HP is discontinuing operations for its recently launched TouchPad tablet as well as other WebOS-based devices in the wake of slow customer demand and myriad lukewarm reviews.

HP's tablet computer, the TouchPad, was a failure during the six weeks the company tried to market it. Now that HP has announced it is getting out of the tablet and smartphone business, it is ...

Among those are two of the most powerful Android tablets that HP has yet introduced, a pair of Android and Windows tablets that are designed with stylus support, and a stylish new Windows convertible.

Summary: As expected HP introduced a tablet - the HP Touchpad - as well as two new phones, the small-sized Veer and the more conventional sized Pre 3. They all run on WebOS, naturally.

Yet another reason not to buy HP's TouchPad, even if you do manage to get the opportunity to buy one of the increasingly scarce tablets at the firesale price of just $99.

Today, one month after releasing the TouchPad to retail, Hewlett Packard announced plans to discontinue the device – making it one of the most colossal failures in the tablet space.