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Former Apple executive Jon Rubinstein departs HP
Jon Rubinstein, who former served as the senior VP of Apple’s iPod devision, has left Hewlett-Packard according to a recent report from Arik Hesseldahl at All Things D. Rubinstein is said to have no immediate plans, and had completed a 12- to 24-month commitment to stay with HP after the acquisition. “Jon has fulfilled his [...]
Continue reading...Samsung reportedly interested in HP’s WebOS
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
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With HP in the midst of what seems like an unprecedented scale of corporate suicide, Samsung’s mobile division is fending off an aggressive and multi-continent patent attack from Apple on the grounds that its implementation of Google’s Android OS infringes upon a number of Apple patents. Broadly speaking, Apple bluntly accuses Samsung’s mobile lineup of [...]
Continue reading...WebOS ran twice as fast on an iPad 2 than it did on the HP TouchPad
Monday, August 22, 2011
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In the span of a few weeks, the HP TouchPad went from a highly anticipated device with a sleek Apple-esque UI to a product that completely failed to pick up any traction with consumers. The TouchPads’ inability to actually sell, which can be attributed to subpar reviews and shoddy performance, prompted the PC giant to [...]
Continue reading...HP TouchPad skyrockets to the top of Amazon bestseller list; Is the iPad in trouble?!
Monday, August 22, 2011
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Man, HP sure made a boneheaded move when they decided to axe the HP TouchPad at the height of its popularity. I mean, why would a company discontinue a wildly popular and successful tablet when it’s not only outselling the iPad 2, but is also the most popular electronic device across all categories? Clearly, Apple’s [...]
Continue reading...HP TouchPad available at insanely low $99 price
Saturday, August 20, 2011
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In late May, HP’s Matt Cador made a bold prediction: Just how HP became the top selling PC manufacturer, the storied tech company would also become the number one tablet manufacturer. Now, nearly three months later, HP has officially killed its HP TouchPad – not to mention all of its WebOS based mobile devices – [...]
Continue reading...Breaking: HP getting out of the mobile WebOS business, says goodbye to the TouchPad
Thursday, August 18, 2011
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Wow. In a span of just two months HP has done a complete 180. Just a few weeks ago they were talking about the importance of controlling both the hardware and software and now it’s being reported that they’re bidding adieu to WebOS and kissing the HP TouchPad and WebOS-based phones goodbye. As for the [...]
Continue reading...HP TouchPad sales grind to a halt; Best Buy sitting on massive amount of inventory
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
As Apple continues to sell each and every iPad 2 it produces, competitors like HP are having a tough time getting people interested in rival tablets like the HP TouchPad. With lukewarm reviews, at best, the HP TouchPad has gotten off to a terribly slow start. So slow, in fact, that HP recently instituted a [...]
Continue reading...HP TouchPad can’t compete with the iPad, knocks $100 off purchase price Aug. 5-7
Friday, August 5, 2011
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Out for just about a month, it seems that the HP TouchPad isn’t quite the iPad killer that some folks at HP thought it’d be. Remember that back in May, HP’s Matt Cador anticipated that the TouchPad would become the top selling tablet. Umm yeah, good luck with that. Despite the benefits of the WebOS [...]
Continue reading...HP’s Jon Rubinstein compares HP TouchPad growing pains to early days of OS X
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
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HP TouchPad reviews thus far have been sort of mediocre. While many are praising the device’s speed and of of course the intuitive WebOS software that powers the device, day to day use of the device isn’t exactly a seamless user experience. Writing for This is My Next, Joshua Topolsky writes that the TouchPad’s multitouch [...]
Continue reading...HP open to licensing WebOS to third parties
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
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Interesting news from HP CEO Leo Apotheker who divulged during a D9 appearance today that HP is open to licensing out WebOS to third party manufacturers. This is my Next writes: Specifically, we gave the tantalizing (and purely hypothetical) example of HTC coming along and inquiring about manufacturing a webOS-powered phone. His answer was straightforward: [...]
Continue reading...HP TouchPad coming on July 1
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
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A few weeks ago, Matt Cador articulated that HP would be able to use the same strategy it used to become the top selling PC manufacturer to topple the iPad. “In the PC world,” Cador explained, “with fewer ways of differentiating HP’s products from our competitors, we became number one; in the tablet world we’re [...]
Continue reading...Delusion? HP thinks TouchPad can overtake the iPad
Monday, May 23, 2011
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Hewlett-Packard, reinvigorated by its purchase of Palm and its heralded WebOS, is confident it can enter the tablet space late in the game and not only contend, but overtake the iPad’s number one spot as well. At recent press conference in Cannes, HP’s Matt Cador explained that HP was able to become the top selling [...]
Continue reading...HP not feeling Thunderbolt, sticking with USB 3.0 for now
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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Apple in February released a revamped line of MacBook Pros with a new transfer technology called Thunderbolt capable of transferring data at 10 Gbps in both directions. Now that’s undoubtedly fast as hell, and certainly faster than USB 3.0, but there are some limitations. In its current implementation, users will not be able to boot [...]
Continue reading...Leo Apotheker’s strategy to right the HP ship
Friday, March 11, 2011
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Newly minted HP CEO Leo Apotheker has grand plans to re-align the company’s trajectory. One interesting item on the agenda includes a plan whereby every HP computer shipped in 2012 will come pre-loaded with both Windows 7 and WebOS. The move is aimed at attracting developers to create a wider breath of applications that will [...]
Continue reading...Full video of HP’s TouchPad presentation
Sunday, February 13, 2011
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You can watch the entirety of HP’s WebOS Think Beyond Event presentation below. All 109 minutes worth. Speaking of which, remember way back when YouTube videos were limited in length to 10 minutes? Oh, what dark days.
Continue reading...HP hires former Apple exec Richard Kerris
Thursday, February 10, 2011
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TechCrunch reports: We’re at their post-announcement webOS developer gathering, where they’ve just announced a new hire: Richard Kerris, joining as VP of Worldwide Developer Relations. Prior to jumping on board with HP, Kerris spent 3 years as the CTO of Lucasfilm. And prior to that? He was an Apple Exec. Kerris previously filled a venerable [...]
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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