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HP offers TouchPad users free apps
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HP has offered TouchPad users six free apps as the fallout from the sudden demise of its webOS 3.0 tablet continues. The company has used its Palm blog to announce the special offer. The six apps on offer range in price from $1 through to $15. The free offer on the current selection will expire on August 31 and will then be followed by another six free apps in September.
The six free webOS apps on offer for August are Glimpse ($5), Kung Fu Panda 2 Storybook ($3), Big Boss ($2), Sparkle HD ($$5), Camera for TouchPad ($1) and Audubon Birds ($15).
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Humorous drawing of an HP TouchPad pops up for sale on eBay, bids skyrocket
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If you haven't come across any wacky stories from the web lately, here is one that will likely put a smile on your face. Apparently, somebody came up with the crazy idea of drawing an HP TouchPad on a piece of paper and put it up for sale on eBay, presumably to see what would happen and to have some fun along the way. However, we doubt that the artist was really expecting to see the price of his artwork skyrocketing to the heights where it stands right now.
$90,100 is the current bid for the crude drawing of an HP TouchPad with another 6 days remaining until the auction ends. We wonder, however, whether these have not been falsely generated just to make the prank even spicier. The real deal...
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HP Boss: We're not quitting PC business
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Remember when HP said that it was quitting the PC business? Well, it didn't - erase those thoughts from your memory.
That's the message from Paul Hunter, head of HP PSG UK and Ireland, in an open letter that was sent to the Pocket-lint inbox.
"I’d like to firstly clear up any misunderstanding that has arisen from the earnings announcement around the future of the Personal Systems Group," he wrote.
"There have been a number of incorrect stories saying that HP is quitting the PC business.
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Why developers shouldn't abandon WebOS yet
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Hewlett-Packard's surprise announcement that it would end production of its WebOS smartphones and tablets left a lot of developers in a lurch (although exact numbers are hard to come by). As of now, the WebOS development community is effectively an ecosystem in search of a platform.
What next? The smartphone OS market is consolidating, with the lion's share divided between Google's Android and Apple's iOS. Either one of those would be a fine choice for WebOS developers looking to jump ship, but neither offers a development environment that much resembles the WebOS SDK. Meanwhile, Microsoft has been actively wooing WebOS developers to come over to Windows Phone 7, with promises of free smart...
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HP TouchPad Android Port Bounty Now Over $2,000
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The bounty to get a workable version of the Android operating system installed on the now-discontinued HP TouchPad is up to $2,000+, as of today.
As we previously reported, the goal of this project is to get some version of Android 2.x onto the TouchPad and, most importantly, stable. If successful, this effort will help keep the HP tablet a little more relevant to those unfortunate early adopters who have been left with a mobile operating system whose future is decidedly uncertain.
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Samsung could be preparing to purchase HP's PC business
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While Michael Dell laughs it up on Twitter, a new report suggests that Samsung could be preparing to purchase Hewlett-Packard’s PC business, which the company revealed it may soon spin off. According to a new report from DigiTimes, Samsung may be eyeing a purchase of HP’s PC division, which would catapult the South Korea-based electronics giant past Dell and into the No. 1 PC vendor spot globally. The report states that Samsung is currently meeting with various leading manufacturers including Quanta and Compal to investigate outsourcing the production of its own netbook computers. Samsung has held similar meetings in the past to no avail, but anonymous source tell DigiTimes that the company ...
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First case of Android running on HP TouchPad caught on video
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What would happen if the HP TouchPad could run Android instead of its native webOS platform? Although it was not originally meant to do that, in terms of hardware, the tablet is more than capable of booting Google's operating system, and there is already a team of developers trying to turn this crazy idea into reality.
However, somebody seems to have beaten them to it. There is a rumor circulating on the web claiming that a Best Buy customer who took advantage of the tablet's aggressively discounted price of $99 received a unit, which had Android 2.2 Froyo installed instead of webOS. Although we cannot confirm the credibility of the story, there is a video showing the Froyo-flavored TouchP...
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HP Pre 3 Cancelled in U.S., Will Sell for $75 In Europe
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The $99 HP TouchPad isn't the only amazing deal coming out of HP's fire sale on WebOS devices. The unlocked HP Pre 3 smartphone will go on sale "shortly" in both France and the U.K. for a mere $75 unlocked, according to HP.
As of this writing, the Pre 3 costs 349 euros ($505) in France and 299 pounds ($490) in the U.K., making the $75 sale a dramatic drop.
The phone is already sold out in Germany, HP said.
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HP Not Through with PCs Yet, Announces 8200 Elite All-in-one
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HP might be mulling spinning off their PC business, but that isn’t stopping them from releasing a new desktop PC. The HP Compaq 8200 Elite is a new all-in-one computer for enterprise customers. The system is well-specced and the price starts at only $1000.
The 8200 Elite features a 23-inch LCD panel at 1920x1080. The low-end model runs on an Intel Pentium dual-core, but pricier options include Core i3 and i5 chips. Buyers can get as much as 8GB of RAM and 1TB of hard drive space. Other goodies include six USB ports and an optional Blu-Ray drive.
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A thousand webOS developers flocking to Windows Phone 7
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I don’t know how many developers webOS claimed, but that number is likely at least 1000 smaller, with more than 1000 webOS developers responding to Brandon Watson’s call for them to take up Windows Phone 7 development following HP’s assassination of webOS.
The call had been widely covered in the media, and is even pulling in developers from other platforms, including Android and Symbian.
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HP TouchPad Android porting project started by the Touchdroid Team
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After HP decided to bring its discontinued webOS TouchPad tablet to fire sale prices, there have been a lot of warnings that people are buying an obsolete device with mobile OS that doesn't have the thousands of apps Android or iOS possess, but at $99 nobody listened, of course. And here comes the news of a project which aims to port Android to the ARM-based hardware on the HP TouchPad.
After all, in terms of silicon, it is up with the best out there, and, although new drivers have to be written and a lot of coding done, the so-called Touchdroid Team hopes to start off with Gingerbread and an eventual Cyanogen mod, then move on to either Android Honeycomb, or Ice Cream Sandwich, depending o...
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HP Explains Decision to Shop Its PC Business
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Hewlett Packard created more waves than a tsunami yesterday when the OEM confirmed rumors that it plans to dump its PC business, yet still managed to surprise industry analysts by announcing the end of operations for webOS devices, and specifically the slow selling TouchPad and webOS phones. Now that the the dust has settled, it's time to look at why HP thinks reinventing itself is a good idea.
In one of several press releases issued late yesterday, HP said it has the full support of its board of directors to evaluate "strategic alternatives" to its Personal Systems Group, "including the exploration of the separation of its PC business into a separate company through a spin-off or other tra...
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TouchPads Are Now Going For $100
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HP wasn't mincing words about their leaving the hardware game. They're doing it immediately. According to sources, the TouchPad will drop down to just $100 starting tomorrow. Everything must go! Get them while they're still... somewhat relevant? So sad.
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HP iPad 2 webOS testing double TouchPad performance says insider
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HP was painfully aware of the TouchPad‘s hardware shortcomings, insider sources have suggested, with ports of webOS running “over twice as fast” on Apple’s iPad 2. While initial reviews – ours included – complained of occasional sluggishness from the TouchPad’s 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon APQ8060 processor, webOS engineers within HP were also supposedly vocal in their complaints about the hardware, The Next Web‘s tipster whispered to them.
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HP Discontinues webOS Handsets, Touchpad, and Entire Ecosystem
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Today HP revealed that they would be announcing that it will completely discontinue operations for all webOS devices. This affects the HP TouchPad and all webOS handsets. This does not mean that webOS will be cancelled altogether and forever, though it certainly doesn’t bode well for those who’ve invested in the HP/webOS combination in the meantime. This comes after less than stellar sales on the TouchPad and a request from Best Buy for HP to take back all their tablets.
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