Palm + HP = world domination

Palm: "Hey HP, what do you want to do today?"
HP: "Try to take over the world.."

HP: "Palm, you are pondering what I'm pondering?"
Palm: "Uh, I think so, HP, but where will we find a duck and a hose at this hour?"

So its done deal, Palm is now HP. And I think its great. I think its more than great, I think its a brilliant move on HP's part and the best possible outcome for Palm given its situation (and maybe even if they hadn't been on a downward slide).

HP has confirmed continuing WebOS on multiple devices, like tablets and netbooks, and we're assuming new handsets. HP hasn't been super successful with its PDA's and smartphones, WebOS will allow them to truly differentiate themselves, as well as possibly offering a superior product.

But that's boring.

What I think is truly interesting is the idea of integrating WebOS across other devices beyond what Apple or Android are doing. Like printers. Or digital cameras. Particularly interesting to me is the idea of apps for these devices. As far as I know, there are no printers or cameras that support apps.

I can imagine all sorts of apps you could have on a digital camera, for image manipulation, photo album management, etc. Same thing on a printer. How many times have you wanted your printer to do something it couldn't? We'll maybe there's an app for that!

I imagine a whole range of devices, all with standard UI's and web accessible from each other (how many absolute shit web management screens have you had to deal with from printers, routers, etc?). If they play this right it could be fantastic.

I'd buy a WebOS based digital camera. Especially if had a facebook app to upload and manage my photos.