops. Only servers, mainframes and some other business hardware like PoS.

They sold their laptop and PC division to lenovo a long time ago.

Seems that HP is going the same root: selling PC and laptop divisions, and keeping server, printer and business solutions.

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By BSMonitor on 8/19/2011 8:36:34 AM , Rating: 2
There is HUGE difference between SELLING a part of your business and spinning off a separate holding company. IBM did the latter. Lenovo was not anything but a tax shelter for IBM before 2003. And when the PC business became cutthroat, dumped it for the same reason HP is. It hurts bottom line and gross margins.

Another example is AMD and Globalfoundries. "Sell" the weaker part of your business in order to avoid investors seeing the unprofitable side.

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By sviola on 8/18/2011 5:56:33 PM , Rating: 2
Well, HP is IBM's biggest competitor. Both in software and consulting, though they don't have a DB Server, they sell Oracle and Microsoft solutions.

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By tw33kerloki on 8/18/2011 6:43:26 PM , Rating: 2
At least AT brought back the super-hot HP-girl!

this is very unsettling
I really like their monitors.

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By FITCamaro on 8/18/11, Rating: 0
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I really like their rebranding.


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There's nothing cheap or flimsy about my ZR24W or LP2065.

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+1 for the record, ZR24W I own 2

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Please discover their business lines.

Focus on their software?
By goodsyntax on 8/19/2011 8:31:01 AM , Rating: 2
Uh, have they ever actually used their own software?

Their drivers and other software is horrible! The only software that actually works are the ones that they rebrand from other companies!

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By DOShepherd on 8/18/2011 7:04:24 PM , Rating: 1
I just received an email promoting the "NEW! HP TouchPad with webOS WiFi 16GB $399 WiFi 32GB $499"
Did HP forget to inform marketing???

By idiot77 on 8/18/2011 9:09:27 PM , Rating: 2
So when does yours get delivered?

By kleinma on 8/18/2011 10:19:13 PM , Rating: 1
Shit, if they are trying to unload these things for something like $199, i would probably buy it just to use as a browser. Right now I have a droidx and a laptop. Don't really need a tablet right now, but if the price drops far enough on remaining stock, it could be a decent buy.

Wake up Google
By wordsworm on 8/19/2011 3:09:26 AM , Rating: 2
Forget about Motorolla, and get some of HP's Palm IP. Hell, they could probably buy the whole hardware division and start putting their own brand on their own hardware.

RE: Wake up Google
By Chadder007 on 8/19/2011 9:51:17 AM , Rating: 2
Werd. I would love to see WebOS's cards system implemented on Android.

It was a long time coming
By thisisaname on 8/19/2011 2:22:37 PM , Rating: 2
I don't know how HP has managed to be the number one computer maker in the world, with their lackluster customer service combined with cheap quality, but overpriced, throw-away computers. I'm glad to see them go, only hope Dell follows suit.
Burn HP burn!!

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By mindless1 on 8/24/2011 1:37:58 PM , Rating: 2
I know how. Lower initial purchase price.

Customer service, (un-)cheap quality, and non-throw away computers (just which computer isn't considered throw away, anyway except one so obscenely priced that service and replacement parts exceed the value of the used system right after the warranty ends?) all reduce overhead so the system can sell for lower cost.

Number one isn't about making what you, or I, consider the "best" product, only what more people consider the best value.

Itanium is next
By dgingeri on 8/18/2011 6:32:05 PM , Rating: 2
They'd better just dump their lagging Itanium servers as well. They're losing that race badly. Better for them to just give up.

Perception of brand name
By Aibo on 8/19/2011 12:41:01 AM , Rating: 2
Look at the history of computer based companies. We used to have so many brands to choose from. Then, larger ones don't like the competitors and bought them. It's more often after they bought the companies, they try to integrate both companies products but eventually failed to get any where.

As long the PC consumers only care only care about paying the least possible, companies after companies will continue phase out. The way I see if eventually there will be only one PC brand maker left and the rest are all "clone" brands.

Apple like it or not did the right thing. Control the brand name tightly. They are able to price their products at higher price because they have successfully created a premium brand name. Apple consumers are willing to pay more for Apple products because they feel like Apple brand is the premium quality (true or not, doesn't matter). It's all about perception on the brand name.

Different PC brands tried but none is able to reach the Apple brand name level. It's because when another PC brand compete with lower price, other PC brands also have to drop the price. Next thing is all the PC brands are dying from making no profit because none ensures their brand name is perceived as premium quality.

Time to buy... ?
By rburnham on 8/19/2011 3:18:01 PM , Rating: 2
I tend to look to HP for reasonably priced Windows laptops. They seem to be one of the few laptop makers out there that are actively supporting AMD CPUs. Not anymore I guess. Oh well.

WebOS = Kin
Wow that was fast. Reminds me of the Kin axe!

