"Hewlett-Packard is going to close the project Windows 7 Tablet (Slate)" - said TechCrunch

“Hewlett-Packard has personally“ nailed ”a lot of the sensational Windows 7-based tablet, he told us a source who received some information on this topic.
The device, as we remember, was presented to the public by Steve Ballmer at CES 2010, held in January of this year, and was supposed to go on sale in the middle of 2010. But our source reports that HP was not satisfied with Windows 7 as an operating system for the tablet (about This CrunchGear already mentioned a few months ago) and interrupts the project.

HP may also refuse to use Intel hardware for its tablet, simply because it consumes too much power. This in itself can cross out Windows 7 as the OS for the device.
So, what will HP choose as the operating system? Take a look at the devices based on OS from Google, which have already been announced . HP also seems to be using Palm's webOS . They said that this OS was previously interesting to them and that they would certainly continue experiments on its adaptation for tablets.
Will webOS become a successful operating system for tablets? This looks unlikely in light of the dominance of Apple’s closed OS and the growing popularity of Google’s open Android and ChromeOS. To get the support of third-party software developers for webOS, HP will have to sell a lot of devices, and it is still unclear what they will receive in response to their efforts. HP is great at producing and selling hardware, but not operating systems.

We have already requested comments from HP. „

Here is the HP Windows tablet promo video from January 2010:

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PS: Can the HP staff present at Habré be able to comment?