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HP: Android phone and tablet abandoned, PalmPad is a go

By Emil Protalinski

On September 29, 2010, 1:32 PM

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It appears that Hewlett-Packard's multi-OS strategy will actually be a duo-OS strategy, at least when it comes to mobile devices. Android is no longer on the table, but Windows and webOS still are. HP is on track to deliver a tablet computer running webOS early next year, as well as a Windows-based tablet that will ship sooner, former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein told the Financial Times. It has abandoned a project to launch a smartphone based on Google's Android open source operating system and there will be no tablet based on the system, Rubinstein said. The man has been in charge of HP's mobility group ever since the Palm acquisition.

We know the HP Slate running Windows 7 is still on its way, though we have yet to see anything but a prototype shown off. As for the webOS tablet coming in 2011, a single detail slipped out by accident during the company's Analyst Meeting. "We've already announced the expansion of our future product portfolio well beyond smartphones," said HP EVP Todd Bradley, according to PreCentral. "We'll have a webOS-powered PalmPad that will be set for release early in 2011." HP filed for the PalmPad trademark in July, but of course nothing is official till it's announced.


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  1. September 29, 2010 2:53 PM
    Guest said:

    WOW! HP is still around and a factor in anything?

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  2. September 29, 2010 6:59 PM
    vangrat said:

    WOW! HP are not going to jump on board with the most innovative and open OS in the tablet/mobile world!

    I can tell you right now, they just lost the tablet wars, lolwindows.

    Reply
  3. September 30, 2010 1:32 AM
    Guest said:

    lol, android fags.

    1st, webos is more open than android, plain and simple. There is no such thing as rooting or jailbreaking its simple (enable developer mode) and does not void any warranties.

    2nd, HP is one of the single largest computer companies in the world...so yeah, they matter.

    Sincerely,

    Palm fag.

    Reply
  4. September 30, 2010 4:17 AM
    Burty117
    Burty117, TechSpot Chancellor, said:

    I'm kinda glad about this, the PalmOS I have tried out on that Palm phone at the begining of the year and actually, I quite liked it Nice to see HP not following the crowd and prepared to try something different.

    Reply
  5. September 30, 2010 10:10 AM
    fwilliams said:

    What they sell is up to them, but what I buy is up to me and it will not be something from them, unless they sell android products.

    Reply

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