Apple's iPhone tops JD Power satisfaction survey for 8th straight time

Apple's iPhone once again topped the J.D. Power and Associates rankings for customer satisfaction, marking 8 straight surveys of besting the competition.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 24

Former Apple exec and Palm chief Jon Rubinstein leaves HP

Hewlett-Packard on Friday confirmed that Jon Rubinstein, who came to the company through its $1.2 billion purchase of Palm, has left the company.

Katie Marsal 14 years ago 53

64GB iPhone 4S takes 21% of sales, 36% of iPhone buyers come from another platform

A new survey of recent iPhone customers found that 21 percent of iPhone 4S buyers chose Apple's highest capacity 64-gigabyte model, while 36 percent of users migrated from another platform like Android, BlackBerry or Palm.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 19

HP to keep webOS, make available as an undefined open source project

HP has finally outlined its plans for webOS today, stating that it will "contribute the webOS software to the open source community," apparently because it couldn't find a suitable buyer for the platform.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 40

HP considering sale of webOS to 'several' companies including Oracle

PC maker HP is said to still be considering the sale of its webOS mobile operating system, though any deal is expected to be less than the $1.2 billion it originally paid to acquire the platform from Palm.

Katie Marsal 14 years ago 28

Rumor: Amazon eyeing purchase of HP's Palm division for webOS Kindles

Amazon is said to be considering a purchase of Palm, the smartphone maker now owned by Hewlett-Packard, and its webOS mobile operating system.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 62

HTC eyeing webOS purchase to compete with Apple's iOS

Smartphone maker HTC has publicly stated it is considering buying its own mobile operating system platform, with HP's webOS a potential option for acquisition.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 110

HTC sues Apple for third time over patents it obtained from Google

HTC this week used nine patents recently obtained from Google to up the ante in its high-stakes intellectual properly infringement war with Apple, slapping the iPhone maker with a third lawsuit while amending a previous complaint to allege broader infringement.

Chris Smith 14 years ago 70

HP's confounding call to build more TouchPads likely due to obligations

With Hewlett-Packard estimated to lose $200 for each TouchPad it sells at a fire sale price of $99, the company's head-scratching decision to resume production of the failed tablet is likely a result of agreements made with component suppliers.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 47

HP slashes iPad-competing TouchPad price to $399 1 month after release

Just over a month after the HP TouchPad hit the market, its price has been cut by one-fifth for a special weekend sale intended to boost sales of the iPad-competing tablet.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 142

Google Android continues growth streak over Apple's iPhone

Google's Android mobile OS has continued to widen its lead on Apple's iOS in terms of U.S. smartphone subscribers, while Research in Motion and Microsoft have fallen even further behind, according to a new survey.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 85

Palm chief addresses poor TouchPad reviews, compares webOS to Apple's early Mac OS X

Former Palm CEO and current HP executive Jon Rubenstein sent a letter to employees addressing lukewarm reviews of its new TouchPad tablet, and suggested that criticism of its webOS operating system is similar to complaints reviewers had with early versions of Mac OS X.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 109

Apple's iPhone passes RIM's BlackBerry in US smartphone usage

While the iPhone has outsold Research in Motion's BlackBerry line for some time now, a new survey found that Apple's handset has now surpassed RIM in terms of active U.S. users.

Slash Lane 15 years ago 36

Palm, Facebook investor changes tune on Apple over iPad, apps

In a marked shift from his former belief that sales of the iPhone would dry up after two years, Roger McNamee, a prominent venture capitalist who has invested heavily in Palm and Facebook, said in an interview that Apple will likely lead a 10-year technology growth cycle with the continued success of the iPad and its App Store ecosystem.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 41

Gartner sees Apple's iPad dominating tablet market through 2015

Research firm Gartner sees Apple's iPad controlling the lion's share of the tablet market for the next three years, and remaining the top mobile platform in terms of sales through at least 2015.

Katie Marsal 15 years ago 76

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