Monday, February 13, 2006
HP Gets Organised
Posted by Darius Wey in "THOUGHT" @ 03:30 AM
"Hewlett-Packard has given its iPAQ handhelds their own business unit, announcing plans Sunday to separate the product teams for its notebooks and handhelds, including the new iPaq hw6900 series. Dave Rothschild, formerly of Sun Microsystems, Pixo and Netscape, will lead the new business unit reporting to Todd Bradley, executive vice president of HP's Personal Systems Group. Before Sunday, Ted Clark had presided over the development of both notebooks and iPAQs in the Mobility Business Unit, and he will keep control of notebook development in the new organization, HP said in a press release. Four units now make up HP's Personal Systems Group: handhelds, notebooks, desktops and workstations."
I'm really hoping HP's managerial shuffling gives their iPAQ department a bit of spice. Over the past couple of years, we have seen more and more people grow tired of HP's incompetence. The company's reputation dropped when upgrades were refused for the h1900, h2200, and h4100 series. The rx3000 series was the next to be victimised. And, how could we forget the hx4700? Users of HP's most powerful device are still waiting for the Windows Mobile 5.0 upgrade (slated for March 1). A lot of catch-up work needs to be done if HP is to gain back the reputation it had in the Jornada days. Let's hope it happens, for their sake.
I'm really hoping HP's managerial shuffling gives their iPAQ department a bit of spice. Over the past couple of years, we have seen more and more people grow tired of HP's incompetence. The company's reputation dropped when upgrades were refused for the h1900, h2200, and h4100 series. The rx3000 series was the next to be victimised. And, how could we forget the hx4700? Users of HP's most powerful device are still waiting for the Windows Mobile 5.0 upgrade (slated for March 1). A lot of catch-up work needs to be done if HP is to gain back the reputation it had in the Jornada days. Let's hope it happens, for their sake.
