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Jon Rubinstein Leaves Post at HP

Jeff Baker — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:56:36 +0000

Jon Rubinstein – a man who has seen stints at high profile companies including NeXT, Apple, Palm and finally HP. Rubinstein’s notable accomplishments include working on the original iPod and later overseeing the creation of webOS and Palm’s comeback devices including the Pre, Pixi and later, the HP released TouchPad. Following HP’s acquisition of Palm, [...]

webOS 3.0.5 rolls out

Edwin Kee — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:23:35 +0000

HP might have killed off its latest webOS-powered device, the HP TouchPad, recently, only to introduce firesales at rock bottom prices in a presumable effort to get rid of all remaining stock, but that does not mean the computer manufacturer is going to stop offering support for the operating system. In fact, there is a [...]

HP to Abandon webOS?

Jeff Baker — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:35:18 +0000

webOS’ journey has not been any easy one by any means. Originally, the platform was developed by Palm to run on devices such as the Palm Pre and later, the Palm Pixi. However, due to poor sales Palm was forced to look for buyers eventually being absorbed by HP. Unfortunately, things didn’t get much better [...]

Amazon to Purchase webOS?

Jeff Baker — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:18:14 +0000

As you’re sure to know Amazon has recently been getting a ton of press due to their recent product announcements. While there were two brand new eReaders announced the real star is the Kindle Fire. Those not familiar with this device only need to know that it’s a 7-inch touchscreen with dual-core processor for just [...]

Palm Pre 2 on Verizon Gets webOS 2.1 Update

Jeff Baker — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:11:16 +0000

If you’ve been paying attention you’ll know that Palm no longer exists having been out by HP last year. You’ll probably also know that Palm has two different smartphones currently on the market dubbed the Pre and Pre 2. Now that HP has taken the reigns it doesn’t mean that both of these smartphones will [...]

Splashtop comes to webOS

Mark Rollins — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:02:09 +0000

I’m not certain why we usually don’t cover apps for webOS more often, and yes, that is not a good sign for webOS. However, a recent App known as Splashtop has come to that platform, and I am also surprised that we haven’t covered that, ever. Splashtop allows the user to have “one-click access” to [...]

HP Veer for AT&T Gets Officially Announced

Jeff Baker — Wed, 04 May 2011 17:30:44 +0000

While webOS hasn’t seen itself installed on any big name devices as of late HP is looking to change all of that as time goes on. As you’re sure to know one of the biggest announcements HP made regarding the platform was when they finally announced the HP TouchPad tablet. However, they also have many [...]

HP Veer Coming to AT&T in White & With 4G?

Jeff Baker — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:47:53 +0000

It’s been a rocky road for Palm over the years as after the Palm Pre failed to sell as expected things basically hit rock bottom. Luckily, HP was there to swoop in and snatch the company up hoping to bring the critically acclaimed webOS the attention it needs. From this, we’ve known that HP will be releasing [...]

HP TouchPad Passes Through FCC

Jeff Baker — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 02:16:51 +0000

As we’ve told you countless times tablets are all the rage with hardware manufacturers across the board getting down on the fun. As of late many of the tablets that get talked about are powered by Google’s Android Honeycomb but there are many other platforms on the market. Of course there is the largely dominant [...]

Android ‘Gingerbread’ 2.3 Ported to Palm Pre

Jeff Baker — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:28:23 +0000

Google’s Android has already seen itself installed on a wide array of different high end smartphones from companies like HTC, Samsung and more. However, seeing how the Android community has grown so big members of the community have taken the platform far beyond the confines of what the original manufacturers intended. The latest case of [...]