• HP Hurricane WebOS Tablet Later this Year?

    HP Hurricane WebOS Tablet Later this Year?

    Techtree News Staff, May 10, 2010 1538 hrs IST

    HP Slate, which is internally known as Hurricane, will run Palm's WebOS

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Rumors are that HP is working on the Slate tablet running WebOS. This tablet is called HP Hurricane internally. An HP based insider informed Examiner that HP Hurricane tablet will be introduced in the third quarter of this year. When HP bought Palm, we knew that WebOS would be placed on the upcoming HP products. The HP-Palm deal closes on July 31 and then maybe HP will be able to confirm these speculations officially.

Last month, it was speculated that HP is dumping plans for the HP Slate, its iPad Killer tablet. Windows 7 Starter edition for the tablet was alleged to be less responsive and also the Intel Atom platform was power hungry. New HP Hurricane would run WebOS which may turn out to be zippy but it would also be important to note which processor is used instead of the Intel Atom processor.

Obviously, HP would want to make the best of Palm's WebOS. If HP is planning to build a custom interface over the WebOS, it might take a while. We think the third quarter release date sounds too good to be true. So if the WebOS clad Hurricane tablet arrives, it would give some competition to iPad. Let's wait and see if HP would be bringing the Hurricane tablet.



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,Washington, on May 17, 2010 09:35 PM
There are a few things to look at here: (1) HP (in my opinion) will still come out with the SLATE running Windows 7. Up until 3 weeks ago they were still coming out with reports and updates about the SLATE. They have lots of money and time invested in the SLATE and probably will try to recoup some of that. (2) There is rumor that HP is also making a smaller version (6 inch) of the SLATE nick named the HALF-PINT. This is rumored to be running Android OS. It’s possible that it could be swapped to run WebOS. (3) We have the rumor of the HP HURRICANE to be released in Q3. This is rumored to be running WebOS instead of the Windows 7. I think that HP will decide to do all 3. The reasons being are that they have lots of money and time invested in the SLATE and they realize they need something on the market as soon as possible. This will help them recoup some of the money invested. It will also help bring in some of the people out there who want a FULL OPPERATING SYSTEM and not a phone based OS. They probably see a need to bring a smaller more portable version to the market (but not to be mistaken for a phone…. hence the HP HALF-PINT). If this is running WebOS, this will be two fold. (1) it will bring a phone operating system to market for HP and more importantly (2) this will give WebOS a few months to have the APPs developed before the HP HURRICANE is released onto the market. At that time HP will have a full version, fully integrated SLATE type device on market that will be able to compete with the iPad for market share. As of now, iPad is ahead of the game with the iPhone OS only in the APPs department. HP needs some time to develop and test the HURRICANE. HP also needs to get something on the market as soon as possible at the same time trying to recoup some of the money that was invested in the SLATE. This is why I think that HP will do all three. HP SLATE HP HALF-PINT HP HURRICANE
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MikeInTN
,Maryville, on May 21, 2010 07:42 AM
The slate will not run Windows 7 Mobile, I don't think HP would have bought Palm if they thought it was a viable option. the hardware of the slate can be saved it just needs a real mobile OS (phone OS) and a better processor. there a plenty of tablet devices that run a full blown windows OS, check out motion computing, these are niche machines. No one really wants them, or at least not enough people to make them viable consumer products.
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Etch
,Toronto, Canada, on May 10, 2010 04:41 PM
HP as a hardware manufacturer is the worst out of the lot. No Name Chinese companies nowadays make better & sturdier products. They can't possibly compete with the Best Hardware manufacturer in the industry. (Apple) Everyone who has ever owned an HP (myself included) curse the day they bought one. Terrible battery life, cheap plastic material, and the worst hardware lifespan out of all the notebooks/netbooks on the market. I own(ed) a 17inch HP laptop that was sent to their plant to be fixed 3 times, once the motherboard just died, once the CD writer died and the silly lightscribe thing never worked to begin with, and finally the plastic casing that keeps the screen in place simply snapped. Not to mention the power cable which was replaced 3 times because the socket gets worn out. The warranty finally expired after 3 years from purchasing it, and guess what, the motherboard dies again, because I attempted to use the built in card reader!! Now I'm a computer engineer & Software developer, I know how to handle PCs, hell I've built my own desktop many many times, for someone like me who was more than careful in my treatment of a laptop, this should never happen. I can't imagine what the average consumer goes through. I'm never buying HP again. Period.
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phr3ak3r
,Denver, on May 10, 2010 09:56 PM
Huh, interesting. I've had many HP laptops, have two right now that I actively use and have no issues. Haven't had an issues ever. I don't know that I believe the good treatment or if you this is just an Apple fan boy rant. Being a "computer engineer" you should know a lot more about the hardware and what is all entailed in the making of laptops. The majority are all of the same material, except the toughbook of course. Don't believe I would purchase anything from whatever company you work for given that this rant lacks reason and intelligence and that is what I would expect of your services as well.
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ricegf
,Texas, on May 10, 2010 04:24 PM
The user interface is one of the few things widely praised about WebOS. Why would HP "build a custom interface over the WebOS"? WebOS doesn't have a vast store of applications to offer, or a huge fan base, or impressive market momentum. The user interface *is* the value proposition for WebOS, isn't it?
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