The reduced price devices are not returnable, according to the email. HP originally acquired web. OS as part of its takeover of Palm in 2. The manufacturer originally had big plans for loading the operating system onto a variety of devices, including tablets, smartphones, desktops and laptops. However, sales of its Touch. Pad proved anemic, and HP made the decision to end the tablets life after a mere six weeks on the market. In order to clear out inventory, the manufacturer sliced the starting price to 9. Explore research at Microsoft, a site featuring the impact of research along with publications, products, downloads, and research careers. In the wake of that, HP made the decision to revive the line for a limited time. In addition, HP plans on dividing its web. OS arm into two separate units reporting to different areas of the company, according to two leaked memos that have made their way onto the Web. The web. OS software assets will find their way into the arms, however welcoming, of its Office of Strategy and Technology. The other parts of the web. OS corporate infrastructure, presumably including its hardware interests, will continue as part of the Personal Systems Group, which manufactures HPs PCs, and which will presumably be spun off into its own entity under the terms of the companys new strategy. We have decided that well be most effective in these efforts by having the teams in web. OS software engineering, worldwide developer relations and web. OS software product marketing join the Office of Strategy and Technology, Todd Bradley, executive vice president of HPs Personal Systems Group, wrote in an email circulated to the web. OS developer team and also leaked onto Precentral. The remainder of the web. OS team, under Stephen De. Witt, will continue to report into PSG. According to at least one analyst, flooding the market with additional Touch. Pad devices could have significant benefits for HP going forward. A larger installed base of Touch. Pad and web. OS devices should increase the value of web. OS in a potential sale, Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu wrote in a research note widely circulated on Barrons and other financial Websites. We believe logical buyers may include Samsung Electronics, Research In Motion, HTC, Amazon. Facebook, Sony, Microsoft and others. Follow Nicholas Kolakowski on Twitter. Office Supplies, Furniture, Technology at Office Depot. Rest assured we are working diligently to resolve this issue. If you would like to place an order by phone or speak with one of our Customer Service representatives please contact us Call 1 8. GO DEPOTReference Number 1.