HP To Use Only webOS on Its Smartphones, Not Windows Phone 7

HP says all its future smartphones are going to use the webOS, and it won't be offering devices with Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.

This announcement comes a few weeks after HP acquired the webOS along with Palm, Inc. The company has said before that it intends to make webOS-powered phones, but this is the first time HP has made it clear that it won't also be offering models with Microsoft's mobile operating system.

A New Strategy
Few would consider this a serious blow to Microsoft. Although HP's iPAQ Models were once the flagship devices running Microsoft's Pocket PC and later Windows Mobile operating systems, in recent years the company has become almost irrelevant in the smartphone market.

HP is hoping to change this, and the cornerstone of its new strategy is the acquisition of Palm... and more importantly Palm's webOS.

Last year, Palm hoped to turn its fortunes around with the webOS, but though this new operating system was generally applauded by reviewers, sales of the Palm Pre and Pixi were so low that the company was forced to sell itself to HP.

Todd Bradley, the head of HP's smartphone division, says his company is going to make the webOS into a serious rival for Google's Android OS and Apple's iOS.

Microsoft Not Out in the Cold
Even without HP, Microsoft isn't hurting for companies to make smartphones based on Windows Phone 7. This fall, LG, Asus, and Samsung are expected to introduce models based this new operating system.

In addition,Bradley says HP is going to make a tablet computer running the full version of Windows 7.

Source