Apple is the clear leader in the US tablet market. But who’s the best of the rest? Would you believe it’s Hewlett-Packard and its HP TouchPad. The NPD Group reports that US tablet sales (excluding the iPad) topped 1.2 million units in the January to October 2011 time frame. Sales are growing quickly with each quarter performing better than the […]
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Rumour: PC manufacturers to exit tablet market in 2012
Digitimes is reporting that “pure PC hardware players” such as Hewlett-Packard, Acer, Asustek and Dell will all exit the tablet market in 2012. Citing “sources from upstream supply chain,” it attributes the decision to the fact that they do not have the same content support as competitors such as Apple and Amazon. The report adds that companies with strong content […]
Still no HP decision on future of webOS
That promised HP meeting led by CEO Meg Whitman has indeed taken place but there is still no final decision on what to do with webOS. Whitman told employees that “It’s really important to me to make the right decision, not the fast decision.” Despite rumours that HP was actively looking to sell the division, a decision could still be […]
Fate of HP webOS to be announced tonight?
The Verge has learned that Hewlett-Packard is set to hold an all-hands meeting led by CEO Meg Whitman later today where it could announce its decision on the future of its webOS mobile operating system. The meeting is scheduled for 16:30 PT. A Reuters report suggests that HP is looking to sell the division after its decision this summer to […]
HP to sell webOS for “hundreds of millions”?
The fate of HP’s webOS mobile operating system has been unclear since HP’s decision to exit the webOS hardware business in August. A decision may finally be close at hand though. Citing “four sources close to the matter,” Reuters is reporting that Hewlett-Packard could sell webOS for hundreds of millions of dollars, a sum significantly less than the US$1.2 billion […]
HP working on webOS 3.0.5 update for TouchPad?
The French website webOS France is reporting that HP is working on yet another webOS update for its discontinued HP TouchPad. Log files for the applications Programme TV and Lithium Benchmark both show the new OS version appearing recently. Lithium Benchmark Program scores point some performance improvements in this latest update but there are no other details on what else […]
HP close to shutting down webOS completely?
When Hewlett-Packard announced that it was getting out of the webOS device business in August, it kept hopes alive that the webOS operating system would be sold off to another company. With a number of companies having now publicly confirmed that they are not interested, HP looks to be running out of options. UK-based The Guardian reports that the company […]
HP decision on webOS coming “next couple of months”
On the analyst call that followed HP’s decision to keep its PSG division after all, CEO Meg Whitman also shed a bit of light on the future of webOS: “We’re going to make a decision about the long-term future of webOS within HP over the next couple of months. And as soon as we make that decision we’ll let you […]