14 DAY TRIAL // Google's Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system might be impacted by the rise of Hewlett-Packard's webOS platform, and by the launch of Research In Motion's own tablet PC, the BlackBerry PlayBook, some of the latest reports around the Internet suggest.
Apparently, the Android 3.0 operating system comes with a series of issues that would be causing some performance issues which Google won't be able to address immediately.
Thus, HP's webOS platform, which should arrive on shelves in the near future on the company's TouchPad tablet PC, as well as RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook, powered by the company's Tablet OS, based on QNX, could benefit from increased attention from end-users.
In a recent article, DigiTimes notes that the aforementioned issues with Honeycomb are causing “unstable performance in terms of operation,” and that the said devices, along with Apple's iPad, could gain traction on the market in these conditions.
Sources from the “upstream touch panel players” that were cited by the news site reportedly confirmed that performance problems with the operating system, while also stating that the sales of tablet PCs running under the platform have been disappointing so far.
Apparently, Motorola managed to sell only around 700,000 XOOM tablet PCs since the official release of the device on shelves, and offered a forecast for the product's performance only until June.
The company is reportedly waiting to see how would the market evolve and only them offer a forecast for the entire year. However, some suggest that the company might actually plan the release of a sequel for the XOOM tablet.
However, other vendors are reportedly confident in Honeycomb's potential, and the fact that they are currently launching or planning products based on this OS version is a proof of that. Among them, the news site notes Acer and HTC, with the just launched Iconia Tab A500, and with the planned OS upgrade HTC announced for Flyer.