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Analysts Don't Like HP's Recent Decisions

The recent major decisions that HP announced have caused quite the set of ripples, some of which aren't being looked upon very favorably by market observers and financial analysts. That HP is altogether giving up all TouchPad and phones running webOS is one of the two major steps that were announced recently. T...

22 August 2011
05:29 GMT

HP Pre 3 Launch Cancelled by AT&T

Following HP's last week announcement of dropping its webOS business, several carriers and major retailers in the United States have already started to take the appropriate measures, so they can get rid of any webOS device they have in stocks as quickly as possible. Although Best Buy has recently denied that ...

22 August 2011
03:44 GMT

HP Gives Money Back to Early TouchPad Buyers

The webOS chapter of HP's life is coming to a close, but this might still leave some people disgruntled, so the company decided to set up a refund program for some of those who bought a TouchPad.There are many things that can get a company in the news, and not all of them are happy occasions, though what HP rec...

22 August 2011
03:12 GMT

WebOS Developers Should Choose Windows Phone, Microsoft Says

HP has just announced that it would discontinue all of its operations for webOS phones and for the TouchPad, a move that determined many developers to quit their accounts. All those developers who are considering abandoning the webOS ship will certainly find various other options to continue the building of applicat...

20 August 2011
04:34 GMT

Windows 8 vs. webOS, It Could Have Been Epic

For a minute, it appeared that Windows 8 would have a bit of extra competition in 2012 from newcomer webOS, a platform that Hewlett Packard was planning to ship on its TouchPad tablet, new smartphones as well as on every PC, pre-installed alongside Windows. Now HP just announced that it’s not only killing all ...

19 August 2011
10:37 GMT

HP Will Kill webOS Phones and the TouchPad

What about a year ago seemed to be the resurrection of Palm marks today the death of the once popular mobile phone maker. HP has just announced that they plan on discontinuing operations for their webOS devices, none other than the Pre and Pixi handsets, and the TouchPad tablet PC. In Spring last year, HP announced ...

19 August 2011
05:33 GMT

HP Pre3 Now Available in Europe, SIM-Free

HP has finally managed to make its Pre3 smartphone available for purchase in a series of European markets, both via its own retail channels, as well as through partners. Spotted only a few days ago on various retailer websites in the UK or Germany, the smartphone is now available for purchase in the UK SIM-free and ...

17 August 2011
07:59 GMT

HP's TouchPad Gets Cheaper Yet Again, Under $400

Coming to once again show that HP's Touchpad is being plagued by a surprisingly strong case of low demand, BestBuy was discovered to have reduced the price of both versions on sale by an extra $50.HP truly does not seem to be having as much success at selling its tablet as it hoped, what with the repeated annou...

10 August 2011
08:10 GMT

HP TouchPad Owners Get WebOS Update

HP may have taken a while to actually deliver the TouchPad tablet, but it looks like its software updates did not let themselves be waited on too long, the OS itself having just gone through a revision.The HP TouchPad tablet is one of those non-iPad slates out there that are actually selling instead of being saved f...

1 August 2011
11:00 GMT

HP Pre 3 Now Available for Pre-Order in UK

Unveiled back in February, HP Pre 3 is slowly making its way into the European smartphone market. It appears that the device will be soon available for purchase in the UK, with more countries to follow immediately. It appears that online retailer Mobiles.co.uk, a subsidiary of the Carphone Warehouse, has just anno...

29 July 2011
08:58 GMT

HP Pre3 Gets a Dual-Core 1.2GHz CPU

1.2GHz dual-core application processors are becoming increasingly popular these days: Samsung's Galaxy S II has one, HTC Sensation has another, and HP's Pre3 smartphone seems to be on its way to the market with a similar chip as well. Unveiled to the world with a single-core 1.4GHz application processo...

16 July 2011
04:11 GMT

WebOS-Loaded HP TouchPad Now in Canada

HP might not have managed to do anything involving webOS so far, at least nothing that appealed to enough consumers, but it means to remedy the situation with the TouchPad tablet, which is now up for order in Canada. The story of HP's efforts to make a successful push on the tablet market is one that has yet...

15 July 2011
07:11 GMT

Tablet Sales Turn Out to Have Been Weak

With all the chatter surrounding the tablet market, one would expect glowing sales figures to hit the web, but it looks like this isn't happening, at least not as far as the first quarter is concerned.The past month has been quite rich in news and reports concerning a tablet or another, whether they have alread...

12 July 2011
03:51 GMT

HP Changes WebOS Development Team Leadership

In another turn of events, HP's webOS operating system is shown to definitely be an important part of its business plans, what with the outfit taking the decision to appoint a new executive.If the tablet market did anything, it was persuade HP that it was a good idea not to let the webOS software, formerly belo...

12 July 2011
03:17 GMT

HP TouchPad Available but Found Underwhelming

HP's TouchPad has been a long time coming but it looks as though, now that sales have officially started, the product is not that great an accomplishment according to reviewers.By now, end-users will have found out that the long-awaited HP tablet known as TouchPad has finally come forth.HP was actually one of, ...

1 July 2011
08:52 GMT

HP Stays Clear of Android, Might Make Windows 8 Tablets

HP's TouchPad has made the news more than once over the past few days, but it looks like the company might have more in store for the segment, eventually, though Android is apparently a no go.The tablet market, given the way things are going, will continue to increase in terms of how many different models there...

30 June 2011
09:32 GMT

UK Customers Get £399 HP TouchPad on July 15

HP's tablet has definitely been doing its best, whether by intent or otherwise, to hold onto consumer attention, the latest of its maker's company's moves being to formally announce it in the UK.End-users interested in the HP Touchpad definitely haven't been ignored over the past month, seeing as...

30 June 2011
08:24 GMT

HP TouchPad Tablet Already in Stores and on Video

In a world where tablets are getting talked about more and more, HP apparently decided to start shipping its 9.7-inch model slightly ahead of schedule, or so reports seem to suggest. When it comes to the tablet market, the competition is, right now, being carried out between the iPad and everything else. By ev...

28 June 2011
04:22 GMT

HP TouchPad Tablet Can't Edit Documents

It looks like HP is willing to sacrifice certain bits of functionality in order to finally launch a tablet that it has been working on for five months, with one of said features being the ability to edit documents.Not long ago, HP finally made the official announcement of the TouchPad tablet, even though availabilit...

20 June 2011
05:04 GMT

HP Sends Out Some TouchPad Tablets for Free

HP may not have begun to sell the TouchPad yet, or the several TouchPads, but it looks like some sample models have already been completed and sent to certain parties, free of charge.Gifts do sometimes work towards better relations on the IT industry, as they do everywhere else, but a product sent to another free of...

18 June 2011
06:55 GMT

HP Officially Announces HP Touchpad Tablet

It appears that what might just be the first real challenger to the current-generation iPad has finally been officially introduced, even though its actual availability is only scheduled for next month.From the many reports, leaks and official information released over the past months, users no doubt already have a c...

13 June 2011
03:52 GMT

HP's TouchPad Tablet Runs Ahead of Leading Tablet Position

It appears that the leading spot on the tablet market is something lackluster for a certain leading PC maker, according to a report saying that the TouchPad will more or less be in a league of its own. HP's TouchPad is one of the tablets that has been getting a large chunk of attention from both prospective cu...

24 May 2011
05:20 GMT

HP Veer Confirmed at O2 Germany in Late June

Telefonica has just confirmed the upcoming availability of the new HP Veer smartphone on the market in Germany via O2, and also unveiled specific info on the pricing of the device. The new mobile phone would be released on monthly plans of €15 per month, with a total cost of €379 over 24 months, and wo...

21 May 2011
12:21 GMT

HP TouchPad Tablet Teased by BestBuy

The HP TouchPad is one of those media tablets that have been the talk for months, and it looks like prospective buyers may finally see the end of their waiting, now that a teaser page has emerged on BestBuy.While some tablets have been made available, officially anyway, others have been revealed for just as long but...

19 May 2011
03:29 GMT

Verizon's HP Pre 3 at FCC, Sports Global Connectivity

One of the mobile phones that should find a spot on shelves at Verizon Wireless in the near future would be the HP Pre 3, which has just passed through the Federal Communications Commission courtyard. Hewlett-Packard’s upcoming flagship smartphone was already unveiled to the world, but no specific info on when...

11 May 2011
13:51 GMT

HP Veer 4G Arrives at AT&T on May 15th at $99.99

A New 4G-capable (HSPA+) device is set to make an appearance on the airwaves of AT&T in the near future, the small HP Veer 4G, which runs under HP's webOS, and which should be released on shelves with a price tag of $99.99 attached to it. Although it sports a small form factor, the new device is capable of offe...

4 May 2011
16:31 GMT

HP's webOS App Catalog Updated, White HP Veer 4G for AT&T

HP has started to make some changes to the already popular webOS App Catalog, adding some new, very appealing features into the mix, and replacing the Palm shopping bag with a new, blue one.Among the main enhancements the App Catalog was blessed with in the new update, we can count the support for promo codes, along...

2 May 2011
04:55 GMT

webOS and BlackBerry to Benefit from Android 3.0 Issues

Google's Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system might be impacted by the rise of Hewlett-Packard's webOS platform, and by the launch of Research In Motion's own tablet PC, the BlackBerry PlayBook, some of the latest reports around the Internet suggest.Apparently, the Android 3.0 operating system comes...

8 April 2011
13:41 GMT

Angry Birds Rio Now Available on Symbian and webOS

Angry Birds Rio, the new flavor of last year's popular mobile game from Rovio, is now available for download on devices running under Symbian, as well as for those based on webOS. The new Angry Birds Rio was made available for download for handsets running under Google's Android operating system and for Ap...

8 April 2011
07:10 GMT

webOS-based Stingray and Verizon's Pre 3 Leaked

webOS, the mobile operating system that Palm loaded on some of his latest devices, and the main reason for which HP bought the handset vendor, should soon be loaded on yet another interesting device from the company, a touchscreen-enabled device without a physical keyboard, which might land under the name of Stingra...

6 April 2011
10:13 GMT

Apple Partners Feeling Like ‘Hostages’, Source Says

During an interview at Hewlett Packard’s Americas Partner Conference in Las Vegas, the company’s SVP of Solutions Partners Organization lashed out at Apple’s success with iOS, citing the iPhone maker’s lack of partner commitment as ‘absurd.’ HP is known to be planning major inve...

30 March 2011
04:17 GMT

Angry Birds Rio to Land on Symbian and webOS on April 8th

Rovio, the already popular developer of mobile games, is set to make its latest title for mobile phones, the Angry Birds Rio game, available for users of Symbian and webOS devices in about two weeks from now, if some of the latest reports on the matter are to be believed. Earlier this week, the Angry Birds Rio mobil...

25 March 2011
04:27 GMT

HP Wants to Deliver 100 Million webOS Devices a Year

HP wants to get serious when it comes to the cloud, to the point where it hopes that it can create a hybrid environment that combines private and public clouds, so as to deliver context-aware, secure and seamless experiences for any connected device, along with many such products of course.IBM may have recently said...

15 March 2011
06:21 GMT

HP Opal and Touchpad Tablets Will Sell for as Little as $499

The tablet market has definitely been evolving rapidly, especially now that the Android 3.0 OS is on the loose, although it appears that two models made by HP are going to make it to market a bit later than some may like.The 2011 editions of CeBIT and MWC (Mobile World Congress) saw the arrival of quite a few tablet...

14 March 2011
10:26 GMT

Verizon Pre 2 Now Offered for Free by HP

After previously dropping Pre 2 prices to $29.99 with a new two-year contract, HP has decided to sweeten the deal even more. The phone is now being offered for free with a new Verizon plan.Palm Pre 2 is currently available at Verizon for $409.99 unlocked or for $49.99 with a new two-year contract, but the HP Wireless...

9 March 2011
12:12 GMT

WebOS to Run on Every HP PC by 2012, Says CEO Leo Apotheker

Without a doubt, HP's new CEO, Leo Apotheker, is trying his best in order to return the company to its path to success, and, apparently, one tool that will be extremely important for achieving this goal will be none other than WebOS, the operating system they've got a hold of via the Palm acquisition.So, ac...

9 March 2011
09:38 GMT

Palm Pre 2 Prices Slashed to $29.99 with Contract

With the new Pre 3 announced and showcased during the 2011 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, HP has decided to empty its depots of any remaining Palm Pre 2 stocks. Consequently, they have dropped the price of the smartphone to a mere $29.99 with a new two-year contract. Palm Pre 2 is currently available at Veriz...

8 March 2011
06:02 GMT

HP TouchPad Tablet Listed on Amazon

Even though it will still take a while for shipments to actually start, HP's TouchPad tablet has fallen under the gaze of a certain online store known as Amazon, where the product seems to have already been listed.Among the many tablets released over the past couple of months, one might say HP's TouchPad s...

7 March 2011
10:45 GMT

MWC 2011: HP Pre 3 Hands-On

With the Mobile World Congress in full swing in Barcelona, Spain, HP did not miss the opportunity to showcase once again its latest webOS-based devices, including the HP Pre 3 smartphone, or the HP Touchpad tablet, both of which were announced officially during a special event the company held on February 9th.Softpe...

14 February 2011
09:47 GMT

HP Touchpad Tablet Hands On at MWC 2011

As one would have expected, HP definitely did not miss out on the opportunity provided by the Mobile World Congress, in this case by bringing the Touchpad tablet out in the open for all to see and admire.One of our fellows managed to spend some time around HP's booth at the ongoing expo in Barcelona and was abl...

14 February 2011
08:57 GMT

WebOS Might Be Coming to PCs This Year

Without a doubt, HP's release of its latest webOS devices is one of the most important pieces of news today (that TouchPad tablet being especially interesting), but during the launch event, the company also provided some very interesting information related to the future of this operating system, that might arri...

10 February 2011
04:18 GMT

HP TouchPad WebOS Internet Tablet/Slate Goes Official

HP's big launch event for the mobile world happened last night, and without a doubt, one of the main attractions was the official unveiling of HP's first-ever webOS slate (or Internet tablet), namely the HP TouchPad, whose overall features and specs make it a very serious contender for the Apple iPad (actua...

10 February 2011
01:33 GMT

Verizon Palm Pre 2 to Land on February 17th

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is expected to bring to its airwaves in the near future a new smartphone that would run under the webOS operating system, namely the Palm Pre 2, which was already launched on the market in other countries.The wireless services provider already confirmed officially that it would ...

5 February 2011
05:48 GMT

HP Topaz WebOS Tablet Further Detailed, Has 1.2GHz CPU

It wasn't long ago that some information emerged concerning a certain pair of devices that HP is getting ready to launch, but already more reports have been spotted, containing further details on the hardware of one of said products. When HP acquired Palm, it was immediately assumed that the latter's we...

25 January 2011
02:47 GMT

More Info on HP/Palm's webOS Tablets Emerges

This year was said to be dominated by the tablet PC segment of the market and some more info on two such devices, the HP/Palm webOS-based tablet PCs, has just emerged. No official announcement was made until now, but these tablets already made an appearance into the wild, sporting the codenames of 'Topaz' ...

20 January 2011
02:32 GMT

First HP/Palm webOS Tablet PC to Ship in March

The first tablet PC that would arrive on the market with the HP/Palm webOS platform on board might start shipping as soon as March 2011, some of the latest reports around the Internet suggest.Apparently, HP and Palm are done with the development of the device, and they are set to kick off ODM production and shipment...

19 January 2011
08:52 GMT

Photos of HP/Palm's webOS Tablets Emerge, Specs Included

HP/Palm's webOS mobile operating system has been long rumored to be on its way to the market on a new series of devices, including tablet PCs, and some more info on these devices started to emerge into the wild. The company is expected to bring to shelves at least two such devices in the near future, most proba...

19 January 2011
03:15 GMT

WebOS Netbooks from HP Also in the Works, Apparently

When you think about WebOS, the first thing that probably comes to mind is the image of a smartphone (OK, perhaps a tablet as well), but it seems that HP, the current owner of all webOS-related assets, has some much bigger plans in store for this operating system, as they will apparently also launch a webOS netbook i...

17 January 2011
02:56 GMT

HP to Announce Various Things on February 9, WebOS Mentioned

HP may have been among the first to tease a tablet meant to compete against the iPad las year, but it hasn't really managed to properly build on that plan, though something based on webOS may finally be released, or at least previewed, soon.End-users may or may not know that HP intends to hold an event on Febru...

13 January 2011
06:06 GMT

Verizon's Website Shows 'Palm LTE Voice'

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless seems set to make some changes to its offering for end-users, and the availability of a handful of 4G-capable handsets might be just the first step the company takes in this direction. Last week, during the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vega, the wireless c...

11 January 2011
04:49 GMT


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