HP announced on Thursday the launch of Pivot, a kind of monthly digital tablet touchpad for your future. Developed specifically for the operating system WebOS 3.0, Pivot will examine various data user of the device - including your browsing history - to offer "original editorial content."
This custom content developed will be "photographed and produced by journalists affiliated with major publications (...) and will include speakers from renowned writers about their perspectives on digital culture and other multimedia materials," says the company. "The content available on the touchpad of a person will not be equal to that of his friend," exemplifies the company.
The program will also be able to analyze the applications installed on the gadget to give suggestions for new programs, "according to their interests and lifestyle." "Pivot will lead to discovery of new applications to a new level for both users and for developers," says Richard Kerris, vice president of the division responsible for the WebOS. "We want our partners to see how a WebOS platform of great opportunity," he added.
HP Touchpad: thankless task of competing with Apple iPad 2
Scheduled to land in U.S. stores in July and one in Europe and Asia to 15th, the HP touchpad has the thankless task of fighting the iPad ubiquitous in the global market. And since it is virtually impossible to speak of the market for tablets without mentioning the gadget from Apple, here goes: comScore data show that the unit is responsible for 89% of web accesses made from tablets.
