That's what Marty Wong, the head of HP's Personal Systems Group in Taiwan, said in an interview with Digitimes Friday. "The HP Slate will hit the market before the end of the fiscal year ending in October, and consumers could see a wide range of software and application support at launch," Wong said.
WebOS spyware database is Palm's touch-screen operating system that now is only used in smartphones. In April, HP announced its intentions to purchase Palm for $1.2 billion. The Palm acquisition won't even close until the end of July, but HP now expects a WebOS tablet to be ready in time for fall, spyware removal which is, not coincidentally, the beginning of holiday shopping for a lot of consumers.
What's still unclear is whether HP is still planning a Slate with Windows 7. HP has declined to comment Friday on the current status of the product. HP introduced the Windows 7 Slate on stage during Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's keynote at CES in January, but since the news of the Palm process database acquisition hit the company has been mum on its future. HP also declined to comment on a recent report quoting unnamed sources that the company was killing the Windows 7 Slate.
Another interesting tidbit from the Digitimes interview concerns HP's approach to Netboooks. HP has already said it plans to put WebOS on tablets, smartphones, and Web-connected printers, but there was standard process some speculation the OS could be loaded onto HP Netbooks too. However, according to Wong, "since Netbooks are more similar in functions with traditional computers, the company will not offer such WebOS-based devices." Currently HP Netbooks run Windows 7, Windows XP, and a version of Linux.
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