Tag: hp
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HP offer $30-worth of free apps to new TouchPad owners – US only
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New HP TouchPad owners in the US who snapped up a bargain after the recent demise of WebOS and the subsequent price plummet of the just-released tablet may be delighted to know they can now pick up $30-worth of apps free of charge. The Palm Blog reveals details of the “refreshing, and free 6-pack” of apps…
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HP Touchpads Found Running Android On Ebay
HP’s Touchpads are like gold-dust at the moment – even more rare are Touchpads running on Android. But apparently they do exist and have been found on eBay. Reports have been surfacing online that several Touchpads bought on eBay have been running Android 2.2 Froyo and not WebOs. They are thought to be prototypes, and…
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HP TouchPad: “No view of availability” as Amazon cancels UK orders – States to get more slates?
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HP is reportedly set to get new stock of its TouchPad tablets – that seems to be the word from the States at least. Following the discontinuation of the WebOS operating software, HP outlets recently slashed the price of 16GB and 32GB slabs down to a fifth of the original asking price. Currys, Comet, Dixons,…
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Android coming to a TouchPad near you!
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HP may be ready to throw in the towel with a device that was meant to be an iPad killer but failed to live up to the hype, and with Microsoft trying to lure Web OS developers to Windows Phone 7, Web OS and the TouchPad look doomed. Well, that is unless you are a…
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UPDATE: Price slashes on HP TouchPad – UK stock sells out in minutes
ORIGINAL ARTICLE (Aug 22, 2011 @ 10:50) Following the decision to pull the plug on Hewlett-Packard’s Linux-based mobile operating system, WebOS, the California co. are beginning US price slashes on its HP TouchPad tablet, which was released overseas less than 7 weeks ago. From today, lucky tablet shoppers in the States can grab a slab…
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Microsoft Looks To Cash-in On WebOS Demise
After the demise of the HP Touchpad last week it has emerged that Microsoft is striking while the iron is hot and are trying to woo WebOS devs to come and make apps for its own Windows Phone 7. The famous saying states that when one door shuts another opens – and this is so…
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Microsoft offers free Windows Phone tools to developers following death of WebOS
Microsoft’s Senior Director of Windows Phone 7 has reached out to HP developers, whose WebOS platform has recently gone down in flames. Offering a new avenue for operating system tinkerers and giving them the tools to create new applications for the mobile OS, soon to be launching its ‘Mango’ update on Nokia, Samsung and HTC…
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Price slashes on HP TouchPad in the US – UK cost cuts to follow?
Following the decision to pull the plug on Hewlett-Packard’s Linux-based mobile operating system, WebOS, the California co. are beginning US price slashes on its HP TouchPad tablet, which was released overseas less than 7 weeks ago. From today, lucky tablet shoppers in the States can grab a slab for less than a fifth of retailer’s…
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HP to Kill Off All WebOS Devices
Six weeks after HP launched their WebOS tablet, the Touchpad – they have decide the throw in the towel and kill off the beleaguered OS and its family of devices. In an almost insultingly short press release HP said: “In addition, HP reported that it plans to announce that it will discontinue operations for webOS…
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HP Unveils Faster 64GB TouchPad Tablet, Only For Europe
It looks as though HP is in the business of quiet, subtle product announcements, as after they released the Pre 3 smartphone with minimal fanfare today, they’ve gone and put a 64GB TouchPad tablet on their French website. The new 64GB TouchPad also boasts an upgraded processor – 1.5Ghz Dual-Core to be precise – which…
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HP Pre 3 released in the UK with 1.4Ghz processor!
HP seem to have dropped a smartphone bomb today in the form of its latest Pre 3 handset by not only launching the handset, but also by solving that old release schedule dilemma by shipping it immediately from its website and by UK retailer Clove. The HP Pre 3 is the natural successor to reasonably…
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HP ‘Go’ 7-inch WebOS Tablet Incoming
Word has spread of a new, smaller HP tablet powered by the webOS platform, dubbed the HP Go. A 7-inch version of the HP TouchPad has recently paid a visit to the U.S FCC (Federal Communications Commission) to be checked over and made sure it’s law abiding and such. It was approved by the FCC,…