Editorial: HP and the post PC World
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
The news today that HP was cutting off webOS and possibly shifting away entirely from the PC market was monumental for a number of reasons. Ending its pursuit of the smartphone and tablet market a mere month after it launched the TouchPad, shows that HP is very aware of where it stands in this immensely competitive space. Putting the brakes on its PC business, where it has long loomed as a giant gives us an insight of how it sees the industry and where it is going.