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HP Unveils WebOS Tablet, Plans WebOS Computer

Posted by samzenpus on from the congtatulations-it's-a-tablet dept.

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."

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  1. Re:webOS devices that won't sell by jo_ham · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "iPad ridiculously overpriced"

    Right, which is why there are so many competing tablets of equivalent featureset coming in under the iPad's price...

    Oh wait, the other thing, opposite to what I just said.

    Everyone crowed about supposed price of the iPad in the speculation and hype up to its launch, and when the actual price was announced, everyone quietly revised down their "zomg it's overpriced" by several hundred dollars. As yet we *still * haven't seen a competitor come in at significantly lower (or even a little lower) cost. If it's so overpriced, there will be a ton of tablets at a much lower price point - so far, I have yet to see that. They're all around the iPad's price or higher.

    Your point about "finding a tool that fits" is dead on though - despite iPhone and Android, there will still be people who buy these new WebOS devices (assuming they are any good) purely because neither the iPhone nor the Android ecosystem provides what that customer is looking for.