I have the feeling that webOS team were just as surprised as many of us when HP announced the exit out of webOS hardware. “The next chapter for webOS” post (and email to webOS developers) seem to back up my assertion.
As many of you are aware, we are currently scheduled to hold many developer events around the world. We are planning to continue with these events, however, due to the recent announcements; the nature of them will change. These updates will be posted on our events registration site this coming week. We are eager to present to you the updated strategy for webOS and to hear your feedback.
It seems to be the case of decisions made on the management level without any inputs from webOS team.
In addition to that, AppleInsider and Electronista noted that resellers begun clearing out HP TouchPad priced as low as $99 and $149 for 16GB and 32GB model respectively.
Microsoft is now actively pursuing published webOS developers to Windows Phone 7 platform.