The Hit Farm

(TONY AVELAR/BLOOMBERG) The one-two punch announcement that Hewlett-Packard would be discontinuing its WebOS devices and selling its PC division hit the tech world hard. Speculation is rampant as to what HP will do with the WebOS platform and what this When Palm introduced the Pre, it represented a major threat to the iPhone. It was [...]

And just like that, Palm's baby was abandoned. Among the 'other announcements' in today's press release about the potential spinoff of its entire P. Hewlett-Packard also said that it is considering spinning off its PC division and that it will discontinue products that run webOS software, including the TouchPad. Hewlett-Packard shares dropped after the company [...]