HP ready for another tablet love affair, with Windows 8

Bangkong Post, in one of its recent stories, said that HP is preparing to get back into the tablet ring. But this time, HP, one of the largest hardware companies in the world, will come armed with Microsoft's next-generation operating system, Windows 8.

The TouchPad, HP's WebOS-based tablet, failed to ignite sales.

In 2011, the company had to make a hasty and embarrassing exit from the tablet computer market after the dismal showing of its WebOS-based TouchPad tablet. After this, few analysts and observers believed the company would ever try coming up with a consumer-oriented tablet computer again.

HP is hoping its Windows 8-running tablets would do better than the TouchPad did.

The company, however, has been selling Windows 7-powered tablets to corporate clients in several industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, and hospitality markets. Also, HP, even before the TouchPad fiasco, had been in talks with Microsoft regarding future Windows 8-based tablet computers.

Will the market be more favorable for the Windows 8 tablets from HP than it has ever been for the TouchPad? I guess, we'll find out by the time the holidays shopping season gets here.
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