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Jon Rubinstein Quits HP

Jon Rubinstein Quits HP

News Business

Jon Rubinstein - the senior vice president for Product Innovation at HP's Personal Systems Group - has decided to part ways with the company, it was revealed yesterday. Rubinstein, who had been Palm's CEO earlier, joined Hewlett...


iPhone 3GS Rival Alert : HP Palm Pre 2 Down To £100

iPhone 3GS Rival Alert : HP Palm Pre 2 Down To £100

News Mobile & Telco

If you're looking to purchase a smartphone from a reputable handset maker with plenty of onboard storage and a decent physical keyboard, then Ebuyer has a few Palm Pre 2 handsets on offer for £100. And you do get a lot of...


Hewlett Packard and Intel in talks over Palm sale

Hewlett Packard and Intel in talks over Palm sale

Could be looking to get rid of webOS

News Business

Hewlett Packard and Intel are currently discussing whether the chip giant will buy out the now-defunct hardware division previously known as Palm as well as the webOS operating system. The sale is not as clear cut as might be...


HP rumoured to be investigating webOS sale

HP rumoured to be investigating webOS sale

Oracle in the frame as buyer

News Business

Hewlett Packard's desire to attract developers to the webOS platform even as it ceases production of tablets and smartphones based on the software may have just received an explanation: the company's hoping to sell. While the...


HP claims webOS death an "unfounded rumour"

HP claims webOS death an "unfounded rumour"

Todd Bradley not giving up on the platform yet

News Developer

Hewlett Packard's Todd Bradley, in charge of the now-reprieved Personal Systems Group, has rubbished rumours that webOS is dying out without committing to a reintroduction of his company's popular TouchPad tablet. In a televised...


The Future of HP's WebOS Unit Still Uncertain

The Future of HP's WebOS Unit Still Uncertain

News Business

If rumors are to be believed, HP has already finished the initial bidding process for its WebOS unit. According to those close to the company, HP will hold a meeting during which they will reveal future plans for...


Amazon Reportedly Planning Palm, webOS Acquisition

Amazon Reportedly Planning Palm, webOS Acquisition

News Business

Online retail giant Amazon is in ‘serious negotiations’ to acquire Palm from PC maker Hewlett-Packard, it has been revealed. A well-placed source has told Venture Beat that HP is eager to dump its failed Palm division...


HP to axe 525 jobs in webOS hardware business

HP to axe 525 jobs in webOS hardware business

More tablet OS jobs hang in the balance

News Business

HP is to shed 525 jobs from its global webOS hardware business, following its decision to ditch the flag-bearing HP TouchPad tablet. The tablet prompted a stampede among consumers after HP slashed its price tag to just...


HP offers refunds to early webOS adopters

HP offers refunds to early webOS adopters

Keeping its ex-customers happy

News Mobile & Telco

HP's decision to end its webOS hardware division is costing the company big, and its latest gift to early adopters won't do much to help that: the company has confirmed that owners of the TouchPad tablet or Pre3 smartphones will...


HP makes moves to save webOS from the scrapheap

HP makes moves to save webOS from the scrapheap

Hardware gone, but software heading to OST

News Developer

A leaked email from Todd Bradley, executive vice president of HP's seemingly doomed Personal Systems Group, has confirmed that the company will continue to work on the webOS platform it acquired from Palm.The email to staff...


Samsung will 'never' buy TouchPad webOS, vows CEO

Samsung will 'never' buy TouchPad webOS, vows CEO

Exec scotches rumours of OS acquisition

News Business

Samsung will "never" buy webOS, the operating system behind discounted HP TouchPad, the company's CEO has told journalists at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin. Chief exec Choi Gee Sung made the pronouncement to...


Why It Doesn't Make Sense For Samsung To Buy HP's WebOS

Why It Doesn't Make Sense For Samsung To Buy HP's WebOS

News Hardware

There have been some claims - within the ODM/OEM community in Taiwan - that Samsung is planning to buy HP's WebOS platform after the company's decision to get rid of its Personal Systems Group in the short term. But this doesn't...


HP's Palm Eurostore struggles ahead of Pre 3 sale

HP's Palm Eurostore struggles ahead of Pre 3 sale

Rumours of a discount to just £49 cripple site

News Mobile & Telco

The Palm Eurostore website has slow to a crawl as rumours of a price drop on the Pre 3 webOS-powered smartphone causes a huge surge in traffic.The site currently sells the Pre 3 smartphone for £299, but rumours have been...


HP TouchPads sell out across the US

HP TouchPads sell out across the US

Thanks mostly to a ridiculous discount

News Mobile & Telco

HP's TouchPad tablet has enjoyed a weekend of bumper sales, with stock proving scarce at retailers across the US - thanks, it must be said, to a discount which has seen the device drop to under $100.The TouchPad was HP's flagship...


Palm's webOS is down, but not out

Palm's webOS is down, but not out

HP could be repurposing the software for a new role

Opinion & Analysis Developer

While HP's announcement that it was to buy UK software giant Autonomy and look at spinning off its personal computer business was telegraphed, last night's announcement did come with a major surprise: the death of the company's...

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