HP in Smartphone Business Today

HP CEO Mark Hurd has retracted his “we didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business” comment from yesterday.

Here is HP’s revised stance, via Engadget:

When we look at the market, we see an array of interconnected devices, including tablets, printers, and of course, smartphones. We believe webOS can become the backbone for many of HP’s small form factor devices, and we expect to expand webOS’s footprint beyond just the smartphone market, all while leveraging our financial strength, scale, and global reach to grow in smartphones.

My Pre Plus feels just a little less abandonware-ish today.