• HP to Bring WebOS  to Slate, Printers

    HP to Bring WebOS to Slate, Printers

    Techtree News Staff, May 19, 2010 1743 hrs IST

    HP officially announced this at the company's second-quarter 2010 earnings conference call

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HP has officially announced its plans for Palm's WebOS. HP CEO Mark Hurd revealed this juicy detail at the company's second-quarter 2010 earnings conference call. Hurd told analysts that the WebOS would hit in form factors such as Slates and web-connected devices. Hence, the buzz we've heard about the upcoming HP tablet internally dubbed as Hurricane is true.

HP has recently acquired Palm and the transaction is set to close on July 31. Obviously, HP would be making best of Palm's WebOS and would be investing in the research and development of the same. At the recent conference call, Hurd told the analysts that "after closing the acquisition we expect to leverage webOS in the app store beyond Smartphones in the form factor such as slates and web connected printers".

HP already has Photosmart Premium printer sporting TouchSmart Web printer features and a 4.33-inch touchscreen. We suppose more such printers with WebOS loaded on them can be expected.

The transcript of HP's second quarter 2010 earnings call can be found at Scribd.



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,san francisco, on May 19, 2010 09:52 PM
webOS on HP Printers can become free worldwide advertisements in the home and office and influence the purchase of Palm Pre/Pixi or new webOS smartphones! Everyone will soon learn and become familiar with the webOS mobile operating system around the globe. Genius indeed...HP innovation is ahead of the curve!

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