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With webOS put out to pasture, Jon Rubinstein exits HP

By Jan. 27, 2012, 11:00am PT No Comments

Jon Rubinstein, the man who helped oversee Palm’s move to a new webOS operating system and later sold the company to Hewlett Packard, has quietly exited the company. It’s an unsurprising move, but one that further signals the end of the Palm era at HP. Read More »

5 things HP must do in 2012

By Dec. 27, 2011, 9:08am PT 2 Comments

2011 is surely a year that Hewlett-Packard would like to forget. It fired its second CEO in two years. It said it might sell its PC business and push WebOS phones and tablets only to back off on both moves. Here’s what HP needs to… Read More »

MobileTechRoundup podcast 255: Google Wallet; OnLive gaming

By Dec. 10, 2011, 9:09am PT No Comments

On this week’s audio podcast, Matt and Kevin share more about the Galaxy Nexus and Google Wallet experiences, plus OnLive; a cloud-based game service. There’s talk on the fate of webOS now that HP has open-sourced it. Will it matter in the long run? Read More »

WebOS lives! HP decides to open source the platform

By Dec. 9, 2011, 10:34am PT 11 Comments

After on-again, off-again news about the webOS mobile platform, HP has made a final decision: WebOS will be offered to the open source community. HP will still be involved to help platform progression, but it’s not clear if any HP hardware will ever run webOS again. Read More »

WebOS app development chief flees to Xobni

By Nov. 29, 2011, 7:00am PT 2 Comments

Michael Rizkalla, the former senior director of webOS application development at HP, has just started at Xobni, where he will be its senior director of mobile applications. It’s the latest exodus from the webOS team as HP contemplates what to do with the mobile operating system. Read More »

HP’s quarter afflicted by webOS fallout, weak services mix

By Nov. 22, 2011, 5:33am PT No Comments

Hewlett-Packard continues to struggle with fallout from the decision to nix its webOS-based tablets, a less-than-stellar mix of IT services, and its newly completed acquisition of Autonomy. The question is how long those reverberations will impact the company’s profitability and growth prospects. Read More »

HP considering webOS fire sale

By Nov. 8, 2011, 7:53am PT 3 Comments

You sort of knew this was coming: Reuters reports that Hewlett-Packard is looking to unload webOS, the mobile operating system it got when it bought Palm last year, for hundreds of millions of dollars, and far below the $1.2 billion it paid just 18 months ago. Read More »

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MobileTechRoundup podcast episode 250
By Oct. 30, 2011, 1:38pm PT Comments Off

Matt and Kevin are back for their 250th weekly mobile tech podcast. This week, Matt shares firsthand impressions from the Nokia World event in London and the Lumia 710 and 800 Windows Phone handsets. Plus a listener question about Gmail features on Apple’s iOS platform. Read More »

WebOS nearing the end of the road
By Oct. 28, 2011, 10:16am PT 19 Comments

The end is reportedly nigh for webOS. According to a report by the Guardian, HP is set to kill off its webOS mobile operating system, affecting some 500 jobs, after receiving apparently no interest in the OS it bought from Palm for $1.2 billion. Read More »

HP TouchPad software update adds voice call support
By Oct. 18, 2011, 11:20am PT 4 Comments

The HP TouchPad tablet isn’t quite dead yet: a new software update is available today that adds a new Camera app, improves performance and supports Bluetooth pairing with non-webOS phones. After the update, TouchPad owners will be able to answer phone calls on their tablet. Read More »

Does the world need another mobile OS?
By Sep. 30, 2011, 6:33am PT 15 Comments

The race in mobile has defaulted to Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating systems, but that hasn’t stopped Samsung from thinking about open-sourcing Bada, or Microsoft from pushing ahead with Windows Phone 7 and a partnership with Nokia. But do we need another mobile OS? Read More »

Report: Amazon eyeballs HP’s WebOS
By Sep. 30, 2011, 5:51am PT 1 Comment

If Amazon ends up buying the WebOS business from Hewlett-Packard, it shouldn’t come as a huge surprise. HP killed its TouchPad device, said it was seeking options for the operating system, and former WebOS poohbah Jon Rubinstein sits on Amazon’s board. Read More »

What you can learn from the rise and fall of WebOS
By Sep. 27, 2011, 2:16pm PT 5 Comments

The WebOS technology is now up for sale, and its future is uncertain to say the least. But there are still a few good lessons that can be learned from WebOS’ journey, says Michael Abbott, the former Palm executive who led the development of WebOS. Read More »

Watch out tech world. This CEO knows consumers
By Sep. 23, 2011, 3:00pm PT 8 Comments

Say what you will about Meg Whitman as the new HP CEO. She knows consumers. Now she’ll have a chance to apply her consumer touch to one of Silicon Valley’s most storied brands, which could have a chance to give Apple a run for its money. Read More »

Gartner: Still no true iPad challengers through 2015
By Sep. 22, 2011, 7:41am PT 11 Comments

Tablet sales will continue to rise from 17.6 million sales last year to 326.3 million by 2015, says Gartner, but the iPad will still dominate the market. There’s good reason to believe Gartner’s iPad estimates, but some of the other platform numbers don’t quite make sense. Read More »

As webOS falters, HP starts Palm layoffs
By Sep. 20, 2011, 9:24am PT 2 Comments

HP has confirmed that it has started laying off members of the webOS team, a reduction that is reported to be 525 employees. It’s not surprising given HP’s decision not to build webOS devices. But it seems like another sign that the platform will not survive. Read More »

Samsung: We’re not buying webOS either
By Sep. 2, 2011, 8:47am PT 1 Comment

Not only does Samsung not want to buy HP’s PC business, it also says it wants nothing to do with buying webOS. Samsung’s CEO made that clear Friday while talking with reporters at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin. Read More »

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