More HP TouchPads coming, company says

Hewlett-Packard today said that it would continue manufacturing a limited number of its webOS-powered tablet computer, the HP TouchPad, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

The company would not disclose what kind of price the tablets would …

HP leaves TouchPad Go suppliers in the lurch with parts for 100K tablets

WebOS fans weren’t the only ones let down by HP’s sudden decision to give up on its mobile hardware weeks ago. Component suppliers who were gearing up to build 100,000 units of HP’s TouchPad Go, a 7-inch version of its …

HP plans to go forward with PC spinoff

Hewlett-Packard said on Mondaythat it plans to spin off its personal computer division and is working on how to separate the unit from the rest of the company.

The company previously said in what turned out to be a disastrously …

Analyst predicts Amazon’s iPad competitor could sell up to 5M units in 2011

Amazon could sell as many as five million tablet PCs in 2011 and become the top challenger to Apple in the tablet space, according to an analyst at Forrester Research.

Back in July it was reported that Amazon was working …

Why HP needs to merge with SAP

HP has had to face tough realities this week. Fortunately, there is a way for it to survive: Embrace the inevitable trend favoring “vertical” companies.

In the first part of the 2000s, IBM and HP went in two vastly different …

HP drops TouchPad price to $99 in Canada. Is the U.S. far behind?

After Hewlett-Packard announced it was killing its webOS devices, many of us were left wondering what the company planned to do about the numerous TouchPad tablets still sitting on retail shelves.

An answer might be right around the corner if …

Stock market to HP: WTF?

“I don’t even want to look at the stock price today.”

That was the reaction I heard from a longtime Hewlett-Packard employee today, after HP announced yesterday it planned to shut down its webOS tablet business and then spin off …