HP curiously silent on the Slate, winks about webOS Tablets yet again 49
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 9:39 am EDT 
“If we don’t talk about it, they’ll forget we ever mentioned it...” Or at least that seems to be the attitude that HP has been displaying towards the Windows 7-powered Slate tablet they unveiled six months ago at CES. Harry McCracken of Technologizer spoke to HP Personal Systems Group CTO Phil McKinney about their tablet plans, and the HP exec said that he wouldn’t be commenting about unreleased tablet products until the Palm acquisition was complete. And then he went on to extol the virtues of webOS over trying to adapt existing operating systems for new uses (Windows 7 onto a tablet).
This “not talking about the Slate” is a major departure for HP, as the device was shown off on stage by none other than Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and featured in several videos on HP’s site. Including one with McKinney. Since then, as Engadget notes, HP has been eerily quiet - breaking out only to put a damper on rumors that the Slate would run webOS: "Don't believe everything you see online."
So, is Slate dead and to be succeeded by a webOS-powered tablet, perhaps something codenamed Hurricane? That wouldn’t surprise us, though we doubt we’ll know for sure until sometime after the Palm acquisition is wrapped up on July 31st. If Palm and HP really are on an aggressive, 2010 schedule to release a webOS Tablet, let's hope that they started working to make webOS Tablet-ready quite awhile ago.
Via: Engadget, Source: Technologizer
49 Comments
+1st
Go webOS!
***Waiting patiently.
Gimmy Hurricane!!!!! (after new Smartphone Hardware)
so this morning my USB port on my computer stopped linking up with my pre I have reset both, any suggestions,
oh sorry this is off topic,
I really can't wait for a WebOS tablet
Suggestion: http://forums.precentral.net/
I like that same design/form for a WebOS smartphone
I wish the purchase would be done already!! Come one HPalm!
All sounds pretty exciting!!
I know seriously
Most likely they will have both a windows 7 tablet and a webOS tablet. Or what I want is a dual boot.
The JooJoo has shown that windows 7 runs well on a tablet esp with minimal specs (4GB SSD, 1GB ram, 1.6ghz ION etc). Windows 7 Embeded runs even better.
They are most likely redesigning the tablet specs for windows 7 since they failed on the first try. And they cant talk about webOS just yet.
I am really in the need of a new device. We need a tablet and a new phone for webOS Stat.
I also think their shooting for both options 'Instant-on' webOS slate and embedded Windows 7 for full OS experience.
What would ROCK is Synergy merging the two world allowing you to share contacts, emails, bookmarks, and docs (pdfs, docs, pics) from either side.
Need something quick...boot instantly into webOS and access your mail, calendar, docs, browse the web.
Then if you need a full OS, load Windows 7 embedded and enjoy Photoshop and Microsoft Office.
Also, they would be remiss not to allow access to webOS from inside or ontop of Win7.
Kinda like a Dock that swipes webOS 2.0 in over Windows 7 for instant VOIP Video Conferencing, Email communication, and simple Phone Control that Windows 7 does not offer.
Now that would Rock! Sorli...
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oh hell ya now that would be a sweeeeet idea for a tablet. Quick launch for WebOS with the ability of switching over to Windows7..
could it be possible just to have a windows 7 icon like an app and when you needed the full computer OS just launch it from WebOS and when your done swipe it away and go back to WebOS for quick access to basic things like email quick web look ups etc etc?
Interesting idea, but MS. Win 7 ontop of webOS, probably not with Win 7s footprint.
I hear Win 7 Embedded is much smaller and have significantly less overhead then the native OS, so hopefully that will make things happen on HP/Palm Slate.
For me, the combo would rock - providing quick access to webOS for email, web, e-reading, and heck controlling my HP Smart TV when that arrives.
HP and MS could then continue holding hands and provide a native Win 7 side of slate for more options to compete extensively with iPad and Android.
I'm pumped and hopeful HP/Palm are paying attention to Precentral readers. Sorli...
+1 right on!
The only problem is...there is nothing "Instant On" about Web OS. My Sprint Pre takes about 4 to 4 1/2 minutes to boot. I can't speak for the plus. I just hope the next gen Palm phone will be here soon. I'm anxious to see how fast Web OS boots with a 1 GHZ processor or faster.
http://tinyurl.com/2e8ctjw
um did you miss the day in news here anouncing HP bought a company that has linux instant on software?
Harry McCracken of Technologizer spoke to HP Personal Systems Group CTO Phil McKinney (McHinney)
One letter change could have wrote its own joke :)
On a serious note, if the hardware is there, I will gladly purchase a webOS tablet.
Phil McCracken & Harry McHiney would be priceless!
I have been saying something similar for weeks about palm and hp can't announce hardware be it a tablet or smartphone til after the aqusition... But no there will still be impatient people that do not understand business or a buy out and want announcements right now.... People relax obviously they are up to something but no announcements until the end of july first week of august.. Any announcements before then could mess up the aqusition...
and I don't know about you but I'd really like to see this buyout go through because of the resources HP can bring to the table and vice versa... I'd like to finally see a company Mr. Jobs might actually give a hawk eye on.
WebOS and Palm may be small right now and ya at the beginning of WebOS Apple was watching closely.. Timimg their announcements to come the week after Palms.. Definitely seeing once you strip away the UI from WebOS what you have is an erie resemblance to iOS.. I have always said that the Palm Pre was iphones illigetimate half brother for a reason, but over time Apple just gave up watching cause Palm was running with a small bankroll and things were not looking good.
but now HP which is the number one computer manufacturer in the world is backing palm you bet your butts Apple is gonna stand up and take some notice once again on what WebOS is up to..... We need a good match up against the big guy... Androids doing a good job at keeping Apple on their toes but they have a wicked achilles heel. However Googles Android on one side and HP backed Palm WebOS on the other will either slow Jobs tyrant rule over the tech world or he will go nuts........ Again.... And Apple will send him on a looooong vacation away from the company... Again.
either way it's looking to be a 3way battle of epic proportions if the acquisition goes through.. That also means we all have to be patient for the end of July beginning of August for any announcements of devices need it be a tablet or smart phone or both..... I can wait how about you all?
+1. People just love to whine and complain...thinking they are going to persuade a leak. HP can not officially announce anything till after July 31st... But they are starting to throw out some bones :-)
I agree 100% with you post yoshiaka... Especially the history of control freak steve jobs... I want to see him in a fit...all over again...executing power moves @ apple.... And shown the door..again. History has a funny way of repeating itself. He is a huge reason for apple success...but an A hole of epic proportions... Which is a big reason why Apple is so controlling and the culture so weak... But it sells $$$$!!!!
see I like Apple products. As I do graphic editing and video editing... However what turns me off about Apple is how Jobs was cool when he came back to Apple but over time he has become a control freak again... Listen I bought the product it's mine.. I own it.. I don't need him telling me how I can use my product that I own.. And restrict me.. Etc.
he's close to a meltdown anyways thanks to AT&T dropping the ball alot lately. Granted he brought a good vision back to Apple when he came back but that came with a megalomaniac price...when he was gone Apple was more customer friendly....
will I ever own an iphone? Probally not because it's just not for me.. The features I would use on it I might as well just buy an itouch which I'm about ready to do. But as for a smartphone WebOS is best for my needs. I multitask ALOT.... My phrase I say alot everyday is there are not enough hours in a day. Lol
Your forgetting about the 300lb Gorilla? Microsoft is coming out with Windows Phone 7! If this OS integrates as seamlessly with xbox live and has full office and exchange integration it would be a compelling device to both gamers and businesses. If they decide to put Windows Phone 7 on a tablet instead of windows 7 that would add more competition as well.
your forgetting that 300lb gorilla has a bad reputation for being covered in bugs and security issues... Honestly how many people are using Firefox instead of the big blue E? Why is that.. 2 simple reasons.. First Firefox is a faster web browser and secondly Internet Explorer is riddled full of security issues.
the only thing going good for xbox is xbox live.... But if your paying any attention to technology right now with set top boxes and the need for bluray xbox is starting to become outdated... And what was their idea of upgrading xbox? Making it slimmer...
Microsoft is of no worry to me.. They cannot master the touch UI and mobile7 is taking too long.. By the time it actually is released WebOS will be making a comeback, Android will look like it's on steroids and Apple... Ya microsoft can't even compete with Apple.. Sorry WinMo suporters but Microsoft took too long.. They have been promising mobile 7 for too long.. It's losing momentum and it still has glitches why it's still not released.. It'll look pretty but I don't have faith it'll be stable... Name one microsoft OS after windows 3.1 that was even remotely stable?
I still remember all the times my friends had to remove their batterys from there winmo devices to reboot cause they kept bricking.. I'm just saying.. Microsoft might be a day late and a dollar short this time.
I don't think MS is going to be a pushover. Microsoft is talking about being able to play a game on the 360 continuing it on the go on your phone then back to the 360. If this is the case gamers will NEED this phone. They have Zune market and like I said before if Microsoft Office.
microsoft talk about alot of things... And alot of it is just talk.. Alot of stuff like the gaming is jus ideas.. What they want and what they do has always been 2 different things.
see that's a case of the xbox is one division of MS.. Smartphones are a different division of MS., xbox live is a different division of MS..... It's a case of can the 3 work together? Alot of times no... It's like electrical engineers and mechanical engineers.. They have great ideas but then the other explians why it's not possible and it's back to the drawing board.
your Idea of WinMo and Xbox working like that is a little off.. If it does happen it'll be a good year more work.. They just had a whole day at E3 showcasing what they have working in the near future (under a year) and no mention of that...
Actually webOS is based on Linux and iOS is based on OS X which is built on a custom version of FreeBSD. So no, they aren't THAT similar. The only similarities are they both run a NIX OS, which almost every smartphone OS runs.
I understand this NickDG that they are based off of 2 different things. However how many other smart phones out there get mistaken by mobile web pages as an iphone? How many other smartphones can play music downloaded off itunes? How many smartphones out there that developers can almost easily port their iphone apps? Shoot there are some apps in our catalog that stil had the iphone description in it..lol..
iphones iOS may be based off of OSX but there has to be some kind of linux coding in there seeing you can get Android to work on an iphone.. And Android is a linux based OS also.
what I am saying is there is enough similarities between the 2 phones underlyings that Apple could go after Palm for copyright bullshit which they started and backed off... And Palm could go after Apple for the same amount if not more copyright b.s.
I'm just saying... It wouldn't be hard for some ex-Apple devs that came to Palm to retweak some code based on OSX and make it work on Linux. Which would give both phones similar traits I'm talking about. And crap that Apple took notice of started a lawsuit and backed off from.
I shant be buying into this tablet bonanza untill there is one with WebOS on it. What if there isnt one? well then i shall not be buying a tablet. simple as
I've said before, Palm already had a tablet ready, but for the finance backing.
I think once the deal is done, blogs, viral vids and an announcement will follow
...and you know someone has both tablet and new phone, but with the HP deal, not even the slightest leak will be tolerated...im sure
+1 here here I agree
I think that Palm probably already has a webOS tablet ready but Jon Rubinstein told the HP board that he has never used an iPad so they got a little nervous
lol ur problably rite
Man this is killing me. I am a modern American, I want what I want NOW. It sucks that I won't know if Palm is going to give me the upgraded phone I want for at least 2 more months. *sigh*
It's in a way too bad that Sprint allows an upgrade after 1 year because that set up the expectation for a new model and an excuse to whine. I think I'll love my pre plus for as long as I am required to (20 mo., 16 mo. left) and longer if there's something new that's still pocketable if the price is still too high. I still can't imagine splurging on a tablet except for movies on my lunch hour maybe.
I own the new hp 2740p touchscreen tablet pc, which functions a lot like the IPad in terms of navigation, but has a full keyboard and runs everything my other computers do. The unit is bigger than an IPad - about the size of a netbook.
I went for the touchscreen because I got so used to it on Pre that I kept poking my regular machine. It runs Windows 7. BTW, it also comes with excellent video conferencing software.
It strikes me that the acquisition of WebOS plus the new videoconferencing company complements where they were already going - leader on tablet/touchscreen (and, yes, they multitask like everything else Windows even run Flash AND it has all the ports you need). With a 1/4" 'slice' that hooks into the bottom, you get a DVD drive.
I am not sure how they would integrate WebOS on a IPad type unit with the current technology they have running on Windows. This current implementation is really excellent. I'd love to see them play well together or see the WebOS on things with lower CPU demands than my tablet pc.
ya but tablets are geared more towards entertainment and web stuff like browsing and emails.. It's actually a compliment piece to add to a home computer or full blown device with a full OS on it...
however heres what makes tablet devices running mobile OS's so compelling... Price.. A tablet device would be the new netbook... A smaller portable device to do basic stuff and deliver entertainement at your fingure tips quickly at half to even a quarter of the price you paid for your tablet PC with windows7.
Heh he said McCracken
Ehm....Go WebOS!!!
Heh he said McCracken
Ehm....Go WebOS!!!
Heh he said McCracken
Ehm....Go WebOS!!!
the last straw for me off to the EVO not willing to wait until next year just like waiting for flash. Nice phone but Im done!!!
ok hopefully you don't get one of the EVOs the glass is coming apart from the phone or half the touch sensors in the screen stop working.... Yes the EVO already is having hardware build issues.
I'll wait.
a calm before the hurricane!!!
yea that would be dope if thats what the new phone looked like!!! I know it supposed to be a slate.. but use your imagination =] it would be slick!!
is this the same johnnydigital that was just in here a couple days ago being a precentral troll? Now you speak good things? You confuse me.... It's all good opinons are like a-holes everyone has one....... And sometimes they stink...lol
good to see you in better spirits if this is the same johnny
this is the johnny pre troll haha! you know I think I am gonna get the iphone 4 and save webos for the slate.. plus I'll always have my pre =]
first rule of WebOS Tablet:
Don't Talk About WebOS Tablet.
concept webos tablet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig8CNytKGis
I understand now.
If they disclose anything about webos tablet to any web site. And the comment such as Precentral's is super good , then the existing Palm shareholders may turn down the acquisition or ask for more. On the contrary, if there is poor comment such as Engadget's, the HP's shareholders may blow this off.
In either case will be the result hard to predict.
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