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Apple and Research In Motion reportedly tried to buy Palm before Hewlett-Packard (HP) won the rights to the smartphone pioneer, according to a report. We had previously known that there were other bidders for Palm but sources definitively told Business Insider that Apple and RIM were major suitors. The report said that Apple offered up…
It looks like Hewlett-Packard (HP) has shelved its plans for an Android tablet. While reports say it’s “delayed,” I wouldn’t expect HP to pump out an Android tablet any time soon because it will want to focus on the newly-acquired webOS. According to All Things D: Sources in position to know tell me that HP’s…
A quickie here for those of you toting a webOS powered device. webOS 1.4.5 is making the rounds, and has already arrived at a couple of carriers over in Europe (O2 Germany got it first, followed by O2 UK). The latest rumors have 1.4.5 hitting various carriers around Europe as we speak, and the update…
We know that Hewlett-Packard will use its recently acquired webOS platform for phones, tablets and even printers but HP could be throwing that OS on some crazy devices. How crazy? Well, are flexible displays crazy enough for you? During the MobileBeat 2010 conference Monday, HP’s Phil McKinney showed off some of the flexible display technology…
While the overall smartphone market in the US is growing in terms of numbers of consumers sporting phones with brains, it seems Google’s mobile operating system, Android OS, is taking consumer and developer market share away from incumbents platforms like BlackBerry and iPhone. A new study from market research firm comScore shows that every one…
This is just a quick little rumor for those of you packing webOS powered devices. Yes, the Palm Pre and Pixi on Sprint could be getting new webOS goodness real soon. At least, that’s the rumor I’ve heard from my buds at PreCentral. Apparently, one of their forum members ‘leprecub’ is a Sprint employee. He…
In many ways, Palm’s acquisition by Hewlett-Packard (HP) is the end of an era because the handset maker was critical in building early demand for smartphones. At these moments, it’s common for some in the industry to wax nostalgically about the accomplishments of the company and that’s exactly what Palm’s ex-CEO Donna Dubinsky did in…
There’s nothing quite like free, so the deals that HP is offering up free Palm Pre and Palm Pixi handsets to new AT&T and Verizon customers is pretty damn good. This is great news for those who wanted just a little piece of Palm after it had officially become a division of HP. What could…
Glu Mobile is celebrating the Independence Day with a big sale. The gaming publisher is offering most of its titles for iPhone, Android and webOS devices for just 99 cents. Here’s the full list: iPhone / iPad AppStore 1000 – Find Them All Beat It! Bonsai Blast Brain Genius Deluxe Build-a-lot Cooking Star Cops &…
As of today, Palm as we knew it no longer exists and is now part of the company that acquired it – HP. It was only a matter of time, but it seems like only yesterday that the acquisition was announced. In the Official Palm Blog today, Jon Zilber, Online Communications Director at Palm, remarked…