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  • HP Open webOS set for September launch . Phones, Tablets, Software, HP, Open webOS, webOS 0

    HP Open webOS set for September launch

    Open webOS 1.0 detailed 26 January 2012 9:29 GMT

    Back in December HP finally made up its mind on the fate of webOS, stating that it would make the mobile operating system open source in the hope that it will live on by being used by companies looking for an alternative to Android or Windows Phone...

  • HP webOS goes open source, will HTC now make a webOS phone?. Phones, Tablets, HP, webOS, HTC, Mobile phones, Palm 0

    HP webOS goes open source, will HTC now make a webOS phone?

    Who wants it? 9 December 2011 23:36 GMT

    HP has finally made up its mind on the fate of webOS on Friday saying that it will make the mobile operating system open source in the hope that it will live on by being used by companies like HTC looking for a alternative to Android and Windows Phone...

  • HP evaluating sale of webOS. Software, webOS, HP 0

    HP evaluating sale of webOS

    Deal could be worth "hundreds of millions of dollars" 8 November 2011 12:01 GMT

    HP is reportedly weighing up a deal that could see webOS sold for "hundreds of millions of dollars".

    Although that sounds like an awful lot of money for an operating system that arguably plays fourth or fifth fiddle in the smartphone and tablet...

  • HP keeping PC division after all. Laptops, Phones, Tablets, HP, webOS, 0

    HP keeping PC division after all

    Verdict still out on webOS 27 October 2011 23:16 GMT

    HP today announced that it has completed its evaluation of strategic alternatives for its Personal Systems Group (PSG) and has decided the unit will remain part of the company after all.

    “HP objectively evaluated the strategic, financial...

  • HP: webOS not dead, still coming to printers. Printers, webOS, HP, Operating Systems 0

    HP: webOS not dead, still coming to printers

    Update: HP still evaluating WebOS possibilities 5 October 2011 10:24 GMT

    HP might have publicly ditched its tablet, rumoured to be in talks to sell webOS to Amazon, and basically doing all it can to hamper the mobile operating system, but that hasn’t stopped the company continuing on its path of putting the OS into...

  • Amazon webOS deal rumoured

    Amazon webOS deal rumoured

    Retailer about to become platform? 30 September 2011 14:02 GMT

    ­Amazon could be about to buy webOS from HP according to sources in the US.

    "A well-placed source tells us that HP is currently looking to rid itself of Palm as soon as possible, and that Amazon is the closest to finalising the deal, among...

  • Qualcomm not buying webOS, but will support platform

    Qualcomm not buying webOS, but will support platform

    EXCLUSIVE: CEO likes it, but not that much 15 September 2011 9:59 GMT

    Qualcomm has exclusively told Pocket-lint that it will continue to invest and support webOS in the future, but has ruled itself out of buying the operating system itself.

    "We are happy to support webOS, whoever buys it," said Cristiano Amon,...

  • HTC looking to ditch Android in favour of own OS?

    HTC looking to ditch Android in favour of own OS?

    webOS buyout on the cards 12 September 2011 13:58 GMT

    HTC, the undisputed king of Android before Samsung came along and stole all the glory, could be looking to buy its own OS, in a move that could lead to it ditching its Google ties.

    Speculation has heated up due to Cher Wang, the chairwoman...

  •  TouchPad fire-sale set to continue with one more batch coming

    HP TouchPad fire-sale set to continue with one more batch coming

    And then it's done 7 September 2011 12:56 GMT

    If you thought that the HP TouchPad fire-sale was over, then think again as the company has confirmed that one more batch of the webOS-powered tablet will go into production.

    And, although HP's Mark Budgell doesn't state how many units will...

  • Vodafone Palm Pre 3 on sale at Carphone Warehouse

    Vodafone Palm Pre 3 on sale at Carphone Warehouse

    While stocks last 2 September 2011 10:16 GMT

    The HP Pre3 has gone on sale in the UK at Carphone Warehouse, the phone retailer has told Pocket-lint.

    The phone, which has had a bumpy ride after HP announced that it was dumping all webOS hardware on the eve of the Pre 3 launch, is only available...

  • Samsung CEO: We will

    Samsung CEO: We will "never' pursue webOS

    IFA 2011: Future looking bleak 2 September 2011 10:02 GMT

    Samsung’s CEO, Choi Gee Sung, has said that the company will "never" pursue a deal with HP over licensing the company’s webOS platform for its smartphones and tablets.

    The comments, made at IFA in Berlin, Germany, is likely to be...

  • OTA update en route for HP TouchPad

    OTA update en route for HP TouchPad

    Added functionality included 30 August 2011 14:52 GMT

    The TouchPad story bonanza continues, this time with the news that the tablet will benefit from an over the air update that brings with it new functionality. 

    Following the recent £89 TouchPad fire sale, HP is reporting huge activation spikes...

  • 10 alternate uses for an £89 HP TouchPad

    10 alternative uses for an £89 HP TouchPad

    FEATURE Not just a dirt cheap tablet 29 August 2011 16:32 GMT

    When HP announced it was abandoning webOS and the price of the HP TouchPad plummeted in some stores to the ridiculously generous £89, it caused such a frenzied rush to nab one that few stopped to think about what they'd do with it when it arrived.

    After...

  • HP Boss: We're not quitting PC business

    HP Boss: We're not quitting PC business

    Paul Hunter, UK boss speaks up 25 August 2011 15:34 GMT

    Remember when HP said that it was quitting the PC business? Well, it didn't - erase those thoughts from your memory.

    That's the message from Paul Hunter, head of HP PSG UK and Ireland, in an open letter that was sent to the Pocket-lint inbox.

    "I’d...

  • HP TouchPad UK price drops to £89. Tablets, HP, HP Touchpad, webOS,  0

    HP TouchPad UK price drops to £89

    Confirmed: The fire sale is on 22 August 2011 16:34 GMT

    HP has dropped the price of its HP TouchPad in the UK, following a $99 fire sale in the US that saw stock instantly fly of the shelves. 

    HP has yet to confirm the price drop themselves, however that hasn't stopped Dixons Store Group, that operates...

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