HP attacks iPad for not supporting Flash

Thu Mar 11 2010, 17:46 PM

HP is raising the stakes in the tablet computer battle by launching a thinly veiled attack on Apple's iPad. In a blog post about HP's upcoming tablet computer the company says the device will give users a "full web browsing experience" instead of a "watered-down internet" with "sacrifices". The post is a clear reference to the fact that the HP tablet will support Flash multimedia player whereas the iPad will not. To drive home the point, HP embedded a video in the blog, showing a HP tablet user watching a Flash-supported video on Hulu.com.