Neowin News Feed for: Palm

Chubby Checker sues HP for $500m over Palm penis-measurement app

John Callaham — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:20:38 +0000

Singer Ernest Evans, better known as Chubby Checker, has filed a $500 million lawsuit against HP over their alleged part in distributing a Palm app that used his name. Read more...

HP CEO: We will "ultimately" release new smartphone

John Callaham — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:01:16 +0100

In a new interview, HP CEO Meg Whitman admitted that the company "ultimately has to offer a smartphone" and confirmed that HP is working on such a project, but no other details were revealed. Read more...

Former Palm head departs HP

John Callaham — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:07:01 +0000

Jon Rubinstein, who was the head of Palm and later joined HP when that company acquired Palm, has now officially left HP. There is no information on where he will be working next. Read more...

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...

HP tried and failed to sell webOS for $1.2 billion

John Callaham — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:43:48 +0000

A new rumor claims that HP tried for months in 2011 to sell off its webOS division and all of the assets from its Palm acquisition for $1.2 billion but found no takers at that price. Read more...

WebOS just died and became immortal

Tyler Holman — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:11:36 +0000

TouchPad fans can take solace knowing that webOS isn't going anywhere - in every sense of the term. HP's Apple crushing dreams might be crushed, but webOS lives on: say hello to the mobile Ubuntu. Read more...

HP to release new webOS hardware, including tablets

Andy Weir — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:04:56 +0000

HP's decision today to take webOS open-source certainly came as a something of a surprise - and the company's CEO dropped another bombshell in confirming that HP plans to build more webOS tablets. Read more...

WebOS to go open source

John Callaham — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:18:49 +0000

HP has announced that it will release the WebOS operating system as open source software, months after the company's decision to stop making WebOS-based hardware products. 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...

HP is now considering a sale of webOS

Tyler Holman — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:30:03 +0000

Despite previous reports indicating HP would shut down their webOS division, HP is reportedly now considering bailing out and selling their webOS unit for drastically less Read more...

HP may finally shut down webOS division

John Callaham — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:44:40 +0100

A new rumor claims that HP is getting close to shutting down its webOS division, which it purchased in April 2010, after deciding earlier this week to keep its PC business in-house. Read more...

Rumor: Amazon to acquire Palm-webOS?

John Callaham — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:51:37 +0100

A new rumor claims that Amazon is in advanced talks to acquire HP's Palm unit which would also include buying its webOS operating system Read more...

Microsoft offers all WebOS devs support, free Windows Phones

Owen Williams — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:33:45 +0100

Shortly after HP announces the death of WebOS, Microsoft reaches out to developers offering free Windows Phone 7 devices, training and tools. Read more...

Editorial: HP's downsizing and Microsoft's Windows

John Callaham — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:50:58 +0100

HP's possible spin off of its PC business and the shut down of webOS could be an interesting opportunity for Microsoft and its Windows operating system. Read more...

HP dumps webOS business

John Callaham — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:55:21 +0100

HP has not only confirmed it is considering a plan to spin off its PC business but it has also announced it will kill off its webOS phones and tablets. Read more...

HP talking with others on licensing WebOS

John Callaham — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:42:09 +0100

If HP has its way, you could see its WebOS operating system on more devices than just its own products. Bloomberg reports that HP's CEO Leo Apotheker, when asked if WebOS could be licensed by... Read more...

Early WebOS phone users to get $50 discount on HP TouchPad

John Callaham — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:47:10 +0100

Launched in mid-2009, the Palm Pre smartphone was supposed to the savior for the Palm company. It was the first smartphone to use the WebOS operating system which was developed by Palm and based on... Read more...

HP could license webOS to other companies, says CEO

John Callaham — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:17:07 +0100

As HP prepares to launch its first major products using the webOS operating system that it acquired when it bought Palm, many questions remain. Will webOS make a dent in the market that already has... Read more...

WebOS 2.1 for Pre Plus arrives on O2 (Germany), may work elsewhere

Oliver Haslam — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:51:53 +0000

Despite HP/Palm claiming that WebOS 2.1 wouldn't be finding its way onto the Pre Plus, it seems O2 Germany subscribers are seeing the update as available to download according to Engadget. Sporting new features such as... Read more...

HP announces the Pre 3, HP Veer and TouchPad devices

Byron Hinson — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:29:03 +0000

Hewlett Packard has used its big “Think Beyond” event to announce a number of new WebOS based devices, from phones to a new tablet. During the event, Hewlett Packard’s Jon Rubinstein introduced the new HP Veer... Read more...