If they're going to be anything like their desktops and laptops, the software will be filled with crapware and the hardware will be impossibly difficult to service.
> The devices will run Android 4.2, a.k.a. Jelly Bean.
Sounds like a cash grab to me -- yet another vendor charging for OS upgrades. Very depressing.
I remember reading a couple years ago that the Touchpad (their tablet that went on a firesale after a lackluster launch) was actually one of the most serviceable tablets out there, built very much like a PC, for better or for worse.
WebOS devices were great for software tinkering because they were able to boot a kernel over USB. If you "bricked" the device and it wouldn't boot, you didn't really brick it. You could load the kernel over USB and flash the proper software back to it. Loved those things.
> The devices will run Android 4.2, a.k.a. Jelly Bean.
Sounds like a cash grab to me -- yet another vendor charging for OS upgrades. Very depressing.