HP expected to decide webOS fate at all-hands meeting today
Hewlett-Packard is expected to reveal the fate of webOS as soon as tonight.
According to The Verge, HP will be holding an all-hands meeting today at 4:30PM PST after the U.S. markets close. The meeting will be led by CEO Meg Whitman and will most likely cover webOS.
Considering that Whitman held up her promise that a decision about the PC unit would be made within a few months of her appointment, an imminent decision about webOS is highly probable.
There is room to believe that HP will sell off its webOS properties and resources -- especially considering that Whitman noted in a recent conference call that HP will focus on Windows 8 tablets. Even the HP Slate got a another chance.
The webOS 3.0-based HP TouchPad was discontinued just a month after being released this summer -- although that one proved to be a popular product once the price dropped to $99.
Names of Silicon Valley giants have been tossed around as potential buyers, including Oracle, which might be a long shot although it would boost Oracle's patent portfolio in its battle against Google.
Who knows? Maybe even RIM will buy up webOS.
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