In a set of shocking developments that could send the entire PC industry reeling, Hewlett-Packard today revealed that it will kill off its Palm webOS mobile system and devices and explore its options for selling off the business. But it gets worse: HP isn't stopping with webOS. The company plans to follow IBM and sell or perhaps spin off its PC business as well...
(Read the full article, written by Paul Thurrott.)
I read the above article while perusing my daily news feeds. To be honest, I wasn't so shocked about the WebOS news. After HP bought Palm, I suspected that the WebOS platform would fizzle. It had great potential, but it just couldn't compete with the likes of Android and iOS. Now, the news that did shock me was the announcement that HP is planning on selling off its PC business. I have never really been a fan of HP computers, but I do recognize that the computers they make are popular and that they are big in the PC business. I am curious about who will decide to purchase the HP PC line and what effect it will have on the whole PC market. Perhaps other PC makers, such as Dell and Lenovo, will step up and make a grab for some of the customer base held by HP. Perhaps the future buyer of HP's line of PCs will do something to improve not only the business, but also the computers themselves. Either way, I hope something good comes out of this for the consumer. In my opinion, the PC market in general needs a better contender than the offerings currently available.
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