HP CEO Meg Whitman has told employees that the company still hasn't decided what to do with webOS, the mobile operating system it gained from its acquisition of Palm.
On Tuesday, Whitman held an all-hands meeting of HP employees to deliver the "news" that the company will be making its decision on webOS in the next few weeks. If HP decides to keep the division, she claims that the company is "going to do it in a very significant way over a multi-year period," reports The Verge. A source confirms that HP didn't announce a decision at the meeting.
HP acquired Palm for $1.2 billion last year in an attempt to become more relevant in an increasingly mobile world. The company doubled down on its investment with the HP TouchPad and the Palm Pre 3. However, both devices underperformed and former HP CEO Léo Apotheker decided to shut down the division.
After a series of missteps, Apotheker was forced out and replaced with Whitman, eBay former CEO who quickly announced that the company would re-evaluate the decision of whether to sell webOS.