Perhaps Best Buy’s U.S. managers saw all those HP TouchPads being sold around them and decided to join in the fun, too. After saying that its U.S. stores would not partake in the fire sale of the webOS tablet, deciding instead to send the unsold inventory to HP, the big box retailer has made [...]
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HP, Uncategorized, tablets, webOS
August 22nd 2011 | Posted by WebOsArena
For those who got up early this morning to beat the crowd at Best Buy and pick up an HP TouchPad for $99.99, well it would have been best if you had just hit the snooze button. Unlike its Canadian partners up north, U.S. Best Buy stores will not be selling the [...]
HP, Uncategorized, software, webOS
August 22nd 2011 | Posted by WebOsArena
Once the word spread that HP was halting production of webOS flavored hardware, those with such devices were a little concerned about the webOS App Catalog. Those still sporting a Pre or a Pixi, a Veer or even a TouchPad will be happy to learn that the Palo Alto based firm will not [...]
HP, Uncategorized, tablets, webOS
August 22nd 2011 | Posted by WebOsArena
With HP deciding to pull the plug on all of its webOS flavored hardware, it’s no surprise that prices of the HP TouchPad tablet are falling almost faster than the company’s stock. Starting Saturday, the price of the 16GB TouchPad drops from $399.99 to $99.99 and the 32GB version will be reduced in [...]
Apple, HP, Uncategorized, tablets, webOS
August 22nd 2011 | Posted by WebOsArena
It seems like the mismanagement of webOS is something we’ll be hearing about for a long time going forward. The webOS system has been celebrated by tech pundits and users, but just can’t seem to find its way onto quality hardware with reasonable marketing and support behind it. WebOS started out [...]
HTC, Uncategorized, android, software, webOS
August 22nd 2011 | Posted by WebOsArena
The last few weeks have seen a change in the smartphone landscape, thanks to Google’s acquisition of Motorola and HP’s decision to stop producing any more webOS flavored hardware. Is there an opportunity somewhere for HTC to get involved and perhaps acquire webOS or another OS to call its own? The [...]
Articles, Uncategorized, webOS
August 22nd 2011 | Posted by WebOsArena
It really is strange when we think about it. It seems like it was yesterday when all eyes were set on Palm’s webOS – a shiny newcomer in the industry, promising to finally put an end to the iPhone’s undisputed reign. Yesterday quickly passed though, and today HP – the company [...]
HP, Uncategorized, tablets, webOS
August 22nd 2011 | Posted by WebOsArena
With the HP TouchPad selling considerably worse than anyone at the company would have ever imagined, one might wonder what would retail outlets do with all the leftover units taking up precious space in their warehouses. Well, the manufacturer shed some light on the matter yesterday and stated that $100 million [...]
HP, Uncategorized, webOS
August 22nd 2011 | Posted by WebOsArena
After acquiring Palm for $1.2 billion in April 2010, HP has decided to call it quits and will no longer sell hardware powered by the webOS software that was the key behind its purchase of Palm. In a terse statement, the Palo Alto based firm said, “that it will discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically [...]
HP, Uncategorized, webOS
August 17th 2011 | Posted by WebOsArena
In what feels like forever at this point (roughly six months actually), we’re finally just about ready to see the HP Pre 3 making its long time arrival. In fact, pre-orders became available close to the end of last month for those intent about picking up the next-generation webOS smartphone,
Fortunately, UK consumers will soon have [...]