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Essential part of HP's webOS Enyo team goes to Google 6
What would happen if you merge the best of webOS with Google’s Android? Our guess - something great,...
AT&T Palm Pixi Plus is selling as a GoPhone for only $19.99 through AT&T directly 22 May 2012, 18:15 86
AT&T is selling the webOS powered handset as a GoPhone, for the killer no-contract of $19.99 outright!...
At what point do "smartphones" become just "phones"? 07 May 2012, 20:37 58
Earlier today, we learned that smartphones have finally hit the magical point where more than half of...
RIM and Palm were once targeted for purchase by Oracle 17 Apr 2012, 18:26 4
During Oracle's trial against Google, the former's CEO told the court that Oracle had tried to purchase...
Did webOS stand a chance if HP had the patience for it? (Poll Results) 20 Mar 2012, 09:39 22
Last week, some curious details surfaced revealing that HP initially planned to allow Palm 3 years to...
Best Buy store in California is selling the 32GB HP TouchPad at its full $600 retail price 14 Mar 2012, 10:26 8
If you happen to live close to the Santee, California Best Buy store, you might be intrigued to know...
HP didn't have the patience for Palm, ex-CEO Apotheker to blame 14 Mar 2012, 04:33 19
Former HP chief technology officer Phil McKinney is probably the best person in the world to ask about...
Apple, Google, Microsoft, HP, RIM and Amazon sign on uniform privacy guidelines for their app shops 23 Feb 2012, 05:32 2
Kool and the IT gang have been gathered together in a dark room by California Attorney General Kamala...
HP CEO: ZOMG, Android to be closed after Motorola purchase! 17 Feb 2012, 10:36 47
HP CEO Meg Whitman decided to open up the "Android will be closed!" line in an attempt to explain why...
HP sends Android test kernel to CyanogenMod team 08 Feb 2012, 03:35 1
When HP kicked off the $99 firesale of the HP TouchPad it probably did expect all the craze - what it...
Meg Whitman's HP plans seem to be more buzzwords than solutions 04 Feb 2012, 11:02 19
HP CEO Meg Whitman has had a pretty difficult road to travel in her first five months at the helm of...
WebOS talent continues to jump ship 31 Jan 2012, 15:54 4
Shortly after Jon Rubinstein's departure from HP, WebOS chief architect Brian Hernacki is also reportedly...
"Predictions" that need to stop in 2012 - Windows Phone, BlackBerry and the rest 30 Jan 2012, 09:55 28
When we started this journey, the framing for the articles seemed clear enough: the rumor mill around...
Report says that former Palm CEO and webOS mastermind Jon Rubinstein has left HP 27 Jan 2012, 11:49 5
Well, the day is finally here as a new report mentions that former Palm CEO and webOS mastermind Jon...
Refurbished HP TouchPad back on sale at Woot: 32GB model for $219.99 27 Jan 2012, 05:12 5
The HP TouchPad was the most sought after tablet after the company kicked off a fire sale bringing its...
Open webOS 1.0 arriving in September 26 Jan 2012, 04:30 4
Back in December, HP decided it’s open sourcing webOS, and will remain an active contributor to its development...
CyanogenMod9 ICS Alpha build for HP TouchPad released 18 Jan 2012, 09:21 6
After last week’s teaser of Ice Cream Sandwich running on HP’s TouchPad, the CyanogenMod team is back...
HP appoints new Chief Strategy Officer, to oversee webOS open source initiative 18 Jan 2012, 09:07 4
Palm and HP’s webOS seemed to be one of the big victims of the mobile platform wars in 2011, which finally...
HP TouchPad getting Ice Cream Sandwich soon, courtesy of CyanogenMod 13 Jan 2012, 06:55 7
An Android Ice Cream Sandwich port for the HP TouchPad should be expected to launch very soon. What we...
The HP TouchPad is alive, receives OTA software update 12 Jan 2012, 15:12 5
Listen up, HP TouchPad owners (and we know that there is a lot of you out there): an over-the-air update...
New leaks suggest WebOS had fundamental design problems 02 Jan 2012, 15:06 7
According to designers that have worked with WebOS, poor choices early in the software's genesis may...
HP tried to sell Palm for $1.2 billion before open sourcing WebOS 28 Dec 2011, 13:59 9
Before choosing to open source WebOS, HP tried to sell Palm to Facebook for $1.2 billion dollars, according...
HP Opal gets reviewed, shows what a 7-inch TouchPad could have looked like 28 Dec 2011, 03:54 5
Remember the HP Opal? For those of you who don't, that was supposed to be the HP TouchPad's little brother,...
HP Pre 3 gets updated to webOS 2.2.4 to iron out some annoying bugs 21 Dec 2011, 13:17 6
Updating the handset to webOS 2.2.4, the maintenance update brings nothing more than some of the customary...
TigerDirect sells out of HP TouchPad bundles 15 Dec 2011, 20:41 3
Starting this afternoon at 2:30pm Eastern time, online retailer TigerDirect started offering a pair of...
Meg Whitman expands on the future of WebOS - more tablets?! 09 Dec 2011, 19:03 10
Meg Whitman clarified HP's goals on the future of WebOS, including the expectation that HP will get back...
WebOS fate decided - open source but no hardware 09 Dec 2011, 13:42 17
HP has announced their decision on the fate of WebOS: They will open source the mobile operating system,...
Meg Whitman calls all-hands webOS meeting 08 Dec 2011, 20:33 8
It looks like the wait may be about to end and we'll finally have an answer to the webOS saga. Sources...
HP TouchPad fire sale to resume December 11th 07 Dec 2011, 22:46 8
This Sunday, the HP TouchPad fire sale will resume with the tablet available in 16GB and 32GB models;...
HP to issue its final verdict on webOS in 2 weeks, Apple to overtake HP as biggest PC vendor 30 Nov 2011, 07:17 11
webOS has been left on life support in the last couple of months after Leo Apotheker announed that HP...
Non-iPad US tablet sales at meager 1.2 million in the last 10 months 23 Nov 2011, 09:21 22
Android tablets haven’t exactly been blooming in the last year or so - Google admitted that Honeycomb...
Fire sale helps put HP TouchPad on top of non-Apple tablets sold in 2011 22 Nov 2011, 09:02 3
According to data obtained by the NPD Group, HP's fire sale early this year of its webOS powered HP TouchPad...
HP details wasted webOS money: $1.66 billion in expenses after the acquisition 22 Nov 2011, 05:04 7
HP acquired Palm over a year ago for $1.2 billion but its expenses didn’t end on that - the company has...
Square 2.2 update brings printed receipts and allows vendors to offer incentives to customers 16 Nov 2011, 02:23
The upcoming 2.2 update for credit card authorization app Square will give vendors the ability to print...
HP's Meg Whitman doesn't know what to do with webOS 08 Nov 2011, 19:58 16
HP's CEO Meg Whitman admitted to HP and Palm employees in a meeting today that she doesn't know what...
Amazon, RIM, IBM, Intel possible webOS buyers, HP might sell platform for "hundreds of millions" 08 Nov 2011, 03:22 9
We've been enamored with webOS since the day we saw the gesture-based platform on the first Palm Pre,...
TigerDirect is selling the 32GB HP TouchPad in a $280 bundle, offer goes live at 2:30PM EST 04 Nov 2011, 09:29 11
The folks over at TigerDirect have got a stash of HP TouchPad tablets and are about to make them available...
Android extends US smartphone lead, Symbian and webOS get marginalized to “others” 03 Nov 2011, 09:17 22
Android extended its lead stateside reaching 43% of all smartphones, while iOS remained flat at 28%....
Best Buy will sell you a $149.99 32GB HP TouchPad, but you'll need to buy a computer first 29 Oct 2011, 10:19 8
Well folks, it seems that big box retailer Best Buy will be throwing a promotion that focuses around...
HP confirms Windows 8 tablet plans, webOS decision coming “in the next couple of months” 28 Oct 2011, 06:38 10
You might have already heard that HP has reconsidered spinning off its PC unit, but what could be even...
The majority of top 100 brands already have published mobile apps 27 Oct 2011, 09:35 1
Mobile analytics from Distimo give us some more data to satisfy our hunger for statistics – now, the...
Good news! Your cell phone (might) not give you cancer! 21 Oct 2011, 20:51 23
Results of an 18 year study in Denmark has shown that using a cell phone doesn't increase your risk for...
Amazon closing in on the acquisition of webOS from HP, sources claim 30 Sep 2011, 05:43 6
After the plans for a second, 10.1" tablet made by Foxconn for next year were revealed, now a report...
HP briefly opened TouchPad sales to its employees today 28 Sep 2011, 17:30 6
HP managed to treat its employees to some good old fashion appreciation by opening up sales through their...
HP TouchPad Android port almost complete: both cores usable, graphic acceleration enabled 21 Sep 2011, 04:29 7
The Cyanogenmod team is almost ready with porting Android Gingerbread on the HP TouchPad as now both...
HP to lay off 525 webOS employees 20 Sep 2011, 07:02 17
You probably didn’t have high expectations about webOS - after all HP announced it’s killing all of its...
Photos of the 7" HP Opal TouchPad prototype are leaked showing off its existence 19 Sep 2011, 10:19 3
Looking at the images, we can see that the Opal features a 7” display with an aspect ratio of 4:3 – while...
Unshipped AT&T and Verizon HP Pre 3 show up on eBay along with AT&T TouchPad 4G 18 Sep 2011, 02:44 3
Over at eBay, someone has been selling boxed units of the HP Pre 3 branded with both Verizon and AT&T's...
HP should rethink ditching the TouchPad, says Canalys 15 Sep 2011, 06:23 15
HP has probably had the most wanted gadget in the industry this year - the HP TouchPad. Overpriced at...
HP Pre 3 going back on sale this week 08 Sep 2011, 09:19 9
The HP Pre 3 was an exciting device - but HP probably never dreamed of such a wild demand with people...
HP is emailing TouchPad buyers informing them of a 6 to 8 week time frame for orders 07 Sep 2011, 14:04
Interestingly, a recent email sent out by HP’s Small and Medium Business division sheds some light on...
HP TouchPad one step closer to running fully functional Android, multi-touch enabled 07 Sep 2011, 03:41 2
The 9.7-inch HP TouchPad might not have been in your wish lists when it launched with a hefty $500 price...
HP to split up webOS Global Business Unit among different parts of the company 04 Sep 2011, 16:33 3
Two HP memos obtained by PreCentral reveal that Palm will split into two separate units reporting to...
HP TouchPad is featured in Staples upcoming sales flyer; still priced at $499.99 though 02 Sep 2011, 15:22 6
Always on the prowl, especially when just about every place is selling the HP TouchPad for $99.99, one...
Samsung CEO debunks the webOS rumor, says it's working on software "harder than people on the outside think" 02 Sep 2011, 03:07 26
Samsung Electronics CEO Choi Sung denied any interest in acquiring webOS from the computer giant HP....
HP might have up to 200 000 more TouchPads for sale in late October, helping suppliers to clean inventory 02 Sep 2011, 02:05 9
This second batch won't amount to much, sources say, rather 100 000 - 200 000 units, but it will help...
HP vows to make one last batch of TouchPads, your order not guaranteed 31 Aug 2011, 02:10 6
Perhaps feeling a bit guilty about its suppliers sitting on tons of unused but manufactured parts for...
HP spills the beans on an upcoming TouchPad OTA update 30 Aug 2011, 06:50 7
HP unofficially confirmed that a software update for the HP TouchPad is on its way. It is expected to...
HP TouchPad component suppliers may be now sitting on huge pile of unused tablet parts 30 Aug 2011, 04:40 3
Even though the piles of unsold HP TouchPad tablets are now quickly moving out of retailers' warehouses,...
Official FAQ for the HP TouchPad reveals a one-per-person order limit with future availability 29 Aug 2011, 09:48 9
HP decided to put up an official FAQ regarding their beloved webOS powered tablet – and it tucks away...
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