Obviously, this presented a threat—however dim—to Windows’ longstanding dominance of the desktop and laptop space. Except the TouchPad, HP’s first high-profile device running webOS, failed to attract significant customers in the weeks following its summer launch—at least, not until the company killed production and sold the existing stock at fire-sale prices. HP’s board kicked Apotheker from the CEO seat and replaced him with former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, who told media and analysts during an Oct. 27 conference call that HP would continue to focus on tablets—Windows tablets, that is.
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