Friday, October 28, 2011

MacDailyNews: HP returning to tablets with Windows 8, ‘evaluating’ webOS

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HP returning to tablets with Windows 8, 'evaluating' webOS
Oct 28th 2011, 13:14

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Friday, October 28, 2011 · 9:14 am · 1 Comment

"HP during its conference call discussing a decision to keep its PC group dashed hopes of a webOS tablet revival," Electronista reports.

"CEO Meg Whitman wanted HP to compete against the iPad, saying the company needed to 'be in the tablet business,' but put the hopes for the company's Personal Systems Group strategy back on Microsoft," Electronista reports. "The company was 'certainly going to be there' when Windows 8 shipped sometime next year, she said."

Electronista reports, "A small element of hope was given to webOS supporters. The company was still 'evaluating' what it would do with the team and would decide in about two months, according to HP. With no mobile device plans and tablets only returning with Windows, its position nonetheless hadn't changed."

Read more in the full article here.

MacDailyNews Take:

Dear Microsoft,

Thank you, sir, I'll have another.

- Meg.

Related article:
HP: Uh, on second thought, we're going to keep our PC division – October 27, 2011

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