. HP announced on Friday that it will open-source its webOS mobile operating system, which once upon a time powered smartphones and a single tablet. Even though the company said quite some time ago that it was killing off it webOS hardware efforts, HP CEO Meg Whitman said in an interview with The Verge on Friday that HP plans to create new webOS-based devices in the future. “The answer to that is yes but what I can't tell you is whether that will be in 2012 or not,” Whitman said when asked about the potential for new hardware.
Boy Genius Report, HP CEO confirms new webOS hardware on the way, tablets possible
