The Engadget Interview: HP’s Stephen DeWitt

HP caught the industry by surprise yesterday, announcing some serious executive reshuffling, with Stephen DeWitt, the company’s former head of Personal Systems Group Americas stepping up to fill in the lead role at HP’s webOS global business unit, while Jon Rubinstein will be in charge of PSG globally. This game of executive musical chairs raised a lot of questions with regards to the state of the company’s beloved but arguably underperforming mobile operating system, particularly in the wake of the TouchPad’s lukewarm reception amongst reviewers, ourselves included . We managed to grab some time with DeWitt, in spite of what’s sure to be a fairly packed schedule at the moment, discussing the impact of the TouchPad’s reviews, the present and future of webOS, and what smartphone he carries around in his pocket. Continue reading The Engadget Interview: HP’s Stephen DeWitt The Engadget Interview: HP’s Stephen DeWitt originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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