HP has announced the pricing and availability of its first webOS powered tablet. The TouchPad will be released in the United States on July carrying a price tag of $499 and $599 for 16GB and 32GB respectively. As for the availability in other regions, HP has confirmed that consumers in UK, France, Germany and […]
HP introduces its first webOS tablet – TouchPad
In addition to Pre3 and Veer devices, HP also introduced a TouchPad tablet, powered by webOS. The TouchPad is HP’s answer to Apple’s iPad and although TouchPad resembles Apple’s offering, the HP tablet is spec’d superiorly. The 9.7-inch TouchPad features a dual-core Snapdragon processor, 3G, touchscreen display supporting XGA resolution (1024×768), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, A-GPS, […]
HP announces Pre3 and Veer webOS powered phones
HP at an event yesterday unveiled new offerings powered by webOS. The two smartphones that made its way out are Pre3 and Veer. The HP Pre3 is similar in design like its predecessor but ups the ante with a 3.58-inch WVGA touchscreen display and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon (MSM8x55) 1.4GHz processor. Pre3’s feature set includes 3G […]
Palm tablets with webOS leak – Topaz and Opal expected in Sep 2011
We know now what to expect at HP Palm’s event scheduled next month. Engadget has got their mitts on info and pics of HP Palm’s very first tablets – namely, Topaz and Opal. Topaz and Opal sport 9-inch and 7-inch screen respectively but are powered by Palm’s powerful webOS. The Opal will apparently be […]
HP announces webOS 2.0 OS, Palm Pre 2
HP has announced a significant update to Palm’s webOS operating system. The webOS now jumps to version 2.0 and brings a lot of new features. Some of the notable one found in webOS 2.0 are improved multitasking, Just Type, HP Synergy, Adobe Flash 10.1 support, Skype Mobile (Verizon users only), browser with HTML5 support, […]
HP webOS tablet confirmed for early 2011
Well, it’s official. HP will indeed bring a tablet running webOS. At an earnings call HP’s executive explicitly confirmed about a “webOS-based product in early 2011” when asked about sales being affected by other tablets in the market. Other details are still a mystery but we can expect the tablet to get official in […]
HP completes acquisition of Palm
HP has announced that they’ve completed acquisition of Palm, which they had bought in April for $1.2 billion or $5.70 per share in cash. HP plans to leverage Palm’s intellectual properties and its feature-rich webOS to smartphones and other mobile devices where Jon Rubenstein, former CEO of Palm will now oversee development of webOS […]
HP buys Palm for $1.2 billion
While Palm was reported to find suitors in the east, US-based HP has announced to buy the ailing smartphone company. HP has bought Palm for $1.2 billion or $5.70 per share. A major reason for HP to buy the company was the webOS, which HP believes could help them bolster in the competitive smartphone […]
Palm releases PDK to boost game development on webOS
Using simple web programming languages to create a webOS application is cool but it sure is a challenge when developers have to create a graphic intensive game. Palm is now trying to resolve this by releasing the first beta of Plug-in Development Kit (PDK). The PDK will allow game developers to create games in […]
Pre/Pixi users getting webOS 1.4 update today
Sprint posted a message on its forums (taken down now) claiming details of an upcoming software update for Palm Pre and Pixi users. The update v1.4 will be transmitted over-the-air (OTA) starting today and despite a somewhat lengthy changelog, it’s the integration of Adobe Flash 10 that makes the update special. The Flash however […]