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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Samsung may be taking advantage of HP’s recent missteps. The company is reportedly thinking of purchasing HP’s webOS software, and it has also recruited HP’s ex-VP of PC marketing Raymond Wah, reports the Taiwanese news site Digitimes.
Of all of …
Here’s our roundup of the week’s top tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:
Why Apple employees avoid getting in the elevator with Steve Jobs — With all of the supernatural success …
To be fair, $99 is a pretty sweet price for a tablet computer.
Dozens of people lined up outside Best Buy in San Francisco today for a chance to pick up the now dirt-cheap Hewlett-Packard TouchPad after the company started …
If recent news about HP’s bumbling of webOS is giving you a headache, you may want to stop reading right now.
The company apparently gave up on a string of cool webOS devices when it announced that it would no …
Following HP’s swift destruction of its webOS ecosystem last week, Microsoft stepped up on Friday to give webOS developers a new home with free Windows Phone devices, training, and tools.
Now, the company’s Senior Director of Windows Phone 7 development …
If you were one of the many gadget hounds to snag a $99 HP TouchPad this weekend, you may soon be able to run Android on the tablet thanks to a group of intrepid hackers.
The group’s Touchdroid project is …
Guest Post
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’s massive TouchPad fire sale won’t be hitting Best Buy stores in the U.S., as the retailer will be shipping its remaining stock back to HP, Engadget reports.
The news is certainly going to disappoint deal hounds who were hoping …
Here’s our roundup of the week’s top tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:
IBM produces first working chips modeled on the human brain — IBM has been shipping computers for more …
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 …
“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 …
One reason HP may have shuttered its webOS-based devices unit Thursday may be that its hardware was only half as fast as its major competitor.
A report from The Next Web says HP internally tested webOS on an Apple iPad …
In a move likely meant to stop employees from jumping out of windows, HP webOS VP Stephen DeWitt held a secret meeting with staff in the division yesterday to confirm that there is still a future for the OS, This …
Hewlett-Packard’s announcement today that it will shut its WebOS operations and spin off its PC business is drawing some ridicule on Twitter. Among the witty cracks is a comment from Michael Dell, the chief executive of Dell, who wrote, “If …
Hewlett-Packard made some stunning decisions today that will affect its strategy for a long time to come. The announcements raise questions about what exactly is going through the mind of its chief executive, Léo Apotheker, and just how patient he …
Hewlett-Packard is having quite a day.
HP today announced it would acquire Autonomy, a massive enterprise software company, for $10 billion. It also announced that it would no longer develop mobile devices running Palm’s webOS mobile operating system, and that …
