HP Killing Off TouchPad, Pre – Open Source It?

HP Killing Off TouchPad, Pre – Open Source It?

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HP Killing Off TouchPad, Pre – $1.2 Billion Down The Drain?

…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.

HP if you’re going to kill it, open source it – or at least consider giving it away, just like google is doing with Android. On a related note, there will be about 250,000 HP tablet flooding the market, below cost soon. It will be interesting to see what makers do with them.

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