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If you're still wondering if Hewlett-Packard had plans beyond mobile devices like smartphones and tablets for Palm and WebOS, wonder no longer. CEO Leo Apotheker is concerned that HP has "lost its soul," according to an interview he gave to BusinessWeek at HP headquarters, and he teased that there would be more interesting revelations regarding HP's plans for WebOS at an upcoming event on March 14th.
He claimed that HP wants to make broader and better use of WebOS, with plans to bring the mobile OS not just to HP's next generation of tablets and smartphones, but also to dual-boot WebOS with Windows on every desktop or laptop that HP ships before 2012. He pointed to the rapid growth of mobile development for Android and iOS as opportunities, and bemoaned WebOS's 6,000 app catalog when compared to the 350,000 apps for iOS and 250,000 apps for Android.
The goal, according to Apotheker, is to create a massive platform of unified devices, including new mobile devices like tablets and traditional desktop computers where developers can build applications and software that will work on any HP device, regardless of where or how it's used.
Considering even Apple noted recently that they wanted to bring more features from iOS into Mac OS X, HP isn't the only company interested in unifying the mobile with the desktop. The question is whether or not users are interested in that kind of experience.
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