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We’ve already heard that HP wanted to launch a 7-inch version of a webOS tablet called TouchPad Go (Opal). Unfortunately, the company killed its mobile platform before such a product was ever released, and we never got to meet TouchPad’s smaller brother. Luckily few TouchPad Go units made it out into the wild and we’re…
HTC, maker of some of the most popular Android smartphones and designer of Sense UI, is considering purchasing its own mobile OS. No hard decisions have been made, but it is interesting that it is under consideration, especially with the ease with which Android can be slapped onto any of its future smartphones. (Of course,…
While Samsung has already publicly said it won’t buy webOS don’t be surprised if the rumor mill says LG, Amazon or some other company will buy up the operating system. I hope the madness stops and we can just webOS die already. WebOS has already kind of died twice now. When HP bought Palm for…
After HP announced that they’ll no longer be producing webOS products, and after watching people stampede their local Best Buy stores in order to snatch up one of those the newly discounted $100 TouchPads, folks started wondering if webOS, which has some amazing potential, will disappear, never to be seen again? According to two internal…
When we heard that HP was killing off webOS, it was a sad day for fans of beautiful interfaces and design. And for straight up fans of webOS. However, there was a glimmer of hope when rumors that Samsung would buy the platform started kicking around. Sorry to burst your bubble, folks, but it looks…
Hmm… this is… kinda… strange. Only a week after we said webOS is pretty much dead, HP hinted its TouchPad may get a software update. And it’s not the software release that would make the tablet run Android (CyanogenMod is used for that), but an actual webOS-based update. We’ve no idea what will be included…
An HP executive said that the company’s computer division would still remain the largest in the world if it was spun off and that the company may bring back the HP TouchPad because tablets are important. What a frigging mess. Reuters interviewed Todd Bradley, who is an executive in HP’s Personal Systems Group, said that…
There are rumors circulating about a potential Samsung buyout of webOS now that HP has killed off support for Palm’s legacy. Rumors began when Sammy quietly recruited HP’s ex-vice president of PSG marketing Raymond Wah to handle its PC sales. Such a purchase would allow for Samsung to compete head on against Apple and Google, according to sources…
This may not be much of a surprise since HP killed webOS but the company said that the Pre 3 handset won’t be coming to the United States. Yes, webOS is quite dead. If you remember, we first got our hands on the Pre 3 at an event in February and it looked like a…
Are you a webOS developer wondering what your future holds because your platform was recently announced as dead? Microsoft will save the day! The software giant is looking to pick up webOS developers who are looking for a new home and platform by offering whatever “they need to be successful.” Ars Technica reports: Microsoft’s Brandon…