Microsoft courting webOS developers with free phones

Microsoft is looking to capitalize on HP's webOS failures by offering free phones, developer tools and training to developers left stranded by the demise of the platform.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 48

HP eats $100 million charge to cover unsold stockpile of TouchPads

HP announced on Thursday that it will take a roughly $100 million charge due to poor sell through of the TouchPad, likely in order to credit Best Buy and other resellers for their unsold inventory.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 79

HP outlines "difficult but necessary" decisions spurred by success of iPad

After just nine months on the job, HP's chief executive Léo Apotheker announced plans to radically shift the company away from the shrinking PC market, drop its mobile competition to the iPad and iPhone entirely, and instead focus on its online services, printing and software businesses.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 82

HP makes $100 TouchPad price cut permanent in bid for No. 2 tablet spot

After receiving positive response to a temporary $100 price cut on its webOs-based TouchPad tablet, HP has decided to make the discount permanent as it aims for the No. 2 spot in the tablet market, behind Apple's iPad.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 99

Apple's Mac lineup seen taking 4.5% of PC sales in 2011, 5.2% in 2015

Apple's line of Mac computers are seen making further market share gains in the coming years, growing to 4.5 percent of sales in 2011, and 5.2 percent of new PCs sold in 2015.

Katie Marsal 14 years ago 18

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

Review roundup: HP TouchPad billed as 'mediocre tablet'

Hewlett Packard's entry into the tablet market has drawn praise for its external beauty and criticism as reviewers dug beneath the surface, with one journalist calling the device a "mediocre tablet."

Josh Ong 14 years ago 111

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

'Unstable performance' of Android 3.0 seen as benefit to Apple's iPad

Tablet makers who craft their own mobile operating system — particularly Apple and its iOS — stand to gain from the "unstable performance" of Google's tablet-centric Android 3.0, codenamed Honeycomb.

Slash Lane 15 years ago 106

HP hires former Apple exec to pitch webOS to developers

HP has hired Richard Kerris, Apple's former Senior Director of Worldwide Developer Relations, to help attract developers to the webOS platform as it attempts to challenge Apple in the smartphone and tablet markets.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 22

HP to take on Apple with webOS-based TouchPad, Pre 3

HP on Wednesday announced a trio of new webOS-based products, including the TouchPad, a touchscreen tablet with dimensions similar to the iPad, and the Pre 3, a new smartphone intended to compete with Apple's iPhone.

AppleInsider Staff 15 years ago 196

Windows Phone 7 hits 5,000 apps in 2 months, equaling Palm's webOS

Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform now has more than 5,000 applications written for it, well behind the 300,000 for Apple's iOS, but matching the total number of programs for Palm's webOS in just over two months.

Sam Oliver 15 years ago 68

HP's Jon Rubinstein slams Android, takes on Apple's iPad

The Wall Street Journal has posed its interview with HP's Jon Rubinstein, shedding additional light on the firm's future plans for webOS in light of his past as a top engineer working with Steve Jobs at Apple and NeXT.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 48

Apple iPad widely expected to lead tablet disruption of PCs in 2011

Reports from a variety of analysts predict a huge swell in tablet computer sales next year ranging from 35 to 100 million units in total, with Apple's iPad accounting for the largest number sold by far.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 120

Bank of America, Citigroup testing iPhone to replace BlackBerry [u]

Two of America's largest banks are actively testing Apple's iPhone as a replacement of their existing RIM BlackBerry devices for corporate email.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 48

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