Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Tablets, HP, Palm, Pre 2, TouchPad, webOS 3.0
HP has released new OS updates for its TouchPad tablet and Pre 2 and Pre 3 smartphones. The TouchPad gets webOS v.3.0.5, which offers faster switching in Calendar views, IM indicators, and quicker scrolling in Email. It also gets support for HTTP Live Streaming, the ability to toggle auto-correct on...

Cell Phones, HP, Pre3
It’s hard to imagine how many units of the HP Pre 3 are in existence throughout the world, but nevertheless, those fortunate enough to own a piece of webOS history are being treated to a rare software update.

Updating the handset to webOS 2.2.4, the maintenance update brings nothing more than some...

Cell Phones, HP, Pre3 GSM, Pre3
Yes, friends, webOS is still alive and kickin' -- and no matter how uncertain the future may be for the open-source mobile platform, it's still cranking out fresh maintenance releases. This time, the Pre 3 is the beneficiary of an update to webOS 2.2.4. Though it's natural to be on the lookout for crazy...

Cell Phones, HP, Verizon Wireless, Pre3
While we will never see the Pre 3 adorning the AT&T shelves of phone stores, the FCC at least had the courtesy to investigate HP's final webOS device in detail, though we doubt they were able to conclude the precise cause of death. The full devastating teardown reveals some Sandisk flash storage, and...

Cell Phones, Tablets, HP, TouchPad, Pre3
The HP Touchpad's troubled saga continues: the company's European arm is now offering partial refunds to anyone who brought the tablet at anything other than the bargain-basement fire sale price. The refund is for the difference between that clearance price and the price that the buyer originally paid,...

Cell Phones, HP, Pre3
The HP Pre 3 was an exciting device - but HP probably never dreamed of such a wild demand with people hunting for it everywhere. In Europe, it has sold out quicker than out of the oven chocolate chip cookies, but now another batch is coming, this time of a slightly modified version of the HP Pre 3, targetted...

Cell Phones, Tablets, HP, TouchPad, Pre3
HP has confirmed it will be offering refunds to all customers that bought TouchPads and Pre 3 phones before the huge price drop.

Over on its official site, it has listed the refunds available for every model of its ill-fated webOS devices, with customers offered the difference between that which...

Cell Phones, HP, Pre3
It looks like the long-awaited HP Pre 3 UK price has been outed on the official site, but won't be there for long.

We spoke to the official representatives, who told us that the page was 'likely going to be taken down soon' and the Pre 3 won't be put on sale directly.

However, and take this...

Cell Phones, HP, Pre3 GSM, Pre3
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...

Cell Phones, Tablets, HP, TouchPad
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...

Cell Phones, Tablets, HP, Palm, Pre, Pre Plus, TouchPad
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,...

Cell Phones, HP, Pre3
The HP Pre3 launched in Europe today, and oddly enough, HP had very little to say about it. With the TouchPad price falling like a rock, you’d expect that its intended complementary device — and HP’s flagship phone — would launch with more fanfare. But instead HP let the device land in its EuroStore...

Cell Phones, HP, Pre3
Remember the Pre 3? The portrait slider HP promised it'd be hawking to webOS fans by the end of summer? Well it might barely make its launch window, but only if you live in the land of the autobahn. Currently live on the Deutsches wing of HP's online store is a pre-order page for the elusive smartphone...

Cell Phones, HP, Pre3
Across the Atlantic, Orange UK has turned on its support page for the upcoming HP Pre3. Before Orange customers get terribly excited, the site offers nothing in the way of a UK launch date for the webOS device. On the other hand, it does confirm the specs on the device like the 1.2GHz dual-core processor,...

Cell Phones, HP, Pre3
HP’s Pre 3 is finally available for pre-ordering in the UK thanks to Mobiles.co.uk, which is bundling the first webOS 3.0 smartphone with a number of plans from Orange and T-Mobile. The cheapest plan that gives you the Pre 3 for free is from T-Mobile – it will ask you to pour out 20.42 GBP every month...