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HP's tablet strategy drops Windows for Android and webOS

Firstfruits of Palm deal

HP's tablet strategy drops Windows for Android and webOS
By Jon Jordan
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The purchase of Palm and access to its much vaunted webOS already seems to be affecting strategy at HP.

The world's largest PC manufacturer is reported to have pulled the plug on its Windows 7-powered Slate tablet that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled in prototype form at CES 2010.

The reason is apparently due to issues such as the power hungry nature of Intel hardware it was running on, despite it being an mobile-focused Atom CPU, combined with general dissatisfaction with Windows.

HP remains on course to release tablet devices however.

It's already announced machines running Android will be out in 2010, while the announcement of the purchase of Palm has prompted talk about how high the OS will scale within the connected mobile device sector.

[source: TechCrunch]

Jon Jordan
Jon Jordan
A Pocket Gamer co-founder, Jon can turn his hand to anything except hand turning. He is editor-at-large at PG.biz which means he can arrive anywhere in the world, acting like a slightly confused uncle looking for the way out. He likes letters, cameras, imaginary numbers and legumes.