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An HP tablet running WebOS will be out in 2011
THOSE RUMOURS about HP plotting a WebOS tablet have finally been confirmed by the Palo Alto hotbed of executive suite soap operas and the device is, er, slated for release in 2011.
A WebOS tablet or smartphone have been hot on the lips of online gossip mongers ever since HP bought Palm earlier this year.
HP EVP Todd Bradley had let the cat out of the bag a couple of weeks ago that the project is codenamed "Hurricane".
Now Bradley has provided public confirmation that there's a real product behind the rumours and hints during HP's latest investor relations Q&A call.
"You'll see us with a Microsoft product out in the near future and a WebOS-based product in early 2011," said Bradley.
HP's WebOS and tablet roadmaps have been rumoured but its plans have been up in the air, with speculation that HP's initial slate would going to enterprise customers with a Windows OS.
At the end of July The INQUIRER reported that Bradley confirmed that, as well as moving its Slate to Windows, HP would be using WebOS on smartphones. That followed an off-the-cuff comment in June that the company didn't buy Palm for its phones, as well as HP's later revelation that it was dropping its Slate development, so it was all more than a bit confusing.
After confirming that a WebOS smartphone was in the works, HP then pretty much made it glaringly obvious by trademarking the name "Palmpad".
The trademark will be used on "Computers, computer hardware, computer software, computer peripherals, portable computers, handheld and mobile computers, PDAs, electronic notepads, mobile digital electronic devices." We should think that would cover a tablet PC.
So we imagine there's both a WebOS tablet and perhaps also a smartphone running WebOS in HP's future, maybe, if it doesn't get cold feet again. Or keeps firing its senior executives. µ
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All I want is the ability to surf the Internet and watch video on the thing for under $200. If they can find a way to do voice recognition well, that adds another $75-$100 to the value.
They'll be going against a second-generation iPad. A lot of people don't get that it's not enough to be feature-competitive in a situation like this; they'll have to be substantially better in order to get significant market penetration. Good luck with that.
@Sheldon - My wife and I also got Pre's on the day of release. I replaced my twice, and my wife has replaced hers 3 times. However, none of these have been the result of the OS. In each case of replacement, the problem has been a hardware issue. Palm built the Pre like it was made out of egg shells. The hardware problems didn't give the software a chance to shine, which it certainly can. I think the WebOS is amazing, and I am very much interested in a tablet based on the OS.
@Sheldon
I don't know about you but webOS is not a pain in the $*!#. Ask the most users and they'll tell you how good it is. I have never had it lock up either. As for copying another company, are you referring to Apples awful attempt and copying webOS's multitasking function?
I am really looking forward to this tablet and webOS 2.0 should bring a lot of enhancements too.
I have a palm pre, I got it the day they were released. My wife had one also. She replaced hers 3 times before switching to another brand. I plan to get something else also.
The WEB OS is a pain in the $*!# It is VERY slow, constantly locks up, has never performed as promoted.
I would not recommend this to anyone!!!
Why try to copy another company? come up with something new , different, better!
I hope HP takes the time to TRY to fix this OS before selling any.
I say buy at your own risk!