Yesterday, Palm front-man Jon Rubinstein sat down at the Web 2.0 Summit to talk about his company’s past glory and present predicament. Mr. Rubinstein was cautious, but optimistic, when briefly discussing Palm’s — now HP’s — future plans.

“Palm created the PDA space with the Pilot and the smartphone space after it with the Treo,” said Mr. Rubinstein. “So by birthright, Palm should have owned the smartphone market, but it just lost its way.”

After likening Palm’s missteps to those of Apple, Inc. in the 1990′s, he continued: “We needed more resources. We could not compete in a fashion that would allow us to be one of the premier companies in the marketplace. And HP needed a strong mobile strategy around which they could innovate–one that would allow them to control their own future and not rely on the kindness of strangers.” If we’re not mistaken, that was a small, not-so-subtle, shot at Google’s Android operating system.

When asked about his company’s future plans, Rubinstein said, “We’ve got some great products in the works; some smartphones, a great tablet coming. I think we have several products that will be hits when they come out.” Earlier in the interview, the chief noted that HP’s goal is to “deliver a unified experience” around webOS in an attempt to capitalize on the trend of more and more consumers moving to advanced mobile devices.

Hopefully, we’ll see some of these “great products” come to market in early 2011.

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As simple as the concept is, this has to be one of the more useful web 2.0 services we’ve come across in recent history. What if you could have access to your bookmarks from any PC or mobile phone? What if you could organize your bookmarks logically and visually for fast access in an attractive interface? You knew this was coming… You can. Only2Clicks is a relatively new web service that makes bookmarking as intuitive as it should have been from the start. Bookmarks are separated into tabs and laid out in tiles across each page. Snapshots of bookmarked pages are created by Only2Clicks and they sit on top of text descriptions for the fastest and easiest recognition possible. To cut down a bit on load time, you can also upload your own images that will replace the automatically generated snapshots (which are kind of annoyingly recreated with each page load). The Only2Clicks UI is fully skinnable using CSS and there are a few example skins to choose from. Another solid feature is sharing. Only2Clicks provides each user with a customizable URL that can be accessed without the need to log in. Simply check the “share” box for any tab and it will be accessible at your URL. Very slick. To round off the offering for the time being, Only2Clicks provides an iPhone-optimized version of the site. While the layout is ideal for iPhone users, it will also work just fine on any mobile with a decent web browser. That’s right people, all of your bookmarks on any device from anywhere. Sign us up.

[via The Outsidr]

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