Hewlett-Packard will make public a tablet PC based on Palm's webOS operating system in early 2011, the head of HP's PC division stated on Thursday. HP's tablet plans have been below close watch ever since it proclaims plans to acquire Palm in April. There was gossip at the time that HP would ditch its plans for a Windows 7 tablet and use Palm's webOS in its place.

While then the corporation has stated it will vend tablets based on equally operating systems, but it hadn't confirmed when the webOS device will go on trade. "You'll observe us with a Microsoft invention out in the near future and a webOS-based product in early 2011," Todd Bradley, the head of HP's Personal Systems Group, stated during HP's quarterly income call on Thursday. He didn't offer any extra facts.

Last month, HP stated the Windows tablet will be meant directly at venture, while the webOS tablet will be a consumer-oriented device. The plans will have to compete next to Apple's hot-selling iPad, Cisco's recently declared Cius tablet for businesses, and tablets intended by several other sellers.