HP Hires Ex-Nokia Exec, Spins Off WebOS, Reportedly Returning To Tablets

judgecorp writes "Hewlett-Packard is returning to tablets with a new unit that aims to make consumer devices under the leadership of former Nokia executive Alberto Torres." This particular Ex-Nokia exec was part of the Meego division. The newly founded HP Mobility will focus on consumer tablets; 'business' tablets (presumably running Windows 8) will remain in their current division. With the recent spinning off of the webOS team into Gram this might mean new webOS hardware.

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Re:2 different divisions making tablets?

[Anonymous Coward]

Creative and others had products that beat the iPod, both before and after the iPod's launch.

in your (and a small handful of others) opinion

In contrast to the iPod of the time, my old Zen Micro played more formats of music,

which nobody cared about and didn't matter

supported music stores that had legal DRM-free music,

full of music no one wanted to listen to

received and recorded FM radio,

which the majority of people didn't want to do

allowed playlist editing on the device,

so did the ipod

had a user-replaceable battery,

who cares!

etc. etc.

etcetera etcetera

The explanation is the reality distortion field,

says the guy who thinks a checklist describes a "superior" product, it's easier than thinking about actual usability

not the inferiority of the competition.