Although it's upsetting to here that
HP are canceling plans to produce an
Android tablet it does make perfect business sense.
HP now own Palm and their WebOS platform and since the accuasition of the struggling
smartphone maker, has created the
HP Slate, one of the slickest looking
tablet devices we've set eyes on. For
HP to make an Android
tablet which competes with it's own
Web OS driven
slate doesn't really make much sense.
But we can look on the bright side, the
HP Slate is likely to put pressure on all
tablet manufactures in terms of pricing and innovation, so while it's not likely we will see a
HP Android Slate, it is possible that by making this decision
HP may have just given Android
tablet makers a much needed kick in the behind!