Neowin News Feed for: Hp touchpad

webOS doomed to fail, say former HP and Palm employees

John Callaham — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:51:00 +0000

A new article quotes former HP and Palm employees as saying the operating system was doomed from the start when HP bought the rights to webOS when it purchased Palm in 2010. Read more...

Refurbished HP TouchPads to go on sale on eBay Sunday

John Callaham — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:37:55 +0000

HP plans to sell refurbished versions of its discontinued HP TouchPad tablets starting on December 11 on eBay, alone with an optional accessory pack, at fire sale prices. Read more...

The TouchPad Lives!

Tyler Holman — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:11:03 +0000

After being discontinued back in August, the future looked bleak for HP's TouchPad. But now images have surfaced of what appears to be a new 7-inch incarnation of the ill-fated tablet. Read more...

TouchPads still available from HP for WebOS developers

John Callaham — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:28:15 +0000

HP still has some of its canceled TouchPad tablets available for sale, but it looks like only registered WebOS developers will get a chance to purchase these products. Read more...

HP TouchPad gets one final run at Best Buy

John Callaham — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:18:40 +0100

Best Buy has announced it will offer customers a chance to get one of the final HP TouchPad tablets while supplies last...but there's a rather big catch attached to the deal. Read more...

HP: No more TouchPads

John Callaham — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:39:08 +0100

HP has sent emails to consumers confirming that it no longer has any more TouchPads to sell, despite a pledged earlier this year to make a final production batch of the tablets. Read more...

HP rumored to be testing Windows 8 on TouchPads

John Callaham — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:59:07 +0100

A new rumor claims that HP is testing out Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system on their discontinued TouchPad hardware, which normally runs on WebOS. Read more...

Cancelled 7-inch HP TouchPad Go plans leak

John Callaham — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:25:37 +0100

A leaked marketing plan for HP's now canceled 7 inch version of its HP TouchPad tablet has found its way to the Internet, showing lots of new features compared to the original version. Read more...

HP's new CEO looks for advice from employees

John Callaham — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:16:33 +0100

In an email sent to all HP employees, its new CEO Meg Whitman says she wants to hear from team members on how to improve the currently troubled tech and PC company. Read more...

HP confirms webOS-based layoffs

John Callaham — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:59:52 +0100

HP has confirmed that its webOS division is "undergoing a reduction in workforce" as part of its plan to shut down production of its webOS hardware by the end of October. Read more...

HP employees offered chance to buy final TouchPads

Paul Ferson — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:01:41 +0100

Employees at HP have been given another chance to buy some of the final-ever TouchPad tablets from the company, after the $99 fire sale earlier in the year. Read more...

HP should think twice about dumping TouchPad

John Callaham — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:32:16 +0100

The technology research firm Canalys believes that HP should think twice about dumping its webOS-based HP TouchPad, saying that the device has now become a hot item thanks to its deep price cut. Read more...

Flash Android on your HP TouchPad now, if you dare

Owen Williams — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 02:45:49 +0100

The team over at TouchDroid (who disbanded over the weekend) have figured out how to flash Android 2.3 on the HP TouchPad, complete with working touch-screen. Read more...

Team TouchDroid disbands after multi-touch code drama

John Callaham — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:40:53 +0100

The mod team known as Team TouchDroid have apparently disbanded after its multi-touch Android mod for HP's TouchPad device was proven to have code taken from the Cyanogenmod team. Read more...

Mod team puts multi-touch support into HP TouchPad [Update]

John Callaham — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:18:30 +0100

A group of modders calling themselves Team Touchdroid has successfully got a HP TouchPad tablet to enable multi-touch support with a version of Android 2.3 running inside. Read more...

Rumor: HP splitting webOS division in two

John Callaham — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 10:25:41 +0100

A new rumor, based on leaked memos, claims that HP has split its webOS business in two with the software and hardware sides reporting to separate divisions of the company. Read more...

Rumor: Final round of HP TouchPads on sale late October

John Callaham — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 10:18:55 +0100

New rumors suggests that the final production run for HP's failed TouchPad tablet will go on sale in late October, but the final batch will only have up to 200,000 units produced. Read more...

Samsung: We don't want HP's webOS business either

John Callaham — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:15:26 +0100

Samsung, who a few days ago said it was not interested in buying HP's business, has now said it doesn't want to buy its webOS business either. Read more...

HP to make one last TouchPad production run

John Callaham — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:07:33 +0100

HP has finally confirmed that it will be making a "limited" amount of its webOS-based TouchPad tablets which will be sold before the end of the year. Read more...

HP gives more info about TouchPad business

John Callaham — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:56:07 +0100

HP has told people waiting to buy an HP TouchPad that it may be a few more weeks before the company knows whether or not it will have any more units to sell. Read more...