HP Unveils WebOS Tablet, Plans WebOS Computer

jfruhlinger writes "As had been expected, Hewlett-Packard unveiled new webOS-based smartphones and a webOS tablet today. But in a bit of a shock, the company also announced that webOS would be coming to HP PCs. Whether this is happening in specialized products only or HP plans a wholesale repudiation of Windows, it's definitely a bold move."

Comments

Somewhat underwhelmed..

[Junta]

No video-out (at least no talk of it). If they wanted to do business, the ability to do video-out to project might have been a nice bonus, not to mention set-top application.

Pre 3's resolution is lower than the Atrix and iPhone 4. RAM lower than the Atrix.

There may be a chance that between the reduced ram and screen size/resolution, they can out-battery the Atrix, which may be the reason for going light on those specs relative to the cutting edge.

No LTE or WiMax radio capability mentioned. This is a very strange omission.

WebOS on a regular 'computer' seems disinteresting. I'm a fan of WebOS as an excellent compromise for multitasking management given a small form factor, but I'd much rather have traditional window management on my desktop/laptop.

On the good news, they *finally* got an auto-focus camera (that was one hardware feature that was needed to do all sorts of things along the lines of barcode recognition). The screen resolution is a nice bump and is at least in the ball-park of Atrix and iPhone 4. The 1.4 GHz snapdragon seems pretty good. The 'tap to share' seemed a decent enough story on owning the 'family' of products, but I still can't be bothered to care about any tablet.

Re:webOS devices that won't sell

[h4rr4r]

http://phandroid.com/2011/02/09/gartner-android-goes-from-dead-last-to-second-biggest-os-in-the-world/

Gartner says lots of androids shipping.