HP Personal Systems Group Executive VP Todd Bradley balked when whether HP will present a product that "blows people away enough to say, 'You know what? This is better than the iPad."

"You and I will talk about that on the 9th," Bradley responded.

Fair enough. But in the meantime, let's see if we can speculate on that question for ourselves. Here are several ways HP's WebOS tablet could have a shot against the iPad.

7-inches for the Win

Lately, I've become convinced that 7-inches is a great size for tablets, provided you're more of a reader and a gamer than a video watcher. But Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs doesn't agree. He calls these tablets "," incapable of providing neither a good smartphone experience nor a good tablet experience. I don't know what form factor HP will choose, but hopefully it's the one that can prove Jobs wrong.