"Robert McMillen, president of Portland, Ore.-based All Tech 1, a security solution provider with a strong mobile security business, said his company wasted no resources on the WebOS software or the TouchPad hardware because neither offered a value proposition for his customers.<br />
"'We never had a single meeting with our staff about supporting [the HP TouchPad] platform,' he said. 'There was almost no information on security for this product. It wasn’t built for business, it was built more for consumers. It wasn’t even a blip on our radar.'"<br />
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And he's not alone. HP has burnt a lot of boats with this move.

Arik Hesseldahl: " Thus our range is somewhere in the neighborhood of $140 million to $300 million spent on hardware alone, depending on how many units ordered." Where the units ordered are reckoned to be between 500,000 and 1m.

Long interview; we'll boil it down to a couple of lines for the time-starved.<br />
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Stephen DeWitt: "corporate synergy... laser focussed.. excited.. opportunities... channels.. compelling.. clientized.. leverage experience.. meaningful relationships.. passionate.. a few things we clearly didn't communicate right.. push back.. tethered relationship.."<br />
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Rubenstein: "I'd rather focus my time on where webOS goes in the future."

"Before I get to my thoughts about the TouchPad after spending a few days with it, I also showed the device to a few friends and family who don’t own tablets to get a fresher perspective on what these consumers liked, disliked and would be looking for should they ever decide to get a tablet."<br />
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Interesting approach, and reactions.

"It’s also clear from the teardown, Rassweiler said, that there’s room for the addition of other components in the future. And other things are missing.<br />
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“We noticed there’s a gyroscope chip and an accelerometer, but we couldn’t find any GPS chips,” he said. “Plus, when we looked at the design we noticed there seems to be a lot of breathing room inside to add additional parts without having to change the design.” More stuff to expect from a future 3G-ready TouchPad."