Is HP about to attempt another comeback in the mobile market? Reports suggest that the company is working on an Android tablet. Sounds good but the Android market is a tough one to crack unless your name is Samsung. Read more »
At least one of Apple’s patent disputes has come to and end on Thursday, according to the other party in the case. Elan Microelectronics Corp has settled with the Mac maker, the Taiwanese company said, in a deal that involves a $5 million payout from Apple. Read more »
Sunday was probably the last chance to grab a WebOS tablet for quite some time, and whatever limited supply HP (NYSE: HPQ) made available of… Read more at paidContent »
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 »
After a disastrous wireless turn from HP (NYSE: HPQ) that culminated last week with HP taking a charge of $1.66 billion to wind down its web… Read more at paidContent »
Holiday shoppers seeking a tablet bargain have another option: Research In Motion has slashed the starting price of its BlackBerry PlayBook line by $300, meaning it’s only $199 for the 16 GB version. But more PlayBook sales could actually be worse for RIM. Here’s why. Read more »
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 »
Hewlett-Packard, the world’s biggest PC maker, has cycled through a flurry of client device strategies in the past year. Those changes, including the discontinuation of the TouchPad, bred confusion not only about HP’s hardware roadmap but also about its ability to drive future cloud services. Read more »
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 »
Another turn in the plot for HP (NYSE: HPQ) and its mobile assets: today a report emerged indicating that HP is looking sell off its mobile… Read more at paidContent »
You may have found that since upgrading to OS X Lion, your browsing experience with Safari has changed slightly. Your web page could be jumping out at you for no obvious reason due to increased touch sensitivity. Here are some possible fixes. Read more »
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 »
Amazon’s Kindle Fire may be a feature-rich 7-inch tablet, but it has a key attribute that competitors need to pay attention to going forward: the $199 price tag. The market simply won’t support $499 tablets of this size, so look for cheaper tablets in the future. Read more »
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 »
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 »
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» In the patent battles with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), software is Samsung’s Achille… Read more at paidContent »
It’s never pretty to watch a big tech company scramble for direction (that is, unless you compete against that company). HP (NYSE: HPQ) is c… Read more at paidContent »
HP (NYSE: HPQ) is one of the world’s biggest and established tech companies, but if you look at its mobile division at the moment, it is giv… Read more at paidContent »
HP’s decision to kill off its nascent tablet effort was stunning, but at least it seemed decisive. But now the company is muddying the waters by suggesting that the fate of the TouchPad isn’t sealed. HP’s Todd Bradley said the company could still resurrect the device. Read more »
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Apple and five warning signs to watch for at the company in the next stage o… Read more at paidContent »
It’s like HP (NYSE: HPQ) woke up and suddenly realized it was in the business of trying to help people enjoy their new HP TouchPad tablets,… Read more at paidContent »
HP may have canned the TouchPad, but at least the company is trying to make things right for current webOS owners. The official HP Palm blog is serving up a free software six-pack to all TouchPad owners now through the end of the month. Read more »
Over the weekend, HP was clearing out stock of its discontinued TouchPad for $99, or $400 off the original sticker price. That was definitely a deal, but here’s one that’s arguably better: Apple is now selling the refurbished first generation iPad for as little as $299. Read more »
Thanks to content and applications, iOS and Android will remain at the top of the tablet heap until at least 2017, a new report claimed Monday. Trends indicate that iOS and Android tablet devices will make up 90 percent of the market six years from now. Read more »
One of Apple’s tablet challengers, one that many initially thought might eventually become a force to be reckoned with, revealed Thursday that it would be leaving the field. HP will stop making webOS tablets or smartphones, which takes one potential iPad competitor out of the equation. Read more »
Just months after introducing what looked to be one of the most promising challengers to the iPad, Hewlett-Packard said it is getting out of the webOS business and discontinuing its Touchpad and webOS phones. The company is now looking to “optimize” the value of webOS. Read more »
HP’s next webOS tablet looks to be the TouchPad Go, known internally as the Opal. Due to a prior HP roadmap leak and some detective work based on a recent FCC filing, the Go could be more mobile due to a smaller 7-inch screen size. Read more »
A report earlier this week pegged one Android tablet sold for every two iPads. Sounds like Honeycomb tablets are catching up, right? But there’s a problem: The figures aren’t based on sales numbers at all. Here’s a logical, reasonable method to the real tablet-sales data. Read more »
It’s been 14 months since Apple’s iPad debuted, and competitors have finally delivered on their tablet promises. But which is best for you? Based on my experience with all of the tablet platforms, this summary of device and platforms pros and cons can help you decide. Read more »
Hewlett-Packard’s TouchPad tablet launches July 1 using the same pricing scheme as Apple’s iPad. Early looks at the device show an elegant, effective user interface, but a relatively lack of third-party applications could make it difficult to convince consumers to buy HP’s tablet instead of Apple’s. Read more »
Hewlett-Packard will reportedly offer both a music service and movie store for its upcoming TouchPad tablet, due out within the next few month. The music solution will reportedly manage media smartly, by ensuring tracks most likely to be listened to will be stored locally. Read more »
Think HP’s TouchPad doesn’t stand a chance in the tablets wars? It’s early yet, and this video walkthough of webOS 3.0 via a leaked emulator may change your mind. The user interface borrows from Apple’s iOS, but adds a number of compelling features sure to impress. Read more »
At the launch of the iPad 2 today, Steve Jobs noted the redesigned tablet would keep its current price structure while adding new features. However, for consumers who believe price is the most important feature, Apple is cutting $100 off the original iPad while supplies last. Read more »
