The HP TouchPad may have lived an extremely short life span, but it has had the most dramatic moments otherwise unseen with any other tablet device. Also, while HP pulled the plug on the tablet, those employed at its manufacturing partners almost halfway round the globe in Taiwan are also among those to have found themselves in the firing line. Further, while the TouchPad may … [Read more...] about Taiwanese Manufacturer Trims Workforce Following Dismal TouchPad and PlayBook Sales
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Hp TouchPads on offer for its employees, mad rush continues
Employees of HP thronged the company site to pick up the super cheap TouchPad that the company had promised for them and lived up to its promise by keeping to schedule with its release today. Such was the clamor for the WebOS tablet that the site was slowed down to a crawl with customers in general and specifically HP employees logging into the site to place their order. HP … [Read more...] about Hp TouchPads on offer for its employees, mad rush continues
HP to Future Endeavor 525 webOS Employees
HP has been restructuring the company in lieu of spinning off its entire PC division and suspending its tablet activities. Its sole tablet in the market is the HP TouchPad which saw hundreds of thousands of units sold, when they dropped the price from $499 to only $99.99. It seems HP is eliminating a ton of jobs due to its suspension of the webOS development team. HP had … [Read more...] about HP to Future Endeavor 525 webOS Employees
CyanogenMod’s Latest HP TouchPad Android Video
CyanogenMod has come up with a new video which should allay the fears of those eagerly awaiting to see Android taking over their TouchPads. The good news is that there is some positive developments to be seen in that respect. The TouchPad, with some tweaking from CyanogenMod, is now exhibiting much better mannerisms than ever before. Among the TouchPad features that have come … [Read more...] about CyanogenMod’s Latest HP TouchPad Android Video
HP TouchPad goes on sale in the UK
The HP TouchPad story has been just amazing so far. When the WebOS tablet was first launched, there weren't many takers of the same. HP dropped the price down to $99 and the TouchPad suddenly become the rage worldwide. So much that all existing stocks of the same gets vanished in no time. Now with that being the situation, UK retailer PC World has surprised all by offering the … [Read more...] about HP TouchPad goes on sale in the UK
HP TouchPad Shipping Before Oct 31
Ever since reports surfaced about HP going in for one last production run of its TouchPad tablet PC, the one question that began to haunt everyone is who are those fortunate few that will be offered the WebOS tablet. It will be no more than another one million or so of the TouchPads that will be manufactured, and at $99 there will surely be millions more who would still be … [Read more...] about HP TouchPad Shipping Before Oct 31
Fresh (and last)TouchPad lot to arrive in October
HP's exit from the tablet segment was sudden and unexpected, which left its component suppliers and manufacturing partners in China and Taiwan very little or no time to realign their inventories of the abandoned TouchPad tablet PC. In any case, they were left with TouchPad components such as batteries, chassis and so on that could be used to build another 100,000 to 200,000 … [Read more...] about Fresh (and last)TouchPad lot to arrive in October
HP sues its own partner tasked with settling TouchPad refunds
The TouchPad might have had a very short life span but the entire TouchPad saga has been thoroughly interesting. In fact, it provided us some thing to cheer about from the usual tablet story of the iPad leading in every possible manner while the rest to play a catch up game. In the latest twist to the TouchPad story, there is a lawsuit also involved. It goes like this: HP … [Read more...] about HP sues its own partner tasked with settling TouchPad refunds
HP TouchPad may not be dead afterall
The HP TouchPad saga has been thoroughly interesting so far. A high profile launch followed by discounts to HP leaving the tablet business altogether and resorting to $99 clearance sale of the remaining stock of the WebOS tablet that led to almost the 21st century equivalent of a gold rush; we have seen it all take place in a matter of just weeks. In fact, so huge has been the … [Read more...] about HP TouchPad may not be dead afterall
QuickOffice update for HP TouchPad now available
Here finally is the QuickOffice update that would allow users to edit their document. A bit late the much awaited update sure is but then its not too late either. Moreover, the best thing is the update is there for the taking for which one has to connect to the webOS catalog site using the TouchPad. So while the QuickOffice update will allow for editing Microsoft Word and … [Read more...] about QuickOffice update for HP TouchPad now available
6 Pack App for the HP TouchPad
The HP TouchPad might be officially down but definitely not the WebOS platform on which the TouchPad is based on. In fact, so overwhelming has been the response to the 6-Pack app offer that the company itself were taken by surprise. The codes were all gone within hours in much the same manner as the TouchPads themselves vanished from store shelves. As usual, there were many who … [Read more...] about 6 Pack App for the HP TouchPad
HP TouchPad to get Android via CyanogenMod
The HP TouchPad sold like the hottest cake around though its no secret all of the craze surrounding the tablet can be attributed to its low price tag and not its webOS platform. People simply lapped up the otherwise superbly engineered product hoping to have Android on-board at some point and prominent among those hard at work trying to make the TouchPad Android frindly is … [Read more...] about HP TouchPad to get Android via CyanogenMod
HP TouchPad will have document editing feature enabled this week
HP might have severed all ties with tablet PCs and brought down the TouchPad even before it could actually take off. All off to the chopping blocks is the the 7 inch smaller cousin of the TouchPad which had just made it past FCC a few weeks ago. However, with that being the harsh reality, its good to see HP sticking to its word of remaining committed to the WebOS operating … [Read more...] about HP TouchPad will have document editing feature enabled this week
Here Comes a TouchPad Running Android Froyo
One reason why so many are out to make the most of the drastically reduced price tag of the TouchPad, in spite of HP getting out of the tablet business, is the likely scenario of running the tablet on Android. Work is on in that direction and there already seems headway has been made. One lucky customer already seems to be in possession of a TouchPad running Android. He had … [Read more...] about Here Comes a TouchPad Running Android Froyo
HP TouchPad now at £89 in the UK
The HP TouchPad has been selling like hot cakes in the US and Canada while the same frenzied buying is most likely to be repeated in the UK too. This since the price has been brought down to just £89 for the 16 GB TouchPad, a steep decline from the £400 price tag that the WebOS tablet was selling for even just last week. The same in the US is selling for $99 and the TouchPads … [Read more...] about HP TouchPad now at £89 in the UK
HP TouchPad hardware production partners face uncertainty
The HP TouchPad has already made it to the tablet graveyard within just weeks of its launch. As an immediate fall out of the event, HP has decided to make available all existing stocks of the tablet at a ridiculously low price tag of just $100 and this had suddenly made the TouchPad one of the most talked about tablet in recent weeks. All of a sudden, consumers are seen showing … [Read more...] about HP TouchPad hardware production partners face uncertainty