At the time, HP's CEO said the purchase was made with the intent of integrating WebOS into a plethora of other devices, like tablets and printers, and that HP was "not getting into the smartphone business."
That seems to have changed, as a Palm representative disclosed to PC that: "I'm not allowed to talk about future roadmaps, especially because we're in the process of being acquired by HP, so I can't say. But yes we have a road map. We are working on future devices. And [a] new version of the OS. So I think, you're going to find the next year very exciting."
WebOS is arguably the best smartphone operating system available, but consumers have not adopted the Palm hardware, which has been slashed to free from Verizon and Sprint due to lack of demand.