HP/Palm is About to Shake up the Tablet Space With webOS | ZDNet: WebOS is tailor-made for the tablet, from the great multi-tasking to the innovative (and intuitive) touch control that is part and parcel of the platform. Palm incorporated intelligent gesture control into the OS, a natural for touch operation. The card metaphor employed for running apps, that are updated in real-time even when the app is not running in the foreground, will shake up the way the competition handles multi-tasking.