HP to wave farewell to PC's and WebOS

Hewlett Packard has shocked the IT world with the announcement that it is to spin off it's PC business.

HP confirmed plans that it is to stop making PC's, tablets and phones in order to refocus on software.

Even more surprising came the announcement that HP is also going to discontinue operations for WebOS devices which means the end of its just launched HP TouchPad, only six weeks after it went on sale.

In the official press release detailing its preliminary Q3 2011 financial results the company said;

HP reported that it plans to announce that it will discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones. HP will continue to explore options to optimize the value of webOS software going forward.