HP (Hewlett-Packard) was founded in 1939 and started off as a small, electronics company. The company grew and is now a huge computer hardware/software company. Their products include computers, printers, scanners, cameras, servers, mobile phones and much more. In 2010 HP bought smartphone software and hardware company, Palm, for 1.2 billion dollars. Read on for the latest HP related news, reviews and videos:
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by Stephen Schenck | January 25, 2012 4:37 PMRead OnLast month, HP revealed the ultimate fate of webOS, which, instead of ending up locked-away tight in the company's IP vault, would see itself released for the first time as an open source project. Ultimately, that will give dedicated webOS fans that opportunity to continue evolving the operating system, as well as create opportunities for interested companies to manufacture new products based on the platform. Making sure that all its in-house webOS resources are ready to be released to the public is a serious undertaking for HP to bear, and it's going to take some time. Today, the company ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | January 22, 2012 4:23 AMRead OnIf you're among those who managed to grab an HP TouchPad in the very last moments of its existence shouldn't worry about software, especially if you turned Android. There's a new CyanogenMod 9 build for the tablet, even if it's still in Alpha 0 stage. Aside from showing a very early release, the 0 after the Alpha describes the lack of hardware-accelerated video and a non-functional camera. Those aside, if you choose to update, you should also know about the current glitches: audio (the microphone does not work), market filters prevent some apps from being installed, Titanium Backup crashes ...
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by Stephen Schenck | January 12, 2012 3:48 PMRead OnThe last half-a-year has been a very uncertain time for users of webOS devices. Optimism for the Pre 3 was quickly derailed by HP's announcement of its intent to cease further production of webOS hardware. That started-off a very tense time for users who had invested in the platform, but as the year wrapped-up, we learned of HP's plans to make the platform open source, giving us hope that there may still be life for it, yet. Throughout all of this, HP has tried to stand-by its existing user base and show what support it could through the release of system updates. We heard a little about ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | January 3, 2012 2:42 AMRead On$1.2 billion was the amount HP spent on acquiring Palm, together with webOS, back in April 2010 and allegedly it's the same amount the company asked for when it tried to sell before killing webOS and turning it open source. According to Paul Mercer, former senior director of software at Palm, there was little hope for webOS from the very beginning. "Palm was ahead of its time in trying to build a phone software platform using Web technology, and we just weren't able to execute such an ambitious and breakthrough design", he added, before saying that "perhaps it never could have been ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | December 29, 2011 3:53 AMRead OnHP bought Palm for $1.2 billion at the end of April 2010 and it apparently tried to sell for the exact same amount, before making webOS open source. According to recent reports HP didn't want to lose anything from the Palm deal but officials declined to comment. The fact is that Palm's value was decreasing fast despite new products like the Pre3, Veer and Touchpad, making it simply impossible to sell at the same price. $500 million would have made it more likely to sell according to reports, but HP wasn't allegedly willing to go that low. At one point, Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckenberg was ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | December 22, 2011 1:58 AMRead OnDespite what HP has done to webOS in the past month, those of you out there rocking an HP Pre3 will be lucky to find out that there is an update rolling out to your devices over-the-air. The new webOS 2.2.4 refresh weighs anywhere between 29MB to 9MB, depending on whether your phone is on AT&T, Verizon or in Europe. So what's in the package? A "variety of software improvements", as described by HP themselves, meaning the refresh will likely fix a couple of issues users were having; it's a general bugfix release but nonetheless welcome. Source: webOS Nation
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by Stephen Schenck | December 10, 2011 2:13 AMRead OnHP shocked the smartphone world in August when it abruptly announced plans to abandon the production of phones running its webOS platform. Since then, we've been wondering what the company would do with its webOS holdings; licensing the platform to other manufacturers was floated, but we never saw that direction go anywhere. At the end of November, the company met to discuss its plans for the future of webOS, and announced it would reveal its decision in the following two weeks. Today, HP has made good on that promise and revealed the fate of the operating system, which HP will release as ...
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by Stephen Schenck | December 9, 2011 5:47 PMRead OnAs if today's announcement from HP that it was releasing the code for webOS to the open source community wasn't enough good news for die-hard fans of the platform (and maybe even some of those who never had a chance to check it out, but were always curious), the revelations continue thanks to an interview with HP CEO Meg Whitman and board member Marc Andreessen. This time the news is a double-edged sword, but the important takeaway is that HP is by no means done releasing webOS devices. Whitman confirmed plans for new hardware exist, but there's no set schedule at the moment. That means we ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | November 30, 2011 8:50 AMRead OnMore than three months have passed since HP officially killed webOS. HP's CEO Meg Whitman said that the company "should announce our decision in the next two weeks", which "is not an easy decision, because we have a team of 600 people which is in limbo". There were several rumors around webOS, including those according to which HP would license it out. Also, in a rather interesting shift, HP's new CEO -- Meg Whitman replaced Leo Apotheker in September -- said that if Apple's iPads are regarded as PCs (according to Canalys) the HP will probably be second in 2012 but striving for first again ...
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by Stephen Schenck | November 8, 2011 8:10 PMRead OnWhat will HP end up doing with webOS and its Palm holdings? After announcing intents to essentially abandon the platform (excluding the possibility of its use in embedded systems, or licensing it out), there's been a lot of speculation over what would become of it. We may be about to find out, as HP is reportedly holding a meeting tonight to make up its mind about webOS. Things kicked-off about half an hour ago, and while we haven't heard of any big decisions being made just yet, CEO Meg Whitman has been quoted discussing the uncertainty HP feels over how to proceed. She cited the need for ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | October 16, 2011 9:11 AMRead OnThis is a rather sad moment not only for (HP-)Palm fans but for those who live in our world as HP has decided to close Palm stores for good. They will not open anymore. The decision came after HP pulled the plug on webOS and now the company stores are displaying the above sign (and some more at the source link). The closing day was marked by insanely cheap and deep discounted prices for devices and accessories which went as low as $50 for the HP Veer, $25 for Pixi units or even $15 if someone got four devices, and $2.50 for the Palm Touchstone. End of chapter! Source: MobileMag Via: ...
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by Brandon Miniman | August 24, 2011 12:17 PMRead OnThe HP Pre 3 is the best (and perhaps last) webOS smartphone to ever go on sale. It has a fast 1.4GHz single-core Qualcomm CPU with 512MB of RAM, 8GB of storage space, a 1230mAh battery, plus a 5MP camera on back with LED flash. Overall the design of the Pre 3 seems dated, and the specs certainly are not up to par with what can be find in high end Android hardware. It's a shame that over six months have passed between the announcement and the release of the Pre 3; had that window have been smaller, the Pre 3 would be met with warmer reception. The smartphone is taller than the Pre 2 in ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | August 24, 2011 5:43 AMRead OnAfter HP's move to abandon webOS, it is just normal to fear that current phones will be left without support but the manufacturer is proving it wrong as we speak. The recently available HP Pre 3, which we unboxed, has received an over-the-air update. The system refresh bumps version numbers of webOS to 2.2.0 build 3171 but other than that, it's not quite certain what exactly has been changed. According to reports, the built-in help is working and there appear to be some improvements to the e-mail section. If you've got the update and installed, let us know what changes or improvements ...
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by Brandon Miniman | August 23, 2011 9:19 AMRead OnWhile not slated for official release in the US, the HP Pre 3 is still on sale (and prices are getting lower each day), even after HP's announcement that they'd no longer be selling webOS hardware. That said, the Pre 3 represents the best in terms of webOS hardware, which is an exciting prospect. It packs a WVGA 3.6" display, a single-core 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU, 512MB of RAM, and a rear-facing 5MP camera with flash. It's running on webOS 2.2, and HP promises future updates to keep Pre 3 owners happy. This particular model, which you can buy from Clove for £269 or $445, has ...
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by Stephen Schenck | August 22, 2011 4:36 PMRead OnIt's hardly surprising that, following HP's news last week that it would discontinue manufacturing webOS hardware, plenty of folks started reacting like rats on a sinking ship; we just saw retailers over the weekend price down TouchPad tablets to the point where they were practically giving them away. While there's a good chance we'll never see another webOS smartphone or tablet, there's still some future left for the platform, with the company announcing its intent to continue supporting webOS smartphones with software updates, to give the Pre 3 a limited release, and to bring the ...