HTC Wondering What Life Would Be Like With Its Own Mobile OS
Samsung may have declared itself unwilling to purchase a mobile operating system in the wake of Google’s decision to acquire Motorola (NYSE:… Read more »
HP Splits WebOS Hardware, Software As It Scrambles For Workable WebOS Plan
photo: Palm
HP (NYSE: HPQ) continues to think out loud as it tries to figure out what it wants to do with the WebOS business unit it paid $1.2 billion f… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 9-5-11: iPhone 5 Hints; T-Mobile/AT&T; Google/Admob; HP
photo: NNECAPA
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Best Buy is gearing up for a special “Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) fixture installatio… Read more »
Why HP’s Hasty, Bumbling Decision To Dump Mobile Hardware May Doom WebOS
It’s never pretty to watch a big tech company scramble for direction (that is, unless you compete against that company). HP (NYSE: HPQ) is c… Read more »
Samsung To Snap Up HP’s WebOS? ‘Never,’ Says CEO
Count one company out of the WebOS sweepstakes: Samsung’s CEO told reporters on the sidelines of the IFA consumer electronics conference thi… Read more »
HTC, Sony Launch Tablets In Bid To Take A Bite Out Of Apple’s iPad Reign
The Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPad controls around 80 percent of the tablet market, which has seen just in the last month one high-profile casualty… Read more »
Update: Talk About A Turnaround Strategy: HP Makes More TouchPads After All
HP (NYSE: HPQ) is one of the world’s biggest and established tech companies, but if you look at its mobile division at the moment, it is giv… Read more »
Samsung Debuts Bada Devices, Invests Small Fortune In R&D. WebOS Included?
Some details emerging today on a key angle in the Samsung vs. Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) fight, which underscore how Samsung is upping its game with… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 8-30-11: Apple; Qualcomm LTE; Android/HP; Amazon Tablet
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Apple and five warning signs to watch for at the company in the next stage o… Read more »
HP Releases Another Free App Promo For TouchPad It No Longer Wants To Sell
It’s like HP (NYSE: HPQ) woke up and suddenly realized it was in the business of trying to help people enjoy their new HP TouchPad tablets,… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 8-28-11: Samsung; AT&T/T-Mobile/Verizon Isis; Nokia
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Samsung has announced LTE versions of the Galaxy II smartphone and 8.9-inch… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 8-23-11: RIM; Apple iPhone; Erply; HP; Riots; Patents
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» RIM launched three new BlackBerry devices today, extensions of its Curve ran… Read more »
One Crazy TouchPad Weekend, Measured In Tweets
About the only thing more remarkable than the flurry of buyers scrambling to get their hands on the last remaining TouchPads over the weeken… Read more »
WP7 Wastes Little Time, Reaches Out To WebOS Developers, Gets Big Response
photo: DiP, Flicker
Faster than you can say “99 dollars”, it looks like more pieces are starting to get put into place in the fallout of the WebOS ecosystem pos… Read more »
NPD: Motorola’s Market Share Is Down. How Will Google Help?
photo: Tricia Duryee
Much has been made of Google’s main interest in buying Motorola (NYSE: MMI) being patents, patents, patents, which could help save Google (N… Read more »
Updated: Shifting Sands In Mobile Could Be A Boost For Microsoft And WP7
photo: AWSheffield, Flickr
Tom noted the other day how the two big news stories that bookended last week — Google (NSDQ: GOOG) buying Motorola (NYSE: MMI), and HP (NY… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 8-22-11: Amazon; WebOS Future/TouchPad sales; Apple LTE; LG
photo: Amazon
A look at some of the top stories in mobile today:
» Amazon has been spotted trademarking the name and logo for Lab126, the divis… Read more »
Fun While It Lasted: HP TouchPad Fire Sale Has Been Put Out In U.S.
HP’s fire sale on the TouchPad lasted less than 24 hours, as a decision Friday to steeply discount the price of the cheapest model to $99 wa… Read more »
Winners And Losers From Five Days That Changed The Mobile Market
photo: Inneractive
What’s left to say at the end of a pivotal week for the modern mobile computing market? Plenty. Read more »
Updated With Pricing: TouchPad Fire Sale Coming Soon To A Best Buy Near You
A short-lived piece of computing history could soon be yours at an aggressive discount. Even though Best Buy continues to put HP’s “dead-tab… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 8-19-11: HP/WebOS; Sprint/Clearwire; iPhone 5
photo: Tom Krazit
Here’s a look at some of the top stories in mobile today: Read more »
Is HP’s WebOS Surrender A Win For Microsoft?
photo: HP
HP announced today that it is withdrawing the TouchPad from the market, which calls into question the future of webOS. First, Dieter Bohn ha… Read more »
WebOS Enters Third Act Of Its Fight For Mobile Relevance: What’s To Come?
Winning critical praise but commercial indifference is only a cool strategy when you’re trying to run a rock band. When you’re trying to get… Read more »
HP Gives WebOS Devices The Boot: A History In Links
photo: Palm
Just after announcing plans to offload its PC group, HP (NYSE: HPQ) said it would stop making WebOS devices. Why the moves? For starters, th… Read more »
HP To Halt All WebOS Device Development, Confirms Talks To Shed PC Group
HP (NYSE: HPQ) announced Thursday that it plans to stop making WebOS devices after a disappointing debut for its TouchPad tablet. The decisi… Read more »
Reports: HP Ready To Enter Its Post-PC Phase With Spin-Off Of PC Group
photo: Getty Images / David McNew
If the company that sells more PCs worldwide than anyone else is really planning to exit the business, then it will probably be safe to say… Read more »
Consumers Taking Hands-Off Approach To HP’s TouchPad At Best Buy
photo: Tom Krazit
Apparently premium placement at the nation’s most ubiquitous consumer electronics store isn’t enough to boost demand. Best Buy is sitting on… Read more »
Glam Media Rolls Out Mobile Ad Platform
As mobile advertising is looking to end 2011 with $1 billion in spending, lifestyle blog network Glam Media is aiming for a portion of that… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 8-15-11: Bart; Moto/Samsung/Apple; iPhone; McAfee; Android
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» BART: A counterpoint to the ongoing debate in the UK over whether authoriti… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 8-12-11: Apple; BBM; Android; Huawei; AT&T; Angry Birds
photo: Tricia Duryee
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
Apple: Looks like there could be a media event scheduled for September 7 or 8; some are… Read more »
HP Permanently Cuts Price Of TouchPad By $100
HP (NYSE: HPQ) has made permanent the price cut on its TouchPad tablet after a special weekend promotion expired on Monday, with an updated… Read more »
HP Takes $100 Off The Price Of The TouchPad, Is That Enough?
One of the problems with the launch of various Android tablets earlier this year–and there were many–was that the devices had no real way… Read more »
Time Inc. To Add Tablet Editions For All Mags; Strikes B&N Deal
A few weeks after extending its “all access” subscription plans to Time magazine, Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) is working on creating tablet editio… Read more »
Promised Kindle App For HP TouchPad Finally Arrives
photo: ZDNet
You can now add Kindle to the relatively short list of apps available for the HP (NYSE: HPQ) TouchPad, the company announced on the HP Palm… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 7-13-11: iPhone 5; Lodsys; RIM; Android Tablets/Newspapers
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
– iPhone 5: Another analyst’s view on what to expect with the next iPhone; this time, i… Read more »
Interview: New WebOS Leader DeWitt On TouchPad, Microsoft, Licensing Deals
Any time the leader of one of the five organizations hoping to define the future of mobile computing steps aside, there will be the immediat… Read more »
HP’s Rubinstein Stepping Aside For Product Role; DeWitt Now Leads WebOS
Jon Rubinstein, the former CEO of Palm (NYSE: HPQ) who led the organization through the launch of WebOS and the company’s subsequent sale to… Read more »
HP Puts The TouchPad Front And Center At Best Buy On Launch Day
photo: Tom Krazit
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) learned at least one thing from the other companies who have tried to challenge the iPad with their own tablets… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 7-1-11: TouchPad; China Mobile TV; Papaya Mobile; Path
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
– TouchPad: Dethroning Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) as the king of the tablet market is not HP’s… Read more »
Reviews Are In For HP’s TouchPad: Nice, But It’s No iPad
HP’s TouchPad tablet has been put through the paces by a small army of the digerati, and the results are not spectacular. Almost to a review… Read more »
