“HP PalmPad dual-mode multitouch display with active pen input tipped”

Having seemingly gained a name, HP’s PalmPad webOS based tablet is now gradually getting fleshed out with hardware capabilities, too.  According to The Examiner, their source suggests HP will use a dual-mode touchscreen that combines a Wacom active digitizer with a finger-friendly multitouch capacitive layer.  

If you want to have a shot against the iPad, that’s the only way to do it. A pen+touch webOS tablet would definitely be the second most frustrating product launch for me, as an iPad owner who can’t possibly buy two tablets. (First would have been the late Courier.)