HP Slate consolidation rumors continue 13
While the rumors of the supposed webOS-based slate code-named 'Hurricane' due in Q3 have hit a bit of a lull, HP's other slate initiatives are still very much in the news.
The latest is that HP had been planning on releasing an Android-based slate in Q4 of 2010. All Things D's John Paczkowski is reporting that project 'has been delays and won't ship before the end of the year as planned.' Whether that 'delay' actually means HP is giving serious thought to only creating webOS-based slates is an open question, but even a gigantic company like HP can't be everything to everybody, so a little focus could really help.
Meanwhile, at MobileBeat 2010, HP's CTO Phil McKinney was careful to note that while he's excited about the possibilities of a webOS slate, he wasn't saying anything about the HP Slate, which was to be based on Windows 7 and has been put in a memory hole for all intents and purposes.
Source: All Things D via Android Central; thanks to everybody who sent this in!
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is there anyone who does not want a webos tablet? Anyone? I think not. Lets face it, webos was designed for it (to scale across multiple platforms)
There are lots of people who don't. For the 'portability' of a slate, I and many others would rather have a netbook which has way, way, way more functionality. Tablets are a long way from being functional enough for many of us to even consider using one.
I would prefer a webos netbook myself, however if a tablet is released 1st, and they don't say anything about it going to netbook, I'm getting one. I'm sure pleanty of people would.
I don't. Until it can do what was demonstrated on YouTube by HP (and everything else my Windows-based devices) can do, I'm totally ok with WebOS on my phone.
I want the webOS slate.
I wonder if the Android slate is being scaled back into a less expensive media player, reader, web browser like some of the small Samsung slates. That way the webOS slate will be the flagship.
Just speculation.
Haha, memory hole. That's a great reference (+1 if you know what it's from without having to look it up). Seems like since they purchased a fantastic mobile OS, they're going to focus on making it as awesome and functional as possible. This is great news (as evidenced by Apple's iron-fisted grip on hardware/OS pairing) for end users who will get an amazing OS that was designed to work with a specific piece/set/line of hardware. As much as I hate Apple's business model, controlling the OS and what hardware it goes on actually makes a lot of sense for tablets.
maybe they were gonna use the android as the platform for their end-to-end solution, and then webOS was their Holy Grail
HP just recently bought their own OS so this only makes good business sense.
HP also needs to not follow Apple, but make a device that further pushes the platform forward and offers more for the end user.
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why can't a slate perform to webbook standards? Minus the keyboard... With bluetooth and usb, and sdcards growing at such high speeds & capacity I don't see why a webbook would be an only option for some of you....??
If I'm going to carry something the size of a tablet/netbook, I want a real keyboard. I simply don't like virtual keyboards in general (and 'predictive' text makes me homicidal). Virtual keyboards are simply too tetchy, take up too much valuable screen real estate and, I've noticed, seem to lead to dirtier/smudgier screens.
I might want a slate, but it would be cool to have a detachable keyboard that could plug into any side when you have some serious typing to do. Or better yet, a stand that could attach to any side with a bluetooth keyboard. Also, love the idea to have a dual boot win 7 netbook with a webOS quick boot... Sweet!
Yeah, give me a laptop that weighs less than 4 pounds with a 14" screen (1400x900 or better resolution), a Core i5 CPU (i3 and the CU/SU CPUs aren't beefy enough), 4GB RAM, and any hard drive (doesn't matter as I'll replace it with an SSD). Make it dual-boot an instant-on webOS or Win7 Home Premium. Price it at $800 or so. I'd trade off the optical drive for a bigger battery as long as there was an eSATA port.