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The Axim was from Dell, not HP. The iPaq was created by Compaq and taken over by HP in their acquisition.

+1 for you on the Dell thing; my mistake. But my point still stands on the ipaq thing.

I didn't mean to imply this was a new market for HP. I meant that they haven't historically torn up a new market the way say Sony has in the past.

Bringing webOS to a Slate device actually makes a lot of sense; I hadn't considered that and honestly that might be the real reason they pulled the trigger.

Replace Axim with Jornada.

iPaq was originally intended as a brand for an iMac-clone PC marketed by Compaq.

So, yes, Apple did invent the "i" thing for consumer electronics.