HP to resume tablet production – with Windows 8

HP has stopped the production of webOS tablets some time ago – sadly, the OS has now no manufacturers left. However, the firm originally planned to resume the manufacturing of webOS tablets in 2013 – which now seems to have changed slightly.

Bangkok Post reports the following:

: Hewlett-Packard (HP) has announced it will resume production of consumer tablets but says it will run them on Microsoft’s new Windows 8 operating system.

The world’s largest technology firm suspended its touchPad WebOS tablet production line last year on poor sales.

Restarting production is a strategic move aimed at capitalising on the extraordinary growth in tablet sales …

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