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HP is killing webOS – TouchPad, smartphones discontinued

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By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, August 18th, 2011 at 12:41 PM
WebOS is dead

WebOS is dead.

I wondered what HP spinning off its hardware division would mean for webOS and I tried to find a bit of optimism. Well, HP said it is killing its TouchPad and other webOS devices.

In the press release where it announced that it is negotiating to buy the Autonomy company, it slipped in this little gem:

In addition, HP reported that it plans to announce that it will discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones. HP will continue to explore options to optimize the value of webOS software going forward.

Yep, so it looks like the $1.2 billion HP shelled out for Palm was all for nothing right now, as the TouchPad was a flop, the Veer hasn’t been a big hit and the Pre 3 still hasn’t hit the market. HP is saying that webOS isn’t dead because it will “optimize the value” of it later but it really seems like it’s on life support.

We’ve lost an independent Motorola this week and now nearly all traces of Palm are gone too. Wow.

[Via HP, photo]

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Marin Perez

Marin Perez has torture tested cell phones and smartphones for industry leaders like CNET and InformationWeek. He remembers when 4G was just a screen on PowerPoint presentations and is fascinated with the amount of innovation out there. Marin has spent a lot of time with BlackBerry and Android but he finally broke down a bought an iPhone to see what all the hype's about. He also has too many tablets.

  • GT

    How many patents did Palm own???

    • Anonymous

      They probably had a lot

      • GT

        Will HP sell them to recoup losses considering the market for patents?

  • Lee Duncan

    this is so stupid! I cannot understand why throw away a product that many people love? why not make it more popular! WTF!!!

    • Anonymous

      They said it wasn’t worth the costs of investments

  • Anonymous

    WebOS is dead ???? But HP said hp hardware is dead, not WEBOS OS. ;o)

  • http://twitter.com/#!/PitoVH787 Pito V.H

    yes..