HP Jettisons webOS Phones & TouchPad Tablet. Which Tablet is Next to Go?

In the tradition of the late great Johnny Carson’s Carnac the Magnificent providing answers before the question is asked.

Answer: “Jornada, iPaq, webOS”.

Question: “Name three mobile brands HP has killed”.

HP developed the Jornada brand out of the LX series of MS-DOS (initially) and Windows CE Handheld PCs and Palm-sized PCs. HP got the iPAQ when it purchased Compaq. And, of course, HP bought Palm specifically to get its webOS mobile platform that had already failed to catch on with consumers.

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