Friday, August 19, 2011

In nod to IBM, HP overhaul minimizes consumers (AP)

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2011 file photo, Todd Bradley, right, Hewlett Packard Executive Vice President Personal Systems Group, right, and Jon Rubinstein, left, Palm Senior Vice President and General Manager, hold, from left, a Palm Veer, a Palm Pre 3, and an HP TouchPad during a Palm and Hewlett Packard announcement in San Francisco. In a dramatic reshuffling, Hewlett-Packard Co. on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011 said that it will discontinue its tablet computer and smartphone products and may sell or spin off its PC division, bowing out of the consumer businesses. The announcement comes just two years after spending $1.8 billion on smartphone maker Palm, which gave HP the webOS software that has been praised by critics but largely been ignored by the marketplace. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - Hewlett-Packard's decision to surrender in smartphones and tablet computers and possibly get rid of its personal computer business underscores how Apple has transformed consumer electronics in just four years.


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