• HP to ‘discontinue operations’ for webOS devices, ‘explore options’ for PC business
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Source: [url]http://thisismynext.com/2011/08/18/hp-discontinue-webos-operations/[/url] [quote]Just 16 months after announcing the acquisition of Palm, HP has said today that it will “discontinue operations for webOS devices.” What this means for existing stock of the slow-selling TouchPad and the brand new Pre 3 is unclear, but the company does say that it will “continue to explore options to optimize the value of webOS software going forward” — not exactly rosy language for webOS’ future as a consumer platform. Furthermore — as reported earlier — HP is looking at “strategic alternatives for its Personal Systems Group” up to and including a spinoff. PSG includes the company’s desktops, laptops, hard drives, and webOS products, so this basically confirms HP’s intent to get out of the hardware game and move in the direction of software and services.[/quote] HP is realizing they are inferior to Google, and somehow also inferior to Apple.
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