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If there is one thing that does some serious damage to anyone’s reputation it is talking about ideas and rolling back on them. It is absolutely immature and unprofessional and HP is doing exactly that by drawing back on its Android bases Slate. This follows the earlier withdrawal of the Windows 7 based tablet back in April.

What’s even more astonishing is the fact that this Android based tablet was set to be launched in the fourth quarter of 2010. Sources state that the tablet might be delayed by quite some time and release much later than expected. Why is this being done?

Primarily all wisdom has come crashing on HP to focus on one operating system at a time, and for now they will be concentrating all efforts on the WebOS based Slate.

Sounds reasonable, given the fact that they are emphasizing more on the research and development for the WebOS, as well as increasing expenditure on the same for both R&D and marketing.

I am just a little baffled on why they didn’t begin with a focus solely on the WebOS; especially when they want to broaden the purpose of the platform to expand beyond smartphones and into notepads/tablets arena. I would have preferred sticking to this strategy alone, experiment the design and interface with one operating system, perfect it and then head forward designing or adding support with the Windows 7 or the Android based device.

This shift in strategy and focus, would also help HP concentrate on the applications for the device which is quite essential for obvious reasons: you don’t want your consumers staring at iPad owners boasting about the countless applications they have while they sit with their Slate and a limited editions for apps.