Bloomberg recently leaked a memo from Hewlett-Packard, saying that they need to "watch every penny and minimize hiring."
Q3 is going to be another tough quarter, one in which we will be driving hard for revenue and profit. We have absolutely no room for profitless revenue or any discretionary expenditures.
This may look like bad news on the surface, but will probably be good news for webOS. They aren't selling as much consumer products -- desktops, laptops, etc. Which is where webOS comes in. Windows can't compete with iOS on tablets, and as we all know the iPad is taking a big chunk out of the laptop and netbook sales. This means that HP really needs to push the Touchpad, and along with it webOS on PCs, phones, printers, everywhere applicable.
One feature that Palm has been praised for since CES 2009 has been their unique Touchstone charging technology. Well, now with HP in control it's no different - with phones still using it, and a newer version being adapted for their tablet as well. While Powermap and other 3rd party accessories can charge other cell phones inductively, HP is the only company to have a solution for charging a tablet without plugging it in.
