Remember the story about the 250k HP TouchPad units, most of them left unsold? Well, that’s happening for a reason, that being the lack of quality of the product. HP figured that out and decided to end the life of webOS and quit making tablets for a while…
HP will discontinue operations for webOS devices, mostly for phones and the TouchPad tablet. We can’t help but wonder what will happen with the 4G TouchPad and the 7 inch model that the US company was preparing. Meanwhile, as CEO Leo Apotheker details the situation and confirmed lowered revenue estimates, it seems HP is in talks with Autonomy Corporation, for a potential buyout.
The future of the company is at stake these days and it seems that it will take HP 12 to 18 months to explore options, with the most likely future being in the software biz, rather than Personal Systems (PCs, mobile devices, storage). There’s still hope for the original platform that webOS was, among which there’s licensing, for companies interested to take over.
