[Resolved]  HP To Take On Apple Ipad With Its Palmpad In Jan — In a move that could stir up the tablet war further, HP is all set to unveil its much-awaited tablet powered by Palm's webOS software.

In a move that could stir up the tablet war further, HP is all set to unveil its much-awaited tablet powered by Palm's webOS software at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month, reports Clayton Morris from Fox News.HP's long-awaited competitor to the iPad, called the PalmPad is expected to challenge the market dominance of Apple iPad. HP had acquired the smartphone manufacturer Palm back in in April 2010. HP is likely to introduce three models of the PalmPad at CES which will have very minor hardware differences and each will run a new version of the webOS operating system, version 2.5.1.FoxNews which also claims to have obtained exclusive images of the PalmPad, reveals that the consumer version of the PalmPad will run on Sprint's 4G network. The hardware specifications are said to be similar to that of Apple iPad.It features a screen similar in size to the iPad's 9.7-inch display and front and rear-facing cameras at 1.3 and 3 megapixels with LED flashes for picture taking and videoconferencing. It also has an HDMI port for feeding video to an external screen.The report also says a fourth PalmPad is planned for fall 2011 and will be customized for university students which will feature a smaller 8.9-inch screen.