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Smartwatch company Pebble hires webOS UX and design leads
Pebble is getting some help from a few key members of the original webOS team.…
Read MoreQualcomm buys major mobile patent portfolio from HP, including Palm patents
Qualcomm just picked up a big trove of mobile-related patents from HP, which could signal a new escalation in the ongoing intellectual property battles in the mobile industry.…
Read MoreHP planning a new Android tablet? Good luck with that
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 MoreWhy many are unlikely to switch to Windows Phone or BlackBerry 10
Current Windows Phone 8 and upcoming BlackBerry 10 handsets look great, but will people switch? Not likely, and even first-time smartphone owners may balk. It's a perfect example of old phrase, "timing is everything" as most smartphone innovation has already taken place.…
Read MorePalm’s webOS lives on…. as an Android app
Do you miss webOS as much as I do? If so and you use Android today, you'll be happy to see webOS running as an Android app. The project isn't ready for prime-time use, but it's making progress. Practical? No. Geeky and nostalgic? You bet!…
Read MoreGame of Phones: Open webOS proves “what is dead may never die”
After buying webOS and Palm for $1.2 billion, HP pulled the plug and open-sourced the platform. The first fruits of that labor are appearing as multiple devices are getting ports of the new Open webOS, keeping Palm's excellent mobile operating system alive for many fans.…
Read MoreEx-Nokian hired to accelerate HP’s global tablet strategy. (It has one?)
“Our new Mobility Global Business Unit initially will focus on consumer tablets and will expand to additional segments and categories where we…
Read MoreWebOS lives! HP decides to open source the platform
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 MoreYes, HP May Finally Have Some News On WebOS — In The Next Two Weeks
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 MoreWebOS app development chief flees to Xobni
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 MoreHP considering webOS fire sale
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 MoreWebOS Sale Rumors Return; Oracle Named As Potential Buyer From HP
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 MoreSamsung Requests Depositions For Apple’s Jony Ive, Others By December
Another development in the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) versus Android patent story as the various cases work their way through the courts. Samsung ha……
Read MoreMore Flip Flopping From HP? Todd Bradley Says WebOS Closure Is Just A Rumor
HP (NYSE: HPQ) may have resolved one major item on its agenda when it announced last week it would hold on to its PC division; but now it se……
Read MoreWebOS nearing the end of the road
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 MoreReport: Amazon eyeballs HP’s WebOS
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 MoreReport: Amazon Wants To Buy WebOS; That Could Mean Kindle Phones, PCs Too
HP's WebOS is up in the air and we now have a new player that apparently wants to catch it: Amazon, the upstart etailer that come to dominat……
Read MoreWhat you can learn from the rise and fall of WebOS
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 MoreWatch out tech world. This CEO knows consumers
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 MoreAs webOS falters, HP starts Palm layoffs
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 MoreIt’s Time To Stop Using Downloads As The Key Metric For Apps Success
The mobile apps industry is suffering from download-milestone overkill. Developers and publishers boast about how many times their apps have……
Read MoreSamsung: We’re not buying webOS either
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 MoreOuch: Meet the man who quit Nokia for Palm
Former Nokia executive Ari Jaaski has opened up to a Finnish newspaper about the frustrations that led him to quit last year -- but since he jumped ship for greener pastures at Palm, he simply seems to have traded the frying pan for the fire.…
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