Hewlett-Packard has passed around invitations to a WebOS
event Feb. 9 that appears to mean the introduction of its tablet is
finally imminent. That said, don’t expect to see any hints of an HP
tablet at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
More exactly, tablets may be the case at the event
next month. The invitation for the media event reads: “Think big. Think
small. Think beyond.” Will HP have two sizes to show off? Three? All
that’s known for now is that the PC maker, which first announced plans
to purchase Palm and its popular WebOS in April 2010, has for some time
been working on a tablet running an updated version of the operating
system.
Jon Rubinstein, the former Apple employee who became CEO
of Palm after spearheading the Palm Pre and WebOS, and who’s now in
charge of Palm within HP, has promised an early 2011 launch of the
tablet (tablets!), but has revealed little more.
In mid-December, BMO Capital Markets analyst Keith Bachman, after a trip through Asia, told analysts on a call that the HP tablet would arrive in March, and it appears he was right.
For more, read the eWeek article: HP WebOS Event Feb. 9 May Include Several Tablets.
