Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a webOS enabled tablet device?

Who knows. The smart money, of course is on the latter. Even HP Personal Systems Group vice president Todd Bradley said as much in a recent interview.

We've certainly waited long enough since HP bought Palm, primarily for its webOS software, for it to join the tablet party. The firm has been gradually ramping up the wink wink nudge nudge invites to its 9 February event over the past few weeks.

And then the firm releases this confusing eight second 'teaser' video offering viewers a "peek into the beyond". So now we know what the future looks like. Except we don't really.

Whatever is depicted in this smokescreen of a video has certainly not whetted Sneak's appetite. But that's mainly because it could be depicting literally anything from a car to a sex toy.

Now there's an idea for HP.

03 Feb 2011