Quick thought on HP and webOS

Having caught up on yesterday’s press event and hands-on reports concerning webOS and the new HP/Palm devices, the thing that came to my mind first, was that HP thinks bigger and farther than all other companies trying to compete with Apple today.

From my point of view the Pre3, the TouchPad and — in its own way — the Veer are not meant to compete with today’s iPad and iPhone 4, but with whatever Apple will release next. They didn’t say it out loud, but the device’s specifications and the effort put into the next incarnation of webOS seem to suggest it.