HP experimenting with Windows 8 Touchpad?

Posted on Tuesday, October 25 2011 @ 22:15 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

The Tech Report picked up a rumor that HP is testing Windows 8 on the TouchPad:

HP seems eager to part with its webOS business, and the TouchPad apparently left store shelves for good after this summer's fire sale. However, the device's flame may not have been snuffed out quite yet. Fox anchor Clayton Morris says the company has been using the TouchPad internally as a test platform... for Windows 8:

Sources at HP tell me the hardware team has been busy doing proof of concept work testing Windows 8 Preview Edition on the fire sale devices. Internally there's been discussion about reviving the defunct tablets or building new devices with Windows 8 in mind.

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