WebOS coming to Slates, Web-connected Printers: HP

HP has officially announced its plans for Palm's WebOS. HP CEO Mark Hurd revealed this juicy detail at the company's second-quarter 2010 earnings conference call. Hurd told analysts that the WebOS would hit in form factors such as Slates and web-connected devices. Hence, the buzz we've heard about the upcoming HP tablet internally dubbed asHurricane is true.

HP has recently acquired Palm and the transaction is set to close on July 31. Obviously, HP would be making best of Palm's WebOS and would be investing in the research and development of the same. At the recent conference call, Hurd told the analysts that "after closing the acquisition we expect to leverage webOS in the app store beyond Smartphones in the form factor such as slates and web connected printers".

HP already has Photosmart Premium printer sporting TouchSmart Web printer features and a 4.33-inch touchscreen. We suppose more such printers with WebOS loaded on them can be expected.

The transcript of HP's second quarter 2010 earnings call can be found at Scribd.