HP TouchPad to get one last production run
HP has just confirmed that its recently axed TouchPad tablet is getting one last production run. The company announced that it was discontinuing all webOS hardware as it contemplates the platform’s...
View ArticleWoot Offers TouchPad Buyers $100 and Star Wars Defense
If you’re an avid South Park fan like every good god-fearing American in North America and myself are, you remember the episode in which there’s a court case that lawyer Johnnie Cochran wins by using...
View ArticleSamsung would “never” buy WebOS, says CEO
Samsung CEO Choi Gee Sung has adamantly denied rumors that the South Korean company has any interest in purchasing HP’s WebOS. Speculation started brewing that Samsung would be one of the top...
View ArticleHP TouchPad backorders shipping in 6 to 8 weeks
HP sent an email to customers today, informing them of a 6- to 8-week wait for the backordered HP TouchPad tablets. The tablet has been sold out at retailers and on HP’s website after the $99 fire sale...
View ArticleHP TouchPad (briefly) up for sale in UK again
The discontinued HP TouchPad has turned up in stock at UK retailer PC World, though it’s unclear how long supplies of the webOS tablet will last. Priced at £249.99 ($398) for the 32GB TouchPad with the...
View ArticleHP 7-inch Opal TouchPad prototype leaks
HP’s 7-inch TouchPad, codenamed “Opal“, has leaked into the wild, despite HP itself having cancelled the webOS project. Originally intended to be the follow-up to the existing TouchPad, the 7-inch...
View ArticleHP confirms webOS staff slash: 500+ could go
HP is shedding as many as 525 people from its webOS team, with the staff cull expected to begin sometime this week. The company confirmed to AllThingsD that the job cuts were taking place – though...
View ArticleHP TouchPad Android port gets 3D gaming support [Video]
Efforts to get Android running properly on the HP TouchPad continue, with both cores of the tablet’s 1.5GHz Snapdragon processor now usable and hardware graphics acceleration supported. The handiwork...
View ArticleAmazon close to Palm buy claims HP insider
Amazon has been tipped as the latest potential suitor for what remains of Palm, with insider sources at HP claiming the mega-retailer is close to finalizing a deal. HP is reportedly looking to rid...
View ArticleHP reveals Material & construction innovation Roadmap for future notebooks
While on tour of the Houston Texas campus of HP, we were presented with a lovely little map of what they planned on adding to the roster for their EliteBook line in the near future. This map was shown...
View ArticleHP TouchPad dual-booting with Android, ready for download now
You’ve heard the rumors – the sold-out WebOS HP TouchPad tablet, now running Android! But did you know that you can make such a thing happen for yourself? Truly, the process has become as simple as it...
View ArticleCyanogenMod 7.1 Android hack released, HP Touchpad inclusion imminent
If there’s a king of Android ROMs, aka complete replacement of the visible workings of a mobile device in this case, it’s CyanogenMod. For those of you that do not know, CyanogenMod is used by...
View ArticleCM7 progress update video hits YouTube
If you have an HP TouchPad and have been dying to get the Android CyanogenMod onto the device you aren’t alone. You can watch the somewhat bizarre video update complete with crank calls and a weird...
View ArticleHP TouchPad may be revived with Windows 8
It looks like HP is still undecided about its TouchPad tablet. Despite the company’s announcement back in August that it would discontinue webOS hardware, rumors now suggest that under Meg Whitman’s...
View ArticleBest Buy offers new HP TouchPad bundle deal
Best Buy announced today that it will be offering a new deal on the HP TouchPad starting on November 1. The tablet was originally priced $599 at launch and went for $99 during a short fire sale period...
View ArticleHP TouchPad appears on TigerDirect for $150 after rebate
Even though you’ve been told over and over again that there are absolutely and positively no more HP TouchPad devices out there on the market, you can always trust a group like TigerDirect to wrangle...
View ArticleHP TouchPad Go 7-inch WebOS tablet emerges
When HP first launched its 10-inch TouchPad webOS tablet, it was planning a follow-up with a smaller 7-inch model called the TouchPad Go. Unfortunately, with HP’s abrupt decision to scrap the entire...
View ArticleHP $99 TouchPad edges out Android in non-iPad tablet sales
HP’s TouchPad fire-sale scored the company the second place in US tablet sales, market stats have shown, with the $99 webOS slate edging ahead of Samsung’s entire Galaxy Tab line-up. The Korean firm...
View ArticleHP webOS decision within two weeks
HP will announce a decision regarding the future of webOS within the next two weeks, CEO Meg Whitman has confirmed, as the company attempts to hold off Apple and readies its first Windows 8 tablet....
View ArticleHP TouchPad fire sale to restart December 11
HP is preparing another fire sale for its HP TouchPad tablets just in time for the holidays. The limited time sale will begin at 6:00PM Central time on Sunday, December 11, and is only available...
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