HP Slate 8 Pro Is De-Listed

When going to HP’s site now, instead of the Slate 8 Pro is a listing for the “HP 8 1401 Tablet.”

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Memo To Samsung: Open The Gear Fit!

I Don’t Want To Be Part of Your Fucking Ecosystem

Imagine, just for a moment, that your Sony DVD player would only play Sony Movies’ films. When you decided to buy a new DVD player from Samsung, none of those media files would work on your new kit without some serious fiddling.

That’s the walled garden that so many companies are now trying to drag us into. And I think it stinks.

I Still Don’t Want To Be Part of Your Fucking Ecosystem

Openness and network effects are the biggest drivers of usage – an MP3 bought from Amazon works on an iPod bought from Apple, and an MP3 bought from iTunes works perfectly on a Kindle Fire bought from Amazon. Customers and businesses both win when open standards are embraced and lock-in is eschewed.

Samsung, you simply cannot think of everything. Harness the billions of brain out there in the world. Let the Gear Fit connect to everything. Produce an SDK. You will own our wrists.

Same-day update: Samsung’s new Gear watches are now open to third-party support Obviously I hadn’t seen this before I did the post. Thanks to Pavels in Comments for pointing it out.

Previously here:

The Samsung Gear Fit: This Is It