In a shocking announcement today, HP posted a press release that it will be abandoning operations of all webOS-related products, which includes the HP Pre, HP Veer and the HP TouchPad.
That’s probably the reason why HP dropped the price of their tablets the other week.
The release, posted earlier today, states:
HP today commented on the recent announcement by Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU.L). HP confirms that it is in discussions with Autonomy regarding a possible offer for the company.
HP also reported that it plans to announce that its board of directors has authorized the exploration of strategic alternatives for its Personal Systems Group (PSG). HP will consider a broad range of options that may include, among others, a full or partial separation of PSG from HP through a spin-off or other transaction.
In addition, HP reported that it plans to announce that it will discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones. HP will continue to explore options to optimize the value of webOS software going forward. {source: HP}
HP bought Palm in April of 2010 and by February of 2011 announced the HP TouchPad and the HP Pre & Veer.
It seems too quick for HP to ditch their webOS devices but slow sales of their tablets might have prompted this decision.
It’s much better than buying a ‘china tablet’. If you are no looking for new apps or just wants to have a tablet then this is for you. Too bad it’s gone.
And you think you’re funny?
Latest News:
Good news: HP announced 2 million touch pad sold in less than 8 hours.
Bad news: Already out of stocks in each store you go.
“HP will continue to explore options to optimize the value of webOS software going forward”
Again, I repeat. Obviously the headline is wrong. The devices are dead, BUT THE OS —NO. More likely it will be licensed to other companies
OMG Now it’s on supersale for only $99, http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/19/let-the-liquidation-begin-hps-16gb-touchpad-on-sale-for-99/
Guys, just wanna share a really interesting blog post… Is Apple the culprit behind all this? Hehe read and be enlightened. http://storyware.blogspot.com/2011/08/epicenter-of-post-pc-world.html
What will happen to palm business that they bought?
I think they will sell it.
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Too bad. Palm OS user since Palm IIIe days. Hold on to my Palm Centro for the longest time, but 3G forced me to upgrade to a Nokia 5800, then migrated to Android, mainly because the first Palm Pre are CDMA.
Todd Bradley is one of those who led Palm to near its doom in the Palm, Inc days, now as a VP at HP, he will again lead it into oblivion…
Palm had it’s chance, if only they could execute their business plans. Palm OS5 was neat, but no multitasking… but so is iOS3. Then WebOS matched iOS in most aspects and more, but HP took so long, to come out with devices, and the rest will soon be history…
Still those patents is still worth a lot, and HP might still make some money off it.
Here’s hoping Samsung will buy WebOS, they have the resources, and the capability to market it and carve market share for it. Android owes a lot to Samsung and it’s trailblazing Galaxy line in siphoning sales away from iOS, and I, for one, will definitely buy a WebOS device, if it’s from Samsung…
Sir samsung has its own BADA-os, i think its being disregarded by most of us, dahil concentrate tayo sa IOS – Android – WP7/8 kung bibilhin pa nila webOS redundant na kc their own os is hanging by the thread na.
Ito ang malungkot na balitang nagisnan ko kaninang umaga, Abe. Ni hindi pa nga ako nakakabili ng kahit isa sa webOS devices — hindi na sila nakarating sa Pilipinas. :-(
dami naman na kasi ng OS. WP7, iOS, Android. tama na. hahha wala naman kayong apps at variety ng phones eh. May talo at laging panalo… sorry nataon kayo ang TALO! hahaha peace