Rubinstein laments loss of Palm in light of webOS-influenced industry This week former CEO of Palm Jon Rubinstein spoke up on Palm and the software and user interface elements the company created that are now being adopted industry-wide. For those that knew the mobile operating system webOS as created by the former company called Palm, the release of iOS 7 – as well as many Read The Full Story
June 12, 2013 - SlashGear
Jon Rubinstein on HP Buying Palm: ‘Talk About a Waste’ The question posed to Rubinstein: “Looking back, if you could do things over again with the rollout of webOS, would you do anything differently?” Rubinstein gave the above answer, then continued: Not that I had any choice because when you sell a company you don’t get to decide that. Obviously, the board and shareholders decide that. If we had known they were just going to shut it down and never ...
June 12, 2013 - Techland
Jon Rubinstein: OS X and iOS 7 borrow features from webOS You might remember Jon Rubinstein as the Apple executive turned Palm CEO who helped spearhead development of the short-lived Palm Pre, a device which many initially thought might put Apple on the defensive. The way things played out, however, couldn't have been more different. Since the Pre first launched in 2009, Apple has gone on to sell millions upon millions of iPhones while the Palm Pre ...
June 12, 2013 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog