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HP's Slate To Be Replaced By WebOS Tablet?
itwbennett writes "Last week the rumor mill was rumbling about the demise of HP's Slate. 'This past weekend brought fresh rumors to the surface,' writes blogger Peter Smith. 'Now the insiders are saying that the Slate will be reborn as the HP Hurricane, and it will run WebOS. That makes perfect sense given HP's recent purchase of Palm and HP's declaration that they were 'doubling down on WebOS.' More surprising is the rumored launch date of Q3 of this year, which seems like a pretty fast turn-around. Particularly so if HP ditches the Atom and goes with an ARM processor, which Electronista suggests it would have to do.'"
Peter Smith's slightly skewed profile picture exudes serious business to me. One look at that grimacing countenance and I'm ready to follow him to the gates of Hell...and, if necessary, liveblog about our encounters with demons! And of course, my preferred demon-liveblogging OS is WebOS!
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It's for exactly this reason that I really like the idea of Flash dying off. The native applications are a big deal in the short run, but in the long run the applications will largely be network-based/server-hosted, and so what you really want is a lot of choices in how to access those applications. Having iPhone-OS and Android and WebOS and ChromeOS tablets, and whatever else chooses to show up, allows the user to get exactly what they want, without compromise, and still have everyone using the exact same applications. This is a huge deal for companies when it matures, because it means that you can eliminate a lot of the overhead currently taken up by IT while improving end users' experience and access to information.
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