HP derides BlackBerry PlayBook OS Good Design

It's not rare to hear talk of other operating systems employing webOS-like elements -- we've been asking to see its elegant notification system in iOS for years -- but RIM's BlackBerry Playbook borrows so heavily from the UI concepts of the software built by Palm and now owned by HP that it could easily be confused for a webOS tablet. It handles multiple concurrent applications using a card view and allows you to shut down unwanted apps by swiping them off the screen, a multitasking implementation that exhibits "uncanny similarities" in HP's eyes to its own TouchPad tablet. Still, the Hewlett Packard team insist that they're focused on their own products and will "keep innovating, we'll keep honing and those guys hopefully will continue to see the value in it and keep following us by about a year." Ouch.

RIM's response, as espoused by Jeff McDowell, has been to say that "when you're trying to optimize user experience that juggles multitasking, multiple apps open at once and on a small screen, you're going to get people landing on similar kinds of designs." This essentially sidesteps the issue by throwing a subtle compliment HP's way, but it brings up an interesting question -- shouldn't companies aim to make the best software possible, in spite of it potentially looking like a ripoff of someone else's work?

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HP Pavilion Elite HPE-270F Desktop PC, Windows 7

Deal of the week on Sunday 2 May 2010, HP start offer its new member of Pavilion Elite series with the HP HPE-270F Desktop PC in a few month ago. This new PC is now available in US Market with save price of $1,292.97, this price is down from normally $1,625.00 that means you’ll save up to $332.03 (20%).
The HP Pavilion Elite HPE-270F Desktop PC is designed for extended fun and working which capable to make connection to multiple devices such as features a 15-in-1 Digital Media Reader, Front-access USB 2.0 Ports, Blu-ray Disc Player, Burn CDs and DVDs with LightScribe Technology as well as Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n also include that it’s allow user to working, e-mailing, editing photos or videos, gaming or connecting with friends online.

The HP Pavilion Elite HPE-270F is powered by an Intel Core i7-930 CPU (2.8 GHz) with 1 MB L2 Cache, an Intel X58 Express Chipset, 8GB of installed Ram and allow user to expandable its up to 24GB Max, a very large storage up to 1 Terabyte of hard drive, Blu-ray player and SuperMulti DVD burner with LightScribe Technology.
Other features including 1GB on ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics card, HDMI port , dual-link DVI, display port, VGA port and also comes pre-installed with Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Operrating System.

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