HP Unveils Palm-Based Tablet Computer, Smartphones
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Hewlett-Packard Co. unveiled a tablet computer called the TouchPad in a bid to gain a foothold in the market for handheld computers, and said the product’s software, acquired in last year’s purchase of Palm Inc., will run on personal computers this year.
HP, the world’s largest maker of PCs, showed off the TouchPad and smartphones dubbed Veer and Pre 3 at an event in San Francisco today. The company will deliver PCs and printers running WebOS, originally designed for touch-screen devices, to attract more software developers to the platform and expand HP’s market, Palm chief Jon Rubinstein said in an interview.