In addition, HP reported that it plans to announce that it will discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones. HP will continue to explore options to optimize the value of webOS software going forward.

I stand by what I said yesterday,

Call it what you want – sad, true, harsh – I’d go with all three. The TouchPad has no momentum, no push with consumers; I would not be surprised to know that HP’s key customers (the non-geeks) did not know the tablet existed.

The reason Apple is succeeding, where others are failing, is fairly simple – they have a successful ecosystem. Name one other company that offers the plethora of multimedia options all of Apple’s products have at their disposal. Microsoft comes close, but not close enough. Killing-off a product line, before it has a chance to flourish (without even the minutia of promotion), is just dispiriting.