HP on Tuesday announced the Palm Pre 2 and webOS 2.0, the next version of the mobile operating system that debuted with the original Palm Pre in 2009. The new hardware and software incorporate incremental improvements. “This is HP trying to get back into the smartphone market,” Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. “This is why HP acquired Palm.” However, can HP make a dent in a market so heavily dominated by Research In Motion, Android and Apple, where competition is so cut-throat? That issue remains in doubt.
