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Tablet competition grows (week in review)

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February 12, 2011
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 HP dangles developer carrot with WebOS PCs

Dell and Hewlett-Packard up the ante in the tablet game, but Apple looks to raise the stakes.

Hewlett-Packard took the wraps off its long-anticipated tablet, a 9.7-inch device it's calling the TouchPad, along with the bombshell that its WebOS is headed to PCs. The TouchPad will run the company's WebOS, which it acquired along with Palm as part of a $1.2 billion deal in April.

The tablet features front-facing cameras for video chat, 16GB or 32GB of built-in memory, support for Adobe's Flash, and a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor. Initially the TouchPad will be offered as a Wi-Fi only device, though HP said it plans to release a version with 3G/4G mobile connectivity down the line. •  HP shows off TouchPad tablet, WebOS for PCs (live blog) •  HP TouchPad, first take: Some kudos, some cynicism HP brings WebOS to phones, TouchPad (photos)...

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