webOS Q&A Metrix App Mill Forums About Contact Tip Us
Buzz, News

‘PalmPad’ to Be Like the iPad?

By: , 9/20/2010 3:50 pm | 19 comments

HP said back a month or so ago that a webOS-based tablet device possibly called the PalmPad is coming in the first quarter of 2011. That’s about all the real news that has come forth about the actual device, and webOS fans like us are so hungry for news that any tidbit satisfies the palate if only for a little while. Such is the case today, as according to Engadget, HP’s Peter Helm can be quoted as saying:

Now that we are officially part of HP, we are going full speed ahead with our applications initiative. Our proprietary operating system, webOS, is now the OS that will be used in HP’s mobile devices. This includes mobile handsets as well as tablet-style devices similar to the iPad. We will accordingly leverage Palm’s ability to innovate and the scale of HP’s vast install base and distribution network previously unavailable to us.

Sure, the statement is a bit full of fluff, but it teases one point: tablet-style devices similar to the iPad. Taken literally, that could mean that the PalmPad will be very similar to the iPad in form and function (shocking, we know). More than likely, it could just as well mean what we’ve assumed before: that a webOS based tablet will be designed for and marketed towards a similar audience to that of the iPad’s. Hopefully we’ll know much more certain information by the first quarter of 2011.

(On the other hand, HP… you know things are bad when a site like Engadget is pulling at straws for stories on webOS. Please… give us more than this!)

[Source: Engadget]

flattr this!


About Clifton Thomas

Clifton is a Contributor to webOSroundup. He is a graphic artist, textile designer, and passionate advocate of webOS.
View all posts by Clifton Thomas →
  • David Baxter

    Not much new here, but it is always good to hear them talking about it. Q1 is what…6 months away tops? Sounds to me like it is about time to leave one of these bad boys in a bar somewhere.

    • cliftonmthomas

      I left my new invention, the ClifFone, in a bar the other day on purpose. Unfortunately tin cans with string apparently do not have the same appeal as an unreleased fruitphone. **sigh**

  • David Baxter

    Not much new here, but it is always good to hear them talking about it. Q1 is what…6 months away tops? Sounds to me like it is about time to leave one of these bad boys in a bar somewhere.

    • cliftonmthomas

      I left my new invention, the ClifFone, in a bar the other day on purpose. Unfortunately tin cans with string apparently do not have the same appeal as an unreleased fruitphone. **sigh**

  • http://twitter.com/jayray78 @jayray78

    If I am not mistaken Q4 ends in October for HPQ. Q1 '11 would be November through January. Just in time for Christmas.

    • Chris

      If this is true, I’m going to need to start looking for someone to sell my iPad to. I hope it’s true and that we will see a tablet with webOS before Christmas.

    • Dan_Ramirez

      HP's Q3 results were announced mid-August. Q4 results are traditionally annouced in November. That would indeed make Q1 November/December through January/February. EARLY Q1 just might be in time for the holidays… hmm…

      Nice job, jayray. Now you've made us think… :)

      • cliftonmthomas

        Curse you jayray! you've turned my webOS world upside down…..now I have to rethink everything. No actually thank you jayray cause actually I feel so excited for new hardware. #manic

        • Dan_Ramirez

          Then again, I think Todd Bradley himself said "early 2011," so I think we're still waiting for the calendar year. Makes sense… CES is in January. :-/

  • http://twitter.com/jayray78 @jayray78

    If I am not mistaken Q4 ends in October for HPQ. Q1 '11 would be November through January. Just in time for Christmas.

    • Chris

      If this is true, I’m going to need to start looking for someone to sell my iPad to. I hope it’s true and that we will see a tablet with webOS before Christmas.

    • Dan_Ramirez

      HP's Q3 results were announced mid-August. Q4 results are traditionally annouced in November. That would indeed make Q1 November/December through January/February. EARLY Q1 just might be in time for the holidays… hmm…

      Nice job, jayray. Now you've made us think… :)

      • cliftonmthomas

        Curse you jayray! you've turned my webOS world upside down…..now I have to rethink everything. No actually thank you jayray cause actually I feel so excited for new hardware. #manic

        • Dan_Ramirez

          Then again, I think Todd Bradley himself said "early 2011," so I think we're still waiting for the calendar year. Makes sense… CES is in January. :-/

  • John

    Wow, people are reading WAY too much into this. Couldn't it be possible that HP was just clarifying want they meant by the term "tablet"? After all, the iPad is by far the best known tablet right now, and they are most likely just saying that it will be a device in the same class, as opposed to the older-style, pen-based tablet PCs.

    • cliftonmthomas

      Agreed Dan. It's good to have them talking about webOS products even if the information they put out is more of the same. What would be even better is a teaser shot or 5…hint..HINT @HP

  • John

    Wow, people are reading WAY too much into this. Couldn't it be possible that HP was just clarifying want they meant by the term "tablet"? After all, the iPad is by far the best known tablet right now, and they are most likely just saying that it will be a device in the same class, as opposed to the older-style, pen-based tablet PCs.

  • John

    Wow, people are reading WAY too much into this. Couldn't it be possible that HP was just clarifying want they meant by the term "tablet"? After all, the iPad is by far the best known tablet right now, and they are most likely just saying that it will be a device in the same class, as opposed to the older-style, pen-based tablet PCs.

    • cliftonmthomas

      Agreed Dan. It's good to have them talking about webOS products even if the information they put out is more of the same. What would be even better is a teaser shot or 5…hint..HINT @HP