HP has tied up with Time Inc to share its content on the HP TouchPad hoping users of the tablet will have something worthwhile to do with the device. What followed later had taken everyone by surprise as the tablet went from almost being an outcast to the most talked about tablet device in town, albeit for a brief period and that too after having been privided with a hefty … [Read more...] about Time Inc. Will Stop Publishing to the HP TouchPad March 10th
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Good e-Reader Week In Review: Tablet News
Reflecting on the happenings in the tablet field this past week, what comes to the fore is that there has been no major tablet launches during the period though the usual doses of rumors and speculation had its share of limelight all along. The biggest news of the past week has of course been the way the Apple iPad almost steamrolled the competition by announcing total sales … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader Week In Review: Tablet News
HP TouchPad gets Android ICS via CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 0
CyanogenMod 9 has come out with the Alpha 0 build of Android Ice Cream Sandwich for the TouchPad that seems to be hitting headlines more headline post its death than when it was alive. A lot of things are working post the update though, as it usually is with Alpha builds, there will always be some that serves to test our patience. However, in this case, a lot of things are … [Read more...] about HP TouchPad gets Android ICS via CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 0
HP releases webOS 3.0.5 update for TouchPad
The HP TouchPad came, did not quite win the game and then went off. However, it has not been as simple as it might suggest as the WebOS tablet had made it to the top of the popularity charts even if that has been for a brief period of time and after having been provided with one of the heaviest discounts ever meted out in Tablet history. The end result, there are around a … [Read more...] about HP releases webOS 3.0.5 update for TouchPad
HP First Tried to Sell WebOS and Palm Assets for $1.2 billion, Before Making It Open Source
HP's plans of making its WebOS as open source has not been as spontaneous as it might seem, new details on this reveal. This since the real plans of HP appear to be selling off its failed venture without incurring any loss. HP had purchased the WebOS as well as other Palm assets for a quite hefty $1.2 billion. HP had first tried to sell if off to anyone who paid it the exact … [Read more...] about HP First Tried to Sell WebOS and Palm Assets for $1.2 billion, Before Making It Open Source
A webOS Powered TouchPad Successor Might be a Reality in 2013
There is a chance that HP might get back to webOS to begin production of new tablets in year 2013, utilizing the new open-sourced stage for superior mobile devices. After HP went public with its move of making the webOS an open source platform, HP CEO Meg Whitman has said during a discussion that making tablets are still a possibility, even after the HP’s Windows 8 push. As has … [Read more...] about A webOS Powered TouchPad Successor Might be a Reality in 2013
B&N takes delivery of OEM shipments for one million Nook Tablets
According to a ballpark figure from sources at upstream suppliers, Barnes & Noble so far should have taken delivery of a huge number of Nook Tablet PCs from OEM production partners. The estimate indicates that there has been a delivery of one million units of Nook Tablet PCs. According to what the sources said the market had actually expected Barnes & Noble to pull in … [Read more...] about B&N takes delivery of OEM shipments for one million Nook Tablets
Week in Review for Tablet News
The past week has been a busy one with lots of tablet news coming our way. The diversity in the tablet affairs that we got to witness in the past week has been fascinating. While we've seen one tablet, the Dell Streak 7, going into oblivion after a not too impressive existence, the Adam from Notion Ink came back from a lull with an Android ICS makeover. However, the first … [Read more...] about Week in Review for Tablet News
WebOS is officially an Open Source Project
That HP has been mulling over how to deal with the WebOS platform has been all too well known. However, the way things have worked out in this field is perhaps the least expected. The WebOS can be termed the leftover baggage symbolizing HP's attempt at the tablet segment, something that the company perhaps wished it never had to deal with in the first place. Selling it to … [Read more...] about WebOS is officially an Open Source Project
Samsung shows off Flexible Transparent Tablet Concept
Not too long ago, we often would come across images of an e-reader or a tablet device that could bend to some extent. Prominent among them were Liquavista though none of them ever made it to the market. Samsung too had showed off displays in the past that could even be rolled like a paper. However, Samsung has upped the game a notch higher by coming up with a display that is … [Read more...] about Samsung shows off Flexible Transparent Tablet Concept
Android 4.0 Being Readied to Run on the HP TouchPad
Developers who are working on a modified version of Google Android 2.3 to allow it to run on the HP TouchPad tablet have made another early breakthrough. A version of Android 4.0 has been modified by one of the team members to work on his personal Touchpad. There are, however, certain bugs that are occurring on the device and are being attended to. The issues that have to be … [Read more...] about Android 4.0 Being Readied to Run on the HP TouchPad
HP TouchPads to Be Used by UK Prosecutors to Conduct Court Proceedings
In a surprising development in technology, attorneys in the UK courts have been provided with HP TouchPads for maintaining digital copies of their documents pertaining to their ongoing cases. Lawyers of the Crown Prosecution Service will have access to 35 HP TouchPads into which the police will be feeding information directly. These TouchPads cost £1,000 ($1,560) each and are … [Read more...] about HP TouchPads to Be Used by UK Prosecutors to Conduct Court Proceedings
HP TouchPad Go being Auctioned off on eBay
An auction of a rare nature is being conducted through eBay. Rare because the item coming under the hammer is a 32 GB, 3G capable TouchPad Go from HP. The item is coming up from China and appears to be one that did not make it to the stores for sale at any time. Also, lest you have forgotten what the TouchPad Go is, particularly after the series of low cost 7 inch tablets that … [Read more...] about HP TouchPad Go being Auctioned off on eBay
HP to Decide the Fate of webOS in Two Weeks
While HP might have been able to wash its hands clean with the TouchPad tablet PCs, it still has another aspect of its botched attempt at the tablet segment so far to take care of; the WebOS platform that it had acquired in 2010. However, HP CEO Meg Whitman has now confirmed they will come to a conclusion with the WebOS within the next two weeks. The HP chief exec also added … [Read more...] about HP to Decide the Fate of webOS in Two Weeks