After showing off Android 4.0 running on an HP TouchPad last week, the CyanogenMod team has now released what it calls Alpha 0 of CyanogenMod 9 for the HP TouchPad. As they explain: That’s a “zero” as in “zero hardware-accelerated video”, “zero camera”, and “zero support!” Despite this being an early alpha release, it builds on the earlier CM7 Alpha […]
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Progress continues on CyanogenMod 9 for HP Touchpad
The CyanogenMod team may have been quiet for a while about progress on their CyanogenMod 9 for HP Touchpad but they continue to make good progress. Unlike older versions, this version is based on Android 4.0. In the latest update, team member greentheonly reports that aside from camera and video playback, “mostly everything else works.” A short video shows it […]
HP releases webOS 3.0.5 for TouchPad
Hewlett-Packard today announced the availability of a new update for its HP TouchPad tablet. webOS 3.0.5 comes with a number of enhancements and bug fixes. Here is the full list: Faster switching between Day, Week, and Month views, and faster event display in Calendar. Faster scrolling when reading an email message. Email attachments are now saved with draft messages. Added […]
Rumour: HP wanted US$1.2 billion for webOS and Palm assets
When Hewlett-Packard announced plans to stop making webOS hardware, it put up its webOS business unit for sale. While there were plenty of rumours about interested suitors (including Amazon and Samsung among others), no sale was ever completed and the saga ended with the announcement that the operating system would be open-sourced. A report by VentureBeat now sheds some light […]
HP to use webOS in future hardware
Despite a press release and FAQ that were fairly non-committal, it appears that HP does have plans to use webOS in future hardware. In an interview with The Verge, HP CEO Meg Whitman and board member Marc Andreessen indicated that new hardware was a strong possibility. Will HP be creating any new webOS hardware? The answer to that is yes […]
HP to open source webOS
As expected, Hewlett-Packard today finally revealed webOS’ fate. It will contribute the webOS software to the open source community. “webOS is the only platform designed from the ground up to be mobile, cloud-connected and scalable,” said Meg Whitman, HP president and chief executive officer. “By contributing this innovation, HP unleashes the creativity of the open source community to advance a […]
HP webOS fate to be decided today?
The saga of what Hewlett-Packard will do with webOS could come to an end today. PreCentral has learned that CEO Meg Whitman will hold a meeting with the webOS team today at 10:30 PT (13:30 ET). Whitman had promised a decision at a similar meeting a month ago. She reiterated that a decision was coming “in the next two weeks” […]
HP webOS decision now expected within two weeks
In an interview with French-language Le Figaro, Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman indicated that HP will make its decision on the fate of webOS “in the next two weeks.” She added, “This is not an easy decision, because we have a team of 600 people which is in limbo.” Whitman also made an interesting if somewhat cryptic comment that may shed […]