Palm's innovative WebOS mobile platform replica watches is poised to make a comeback — complete with "robust" new smartphones, netbooks and even a tablet — according to HP's announcement Thursday that it's done its about $1.2 billion acquisition of the pioneering smartphone maker.
Former Palm CEO and Chairman Jon Rubinstein Replica Mobile Phones will now document to HP exec zhjchv0702 Todd Bradley, who runs the tech giant's Personal Systems team, HP said in a press release issued Thursday.Of coursework, the large query was whether Palm's new, WebOS-powered line of smartphones would live on. The answer appears to be yes.
"Palm will be responsible for WebOS application development and WebOS-based hardware products," HP's press release says, "from a powerful smartphone roadmap to future slate PCs replica handbags and netbooks." There is not much more in the way of detail, regrettably. Still, HP's statement in support of WebOS is definitely more encouraging than recent (and ultimately "clarified") remarks by HP boss Mark Hurd, who said this month that "we didn't Palm to be in the smartphone business ... they bought it for the IP" (intellectual property).
Naturally, that mention of "slate" PCs in the HP press release brings to mind the HP Slate, a highly touted Windows 7-based tablet that was rumored to have been shelved replica bags after the Palm deal was announced. Conventional wisdom had it that HP may have killed off the Windows-based Slate in favor of a tablet powered by its newly acquired WebOS platform.
So...is that indeed the case? Not necessarily, says HP, which told CNET's Tom Krazit in a statement that the company is in "customer evaluations now and will make a Hermes Handbags determination soon on the next steps." Not much of an answer, although HP might be tipping its hand a bit when it adds that it "hadn't anticipated the Palm acquisition when they first shared our plans" for the Slate.
As much as I am looking forward to seeing some Samsung B5210U WebOS-powered tablets and netbooks, I am also enthusiastic to see what Palm has in store in terms of a brand spanking new generation of smartphones. The touchscreen Pre and Pixi, now about a year elderly are looking positively ancient compared to today's superphones, and the WebOS platform itself is due for a revamp.
It is also encouraging to see that Rubinstein will stay at the helm of Palm, at least for now, although there is no doubt that Palm has suffered a serious brain drain in the weeks and months leading up to and following its acquisition by HP.
