HP On Palm Acquisition: “Our Intent Is To Double Down On WebOS”

WebOS is actually pretty nice to develop for, it just needs faster hardware with better battery life. Oh, and a way for developers to make money. It's a little rough that anyone can just shell into their phone and view all of your source code.

Maybe we'll finally see a legitimate competitor for the iPad now. All of a sudden, the market just got a little interesting.

Good for them! WebOS, as I understand it, is the nicest OS of the bunch from an elegance and openness perspective, so it's good to see it getting a fair shot at market dominance.<p>Exciting stuff -- let's just hope the additional fragmentation is worth it.

I love my Pre. Great new innovative ui, and excellent browsing experience.

The first thing came to my mind reading the headline was:<p>"What does KFC have anything to do with HP or Palm?"

Is using a gambling term to describe a business acquisition supposed to calm shareholder fears/concerns of risk?<p>Clearly that one didn't go through the normal PR approval process.