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Hewlett-Packard is preparing to roll out new tablets based on its webOS platform, acquired with its purchase of struggling phone manufacturer Palm in April.
Last month, HP's CTO for global gaming Rahul Sood said that HP plans to release several webOS-based products with a new form factor over the next year.
HP's partners expect webOS to be an important differentiator as HP goes up against Apple and Google in the fast-emerging market for tablet devices.
"People look for options. When [Former HP CEO] Mark Hurd originally completed the Palm acquisition, the first thing I said was, 'He's going to be putting webOS on the tablet to compete with the iPad.' I think it’s a better alternative than the Android OS, which is not that clean from a look and feel perspective in terms of user friendliness," said Bob Venero, President and CEO of Future Tech.
"We do expect webOS to have an impact," said Rich Chernick, CEO of Medford, Oregon-based Connecting Point Computer Centers." This is new technology and I'm eager to find out how it's going to function. I see what Apple has accomplished in such a short time. HP will have to compete somehow. They have to make it as beautiful and easy to run as the iPad. I'm excited to present this to the business community for healthcare, for a number of industries."
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