Hewlett-Packard confirms its acquirement of Palm and confirmed it will utilize the corporation's WebOS in future tablets and netbooks.

The $1.2 billion agreement was proclaimed April 28 and followed by reports that HP would expand the operating system further than Palm's Pre and Pixi handset product lines to superior form factors.

In its declaration on agreement, HP cleared in that direction. "Palm will be in charge for WebOS software development and WebOS-based hardware products, from a healthy smartphone roadmap to future schedule PCs and netbooks," the declaration said.

HP displayed tablet called the Slate, running Windows 7, at the International Consumer Electronics Show in January. As then it has released added particulars regarding the future device but allegedly dropped Windows 7 from its plans.
The Palm business unit will report to Todd Bradley, executive vice president of HP's Personal Systems Group. The corporation said it will assist it fight in a $100 billion market for smartphones and connected mobile devices.

Palm was a pioneer in handheld PC business with its Palm Pilot devices and in smartphones with the Treo line. But it left far before Apple, Research In Motion and other competitor during the lengthy development of WebOS and the Palm Pre, which entered previous year. The corporation started looking for a purchaser in serious previous this year after it became clear its revenue was falling short of prospect.