Perhaps not the most surprisingly news you’ll hear this week, but HP Personal Systems Group VP Todd Bradley has confirmed that his company will not be making any Windows Phone 7 devices, and will instead focus entirely on their newly-acquired webOS for all upcoming smartphones.
HP has now completed its $1.2 billion acquisition of Palm, and have confirmed that they plan to get stuck into their lovely webOS mobile operating system and slap it in new tablet computers and netbooks.
In a statement sure to send long suffering Palm aficionados into fresh depths of despair, Mark Hurd, the CEO of new owners’ HP is quoted as saying, “We didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business.”
After a lively, five-way bidding war a few weeks ago, Hewlett-Packard emerged victorious, scooping up struggling mobile phone maestros Palm for $1.2bn.
Although Palm’s Pre and Pixi handsets had been picking up positive reviews, the real jewel in the crown for HP was the handset maker’s webOS operating system.
The rumours about Palm being bought up have been circulating for months, with a succession of potential suitors mooted, but HP have now announced that they have entered into a “definitive agreement” to buy the smartphone maker.
The deal will see HP snapping up the makers of the Palm Pre and Pixi handsets – and the superb webOS operating system – at a price of $5.70 per share of Palm common stock in cash, adding up to an enterprise value of approximately $1.2 billion.
With the company shelling out no less than $40 million on this TV campaign, HP are looking to make a splash with the public, with a slew of adverts hitting YouTube.
Labelled with the grammatically worrying tag of, “Let’s Do Amazing,” the adverts are led by Rhys Darby of “Flight of the Conchords” fame, and on first look seem moderately amusing.
Keen to show those beastly Flash-hating rotters at Apple just how useful the technology is for tablets and netbooks, Adobe has knocked out a promo videos showing off its capabilities.
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