“Apple had a splashy week and it didn’t even announce new gizmos,” Scott Martin reports for USA Today.
“That came courtesy of Google’s Motorola Mobility deal and Hewlett-Packard’s lightning-fast exit from the tablet market — both seen as nods to Apple’s success,” Martin reports.
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“Google’s $12.5 billion bid Monday for Motorola Mobility points to how the search king is trying to ape Apple’s approach to tight control over hardware and software design, say analysts,” Martin reports. “Then came Hewlett-Packard’s TouchPad shutdown Thursday. That came in less than two months on the market with hugely disappointing sales in the face of Apple’s fast-selling iPad.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Mike D” for the heads up.]