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.
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Filipinoglobalpost says:
I think only few are interested in this product. Mahirap talaga talunin ang Apple. Their Ipad is great.
Peter Betos says:
Asan ka na ngayon, Manny Pacquiao?!!
Magkaka-US endorsement ka na nga lang pinatay mo pa yung produkto!! :P
Benchmark says:
nasobrahan ng punch ni Manny…ayun KNOCK out din ang WebOS ng HP! hahahaha
NeedTextMate says:
093531***** Text me :D
mike says:
the only one I know who bought.this crap is.the owner of.this blog. Really gives meaning.to the word ‘credibility’
jonas says:
ano na mangyayari sa mga nakabili ng mga gadgets nila at gumagamit ng webos?
Faust says:
talent fee paid for pacquaio haven’t paid off. yay
brix says:
There needs to have a moderator to edit/delete such irresponsible comments specifically BUGOK. As the name implies thism person is a rotten egg that must be censored and not seen here. He is such a gadfly thats needs to be extinguished. Get a life Bugok.
lilboyblue says:
dont you think it’s also because HP is one of microsoft’s biggest partners and HP coming up with their own OS was a littl slap on the butt on their long-standing partnership since way back when?
I’m not really sure, I have nothing to back this up but it could be a possibility.
ICe says:
kc naman sa commercial ni manny “But i dead” yan tuloy na dead ang hp lol..
Paul says:
It’s not just their WebOS stuff, they’re also considering spinning off their PC consumer division. Desktops, laptops, printers, etc.
This is big news, it’s not unlike when IBM sold off its PC hardware business to Lenovo.
jonaflormicfren says:
It’s normal that if nothing good happen to the present venture, you switch to another.
Ronald says:
Hi Yuga.
Note also that it’s not only the webOS devices that they are closing. They are ending their /entire/ PC division and considering to spin it off fully. Woah!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14584428
philippines news says:
Hi Yuga ,
Electronics retailer Harvey Norman Stops Selling HP TouchPad after this news released
Iyan Sommerset says:
Good riddance. AFAIK HP is downscaling to its enterprise-level customers, giving up the whole laptop-pc-tablet-etc market. Kinda like what IBM did a few years ago (and we consumers won with a semi-quality brand like Lenovo). Except from experience, HP consumer products are utter *crap* and their customer service is worse. I’m the “proud” owner of one of the dreaded Pavilion dv series…and I’ve despised HP ever since. Hell, in a recent blog post, wasn’t HP awarded the top prize in “most faulty laptops ever”? There you go.
Fat chance anything good will come out of this though. Palm may be spun-off/bought back into its own thing, someone’ll try and pull a Lenovo with the laptop/pc market, and they’ll try to stick WebOS into consumer products (GPS/tv/etc) but I doubt any of those will really fly.
I don’t even know if they’ll do well with the corporate/enterprise-geared restructuring. Most companies I know that actually use HP-UX have been moving to x86-Linux-based systems.
I wonder if they’re keeping their printer division.
Tech n Stuffs says:
woah! ano nang nangyari sa HP? closing the webOS platform and related stuffs is acceptable since Android and Apple are continuously dominating this area. pero bakit pati young “entire” PC division?
Jazz says:
I just bought an HP dm1 ultraportable. I’m not sure how I feel about the likely spin-off of their PC division. Haha. I remember how odd those ThinkPads looked when they started sporting the Lenovo logo.
Nick says:
Oh well… From what I’m seeing around me it’s either the iPad or some 7-inch Android-powered tablet.
Jenx says:
Sayang talaga. Maganda talaga ang magic ng WebOS. Kung ende ka techy talaga, di mo maiintindihan. Thats the reason why mas pop yung mga simple gadgets sa ibang masa ngayun kaya humina ang WebOS. I all knew all of their stuffs. Hope they just develop it more at the right time, rather than RIP. ;((
21 says:
Low public interest. WebOS is a great platform. I think it’s better than Android and wp7.
daniel says:
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
Ederic says:
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. :-(
William T says:
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…
devon says:
Medyo di nga maganda mga magcomment ni BUGOK… Ayan ang mahirap satin eh pag nasusupress ka, defense mechanism ang ‘freedom’. Di porke’t may freedom tayo to express ourselves eh aabusuhin mo na tulad nalang ng mga comment mo BUGOK. Sana may respeto ka parin sa ibang tao dito.
pregnancy tests says:
What will happen to palm business that they bought?
I think they will sell it.
Curious Phantom says:
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
Cyber Akuma says:
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/
cyb says:
“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
HP Nova says:
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.
techguy says:
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.