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Fear not, webOS fans, HP has not forgotten or forsaken you! You must have been left wondering what was going on with your favorite mobile operating system after being drowned out by all the iPhone and Android news and handsets. Even Windows Phone 7 has been getting a lot of fanfare and exposure lately! However, HP has committed to the platform after acquiring Palm, so you can bet that improvements are on the way.
Jon Rubinstein of HP, formerly CEO of Palm, told Fortune that webOS 2.0 is definitely on schedule for later this year. Perhaps the more exciting bit of news is that HP has also mentioned earlier this year that new hardware will be released in the near future, too. Could it be a tablet that seems to be making its rounds in the news lately? Or perhaps a new smartphone to reinvigorate HP’s presence in the wireless market? We’ll have to wait and see.
Rubinstein did apparently focus on the fact that HP was being aggressive with the development of hardware. Hopefully the folks acquired from Palm will be able to crank something out under their new leadership by the holidays to stay competitive in this rapidly evolving market.
[Via: Engadget]
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Marc Flores
Marc has been a mobile fanatic for the better part of a decade and has had more devices pass through his hands than he would care to count. Originally from Los Angeles and briefly in San Francisco, Marc now lives in Brooklyn where, unlike Will Park, he longs for simpler times and simpler technology. All the while, he writes about gadgets and wireless technology as he tinkers, hacks and ultimately breaks most of his gadgets in the process. Marc has written about the mobile industry for Boy Genius Report, MobileCrunch, Laptop Magazine and has had his work appear in the Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, CrunchGear and more.
