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Coder claims logs show WebOS netbook in pipe

Never say never, eh, HP?

One WebOS developer has claimed to have found proof that HP is working on a WebOS-based tablet.

Coder Thomas Perraudin says he found the following in his developer logs:

{"ModelName" "(Device)", "modelNameAscii": "Device" "platformVersion": "Nova Dartfish," platformVersionMajor ": -1," platformVersionMinor ": -1," platformVersionDot ": -1, "carrierName": "Unknown", "serialNumber": "5CLED10930", "screenwidth" 1024, "screenheight" 768, "minimumCardWidth" 1024, "minimumCardHeight" 318, "maximumCardWidth" 1024, "maximumCardHeight" 740, "touchableRows": 14, "keyboardAvailable": true, "keyboardSlider": false, "KEYBOARDTYPE": "", "wifiAvailable": true, "bluetoothAvailable": true, "carrierAvailable": false, "coreNaviButton": false "swappableBattery": false, "dockModeEnabled": true}

He's been seeing the reference since 14 April, he said in a French-language Palm Pre forum, but has only now decided to post the snippet.

Bottom line: the code seemingly reveals a WebOS device with a 1024 x 600 display and a physical keyboard - a spit for a netbook.

Perraudin also found a reference to a touchscreen-only WebOS 3.0 smartphone:

{"ModelName" "(Device)", "modelNameAscii": "Device" "platformVersion": "3.0.0", "platformVersionMajor": 3, "platformVersionMinor": 0, "platformVersionDot": 0, "carrierName" "ATT", "serialNumber": "5CLFE40217", "screenwidth" 320, "screenheight" 480, "minimumCardWidth" 320, "minimumCardHeight" 30, "maximumCardWidth" 320, "maximumCardHeight" 452, " touchableRows ": 8," keyboardAvailable ": false," keyboardSlider ": false," KEYBOARDTYPE ":" Unknown "," wifiAvailable ": true," bluetoothAvailable ": true," carrierAvailable ": true," coreNaviButton ": false," swappableBattery ": false," dockModeEnabled ": true}

But that's no great surprise - we expect HP to be working on WebOS 3.0 with just such a form-factor.

HP has said in the past that WebOS won't go into netbooks, but that was a year ago, and a lot of water has flown under HP's bridge since then. It has since announced - but has yet to ship - WebOS tablets, and said it sees the operating system making it into PCs. Netbook PCs would be the obvious choice. ®

Maybe I'm stupid

How das screenheight 768pixel and maxcardheight 740 pixel hint for a netbooks with 600pixel?

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Improved TouchPad?

Errr... the spec snippet in the article describes a 1024x768 screen, not a 1024x600 screen.

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EXACTLY fishman...

"keyboard available: true" isn't the same as "non-removable keyboard installed at the factory: true"

And tablets have the same res as netbooks (or better in some cases) so screen res is no indication either.

Storm, Mountain, meet Teacup and Molehill, and jump right over here to the Conclusion.

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huh? WebOS tablet is well known

surely this is just a log from a WebOS tablet visiting his site rather than a netbook? the WebOS tablet is well known - though not released until summer this year - some lucker testers have them though

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Pedantic? Moi?

Not at all. But I do love the image of water flying under a bridge.

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