HP may launch 9.7-inch TouchPad on Friday | HP touchpad latest update

HP's tablet boasts of a new operating system called WebOS

BANGALORE, INDIA: Personal Computer maker Hewlett Packard (HP) is likely to enter the tablet market on Friday by releasing its 9.7 inch TouchPad

The HP's tablet boasts of a new operating system called WebOS. The newest entrant to the tablet market will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.2GHz dual-CPU.

According to media reports in Taiwan, Inventec Corp., a major contract manufacturer of personal computers, has received big-ticket orders for tablet PCs from Hewlett Packard (HP). As per the reports, HP has ordered from a supplier for 400,000 to 450,000 TouchPad tablet PCs per month.