Since then a lot has changed — HP's
WebOS based tablet flopped and so did the Pre 3.
Following this disaster, the company decided to abandon further
WebOS based product development and dumped WebOS in the open source territory.
LG is working on
a webOS based wearable, but this is unrelated.
Hewlett - Packard (HP) announced today that it plans to discontinue
its webOS based tablets and wireless phones.
The HP owned
webOS based handset arrives as of October 7th on pre pay, with a free # 30 Artist series touchstone cover just as long as there's an initial # 10 top - up.
Change is in the air in the HP camp and the first thing they'd like to ensure is that their product gets inducted into a market pronto when they say they will officially launch Much to the glee of HP fans in particular or tablet enthusiasts in general,
the WebOS based devices that the company has lined up for a... [Read more...]
The way things are shaping up around
the WebOS based tablet that HP launches February 9th.
There has been a change in leadership at HP and some believe there might be a change in company plans so that
WebOS based hardware like the TouchPad might get to see the light of day once more.
When the world's first
WebOS based tablet was launched, the only time window HP could come up with regard to the tablet's commercial release was this summer.
However, that hasn't stopped Amazon.com from putting up a product page dedicated to the world's first
WebOS based tablet, complete with a few user reviews as... [Read more...]
However, that hasn't stopped Amazon.com from putting up a product page dedicated to the world's first
WebOS based tablet, complete with a few user reviews as well as a couple of pictures of the upcoming tablet.
This is a welcome time, since rumors abound that HP is developing the HP Hurricane which is
a WebOS based device.
For those of you coming in cold, HP developed the TouchPad
webOS based tablet and released it seven weeks ago.
Also CEO of HP Todd Bradley recently mentioned in the Q3 earnings report to shareholders that HP will have a Microsoft based and
a WebOS based tablet out in early 2011.
The webOS based tablet has seen plenty of price cuts since its initial launch.
The HP TouchPad was launched earlier this year, along with two other new
webOS based handsets in the flagship Pre3 mobile phone and smaller HP Veer.
The Palm global business unit was responsible for webOS software development and
webOS based hardware products, such as the Palm Pre and Pixi handsets.
At MWC in Barcelona we spend some time with HP and caught on film the upcoming
webOS based, in a video demonstration of the device for your viewing pleasure.
Considering these quite an impressive specs, it is no wonder that HP's
WebOS based Touchpad is working well with multi-tasking and even might have impressive GPU power under the hood as well.»
Not exact matches
HP chief Leo Apotheker said he was discontinuing the TouchPad tablet, launched just last month, as well as other products
based on the
webOS software, including the Pre line of phones.
The basics: The TouchPad has a 9.7 - inch display and runs
webOS 3.0, the latest version of the web -
based operating system developed by Palm, which HP acquired in 2010.
HP had started out its tablet ambitions with the TouchPad, which, for a change, was
based on the now defunct
WebOS platform.
Given early indications that the Android -
based Motorola Xoom and Galaxy Tab are not selling well, that RIM has shipped — not sold — a mere 500,000 BlackBerry PlayBooks, and that HP's
webOS TouchPad tablet has garnered only lukewarm reviews, those numbers even strike us as a little ambitious.
HP has two models that are reportedly ready to be announced at an HP event on February 9th; the 9 - inch screen
based «Topaz» and the 7 - inch display «Opal» that will both be running the Palm
webOS that was last seen on their mobile phones.
The second biggest news item was Engadget obtaining details of the unannounced Hewlett - Packard touch screen tablet,
based around the Palm
webOS.
HP will bring its
WebOS -
based tablet to market early next year, a company executive has stated.
As per the latest Tablet PC news, HP has filed a trademark for the name «Palmpad, «fueling rumors of the upcoming tablet PC that HP said it is making
based on the
WebOS mobile operating system after acquiring the Palm company may be so named.
What he had said exactly is this: «You'll see us with a Microsoft product out in the near future and a
webOS -
based product in early 2011,» which should be enough to put any doubts to rest regarding the HP tablet becoming a reality.
This can be seen as an extension of the high flying promises that HP made when they acquired the Palm company — that there will be a slew of products
based on the
WebOS.
Announcing the acquisition deal, Palo Alto from California
based HP said, «Palm will be responsible for
webOS software development and
webOS -
based hardware products, from a robust smartphone roadmap to future slate PCs and netbooks».
Also this couldn't come at a better time for Inventec after the way it experienced a slow down after Hewlett - Packard bid adieu the tablet business and ceased the production of
WebOS -
based TouchPad tablets.
HP has washed its hands clean of all hardware
based on
WebOS, the mobile operating system platform that it has bought and worked upon for almost a year.
The HP tablet will have a more powerful CPU — a dual core 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon unit and will be first tablet to be
based on
WebOS 3.0.
HP will release a tablet
based on Palm's
webOS in the third quarter, according to a report citing an «HP insider.»
HP famously bought
webOS and then brought a tablet to market
based on that Palm - developed platform, the TouchPad, which ended up being a dismal failure that the company shut down very quickly.
Adobe has announced that they will be releasing a new and updated version of Flash Player for most of the smartphone OS, which includes Symbian -
based S60 devices, Android, Palm
webOS and Windows Mobile platforms.
The third quarter seems awfully soon for the release of device
based on
webOS - especially when you consider that HP would have to switch from Atom to ARM - or port
webOS to Atom.
While these reports suggest
webOS is likely off the table, HP could stick to Whitman's target plan of fielding a tablet device
based on a mobile OS this year, but one
based on Android instead of its own product, which it has since open - sourced.
HP had also launched a smartphone, the Veer 4G
based on
webOS, but that also proved ineffective at capturing the attention of consumers.
You'll see us with a Microsoft product out in the near future, and a
WebOS -
based product in early 2011.»
The rest of us (i.e. 99 % of those who have to deal with this sub-par platform on a daily
basis) require a ground - up rebuild a la
WebOS or Windows Phone 7.
HP quit the consumer tablet market in 2011 when it killed off its
WebOS -
based TouchPad, but it's now back to take another swing.
Based on my experience from working for a Sprint dealer, one of the most popular reasons people were choosing Android phones versus
WebOS at this point last year was the varitey of apps on the respective marketplaces.
HP acquired Palm last year, and is using the Linux -
based WebOs for it's -LSB-...]
After acquiring
webOS HP released a trio of new products that were
based on the platform.
TouchPad [is] the first competitor to the iPad from the world's leading computer maker...
based on
WebOS... available in stores this weekend.
The port was accomplished with the Galaxy Nexus project in conjunction with LibHybris, created by Carsten Munk (an engineer at Jolla, though he also leads Merproject, which grew out of Sailfish ancestors Maemo and Meego), a library that allows for «bionic -
based [Android] hardware adaptations in glibc systems», in essence making it easier to translate between the designed - for - Android hardware and Linux -
based software like the Open
webOS operating system.
The same can be said for any platform, however this could never useful to HP with the
webOS platform in it's current state, thanks to it's limited user
base.
Hewlett - Packard has killed off tablets
based on its own
webOS mobile operating system, but it's still in the tablet game and working with Microsoft on new slates.
This is leading some to speculate whether HP is instead working on a tablet
based on
WebOS, the operating system developed for Palm's Pre and Pixi smartphones.