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If you want the smartest take on HP ditching WebOS and spinning off its PC business, this piece by MG Siegler is the one you want:

But wait, then why is he exiting the tablet space after only a matter of weeks? Because when Apotheker says “the tablet effect”, he really means “the iPad effect”.

Put another way, “Apple, you win.”

That’s it. HP doesn’t think they can win the post-PC market and, even more surprising, they think the PC business is going to be dead before we know it. And they don’t want any part of it.