LG Electronics promised a WebOS powered smart TV back in March after acquiring the beleaguered platform from HP in February, and its good to see the South Korean company sticking to it. This should infuse new life into the OS that failed to make a mark in the smart connected devices segment. However, the OS should make a comeback of sorts thanks to LG, the world’s second … [Read more...] about LG to Launch First WebOS Powered Smart TV Soon
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Rumor: HP Woking on an Tegra 4 Based Android Tablet
Hewlett Packard is back in the tablet race and is piggybacking Android this time for a reported high end tablet offering. As per the latest rumors on this, HP is said to be working on a tablet that will be built around the new upcoming Tegra 4 chip. The chip is touted among the fastest currently available and was launched at this year’s CES event. It boasts of 72 custom … [Read more...] about Rumor: HP Woking on an Tegra 4 Based Android Tablet
Hp Is Forming a New Division and Getting Back into the Tablet Business
The TouchPad fiasco is still fresh in everybody's mind, though HP does not seem to be the least bit bothered. The company is very keen to get back to the consumer tablet segment and has formed a new internal division, "Mobility Global Business Unit," to design and produce the device. Interestingly, it is banking on Albero Torres, who used to be in charge of Nokia's Meebo … [Read more...] about Hp Is Forming a New Division and Getting Back into the Tablet Business
HP Confirms Their Upcoming Slate 8 Windows Tablet
Top brass at HP have officially confirmed one of their upcoming tablet computers will be based on Microsoft's newest operating system, Windows 8. This should put to rest a long standing rumor that the company was developing one in the shadows. The new device is going to be known as the Slate 8. HP has clearly made some ground making up for the TouchPad debacle of last year. … [Read more...] about HP Confirms Their Upcoming Slate 8 Windows Tablet
HP Will Include More webOS Parts to ‘webOS Community Edition’
HP had already stated their intentions of making the WebOS platform an open source project. Towards that, the company has announced they will now be releasing more parts of the webOS 3.0.5 for developers to be able to modify as they see fit. The new open source version of the OS would be named webOS Community Edition and would be made available by June. The reason HP is … [Read more...] about HP Will Include More webOS Parts to ‘webOS Community Edition’
Time Inc. Will Stop Publishing to the HP TouchPad March 10th
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
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
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
Refurbished TouchPads to go on sale Sunday 12/11/2011 for $99
Make sure you have $99 to spare this coming Sunday if you do not wish to miss out on the HP TouchPad craze again. For the TouchPad is back with its now famous $99 price tag one more time (and probably the last) and would be making an appearance at HP's ebay store on that day. One though will also have to act really fast since there surely will be a lot of TouchPad fans lurking … [Read more...] about Refurbished TouchPads to go on sale Sunday 12/11/2011 for $99
HP TouchPad WebOS updated to version 3.0.5
WebOS' fate might be hanging in balance right now but has just received a fresh lease of life with a new update just made available. However, WebOS 3.0.5 is not about any massive upgrade and shouldn't be expected to bring along a huge improvement in performance. However, the update still brings along some nice changes. Like the update is supposed to be addressing the issues … [Read more...] about HP TouchPad WebOS updated to version 3.0.5
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