
Back in 2009 HP made a huge industry play by acquiring the slowly declining Palm business and accompanying operating system webOS. At the time it seemed like a wise decision that was assumed to be fueled by a bit of patent libraries and an already established set of technologies that would help HP forge its ...
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discontinued webos,
WebOS,
HP,
Palm,
Buyout
Posted on Aug 19, 2011 in HP, Palm •
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HP last year acquired what was left of Palm for an exuberant amount of change. Since the takeover HP, for the most part has kept pretty quiet about their future plans in the mobile sector. Back in February however, HP announced three new devices. The HP Touch Pad is a 9.7 inch webOS tablet that ...
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HP Veer,
HSPA+,
Palm,
HP,
WebOS
Posted on May 4, 2011 in 4G, AT&T, HP, Palm •
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Recently Hewlett Packard bought up what was left of the Palm dynasty. There was much more life left in Palm and its operating system and HP could see this, so they pony upped the 1.2 billion dollars and took a chance. This “chance” is starting to show its face today with HP announcing 3 new ...
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HP,
Palm,
Pre3,
TouchPad,
WebOS
Posted on Feb 9, 2011 in HP, Palm •
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Awhile back news broke about the giant computer company HP buying out one of the best cell phone companies ever Palm. The buyout came at a perfect time for the pretty much sunken ship Palm and the anticipation as to what HP would do with such a solid cell phone maker was – and very ...
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Palm,
tablet,
topaz,
HP,
WebOS
Posted on Jan 24, 2011 in HP, Palm •
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Fans of Palm can rejoice—Verizon Wireless is preparing its employees for the launch of HP webOS 2.0. Not only that, PreCentral has received a tip that webOS 2 will be hitting the UK as an update for the Palm Pre and Pixi series on carrier O2 UK on December 6th. Oh, and pre-orders for unlocked ...
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Palm Pre 2,
leaked,
Verizon,
HP webOS 2.0,
HP
Posted on Nov 9, 2010 in HP, Palm, Verizon Wireless •
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The insanely popular app ‘Angry Birds’ has won the top spot in Palm’s PDK Hot Apps Competition and the $100K prize money that goes with the accolades. That’s a pretty hefty chunk of change but not really a surprise when you consider how Angry Birds has become so popular lately. Palm and HP featured the ...
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rovio,
HP,
HP webOS 2.0,
Palm,
games
Posted on Oct 29, 2010 in apps, HP, Palm •
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It is official—The Palm Pre and Pixi are getting webOS 2.0. The ‘Plus’ variations of the devices are getting the update too of course. The only problem? So far, the Palm Pixi and Pixi Plus are not going to be compatible with Adobe Flash 10.1 like the Pre series. This could change at the last ...
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Palm Pre 2,
adobe flash,
HP,
Palm Pixi Plus,
Palm Pixi
Posted on Oct 21, 2010 in HP, Palm, Verizon Wireless •
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HP recently acquired Palm and has managed to make good on promises—the highly anticipated webOS 2.0 release has been made official. Unsurprisingly, HP has decided to finally brand its Palm acquisition’s products and webOS is now ‘HP webOS’. Hopefully the control HP is exerting now won’t reverse any of the innovative progress Palm has managed ...
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Palm,
HP,
HP webOS 2.0,
webOS 2.0,
official release
Posted on Oct 19, 2010 in HP, Palm, Verizon Wireless •
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The new webOS 2.0 and the soon to arrive Palm Pre 2 are finally official. The Palm Pre 2 will go on sale as soon as October 22 on France’s SFR carrier. HP is also finally flexing its muscle after acquiring Palm earlier this year—webOS 2.0 is now officially ‘HP webOS 2.0’. Official specs on ...
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Palm,
HP,
overview,
Palm Pre 2,
palm webos
Posted on Oct 19, 2010 in HP, Palm, Verizon Wireless •
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The next Palm smartphone will be the Palm Pre 2 and Verizon is going to be one of the first carriers to have it. A leaked training picture showing part of Verizon Wirelesses internal training systems and the Pre 2 was sent into Engadget. It looks like the name Pre 2 might be official as ...
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carrier launch,
Palm Pre 2,
webOS 2.0,
Verizon Wireless,
HP
Posted on Oct 15, 2010 in HP, Palm, Verizon Wireless •
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The probably launching in November Palm Pre 2 has gotten cleared by the FCC and now some leaked pictures of it have shown up online. MobiFrance got the scoop with pictures after some of the specs for the newest smartphone coming from Palm and HP (who bought Palm recently) showed up on SFR. The new ...
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Palm Pre 2,
HP,
Palm,
leak,
roadrunner
Posted on Oct 13, 2010 in HP, Palm •
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Just last week, a new Palm smartphone cleared the FCC. Codenamed the P102 or ‘Roadrunner’, this new device is expected to be an update to the Palm Pre with refined styling and some improvements under the hood as well. Thanks to SFR, we now know a little more about this device. Here is a quick ...
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Palm,
rumor,
Palm Pre 2,
leak,
HP
Posted on Oct 11, 2010 in HP, Palm •
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Those new Palm devices that HP promised would be coming next year? The Palm Pre '2' just got FCC approval and thus, a sneak peak for all of us. Codenamed the P102, this device won't be the rumored Palm 'Mansion'. Instead of the full touchscreen and lack of keyboard like the Mansion, the P102 is ...
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Palm P102,
Palm Pre 2,
Palm Roadrunner,
HP,
FCC
Posted on Oct 7, 2010 in HP, Palm •
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Hewlett-Packard (HP) has given the word that it will start producing new smartphones for sale in early 2011. HP bought Palm earlier this year and has been looking forward to putting new life into the once powerful PDA maker that ended up nearly disappearing in the smartphone market. Reuters reported that Eric Cador—Senior VP at ...
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webOS 2.0,
Palm Mansion,
HP,
WebOS,
Palm
Posted on Oct 6, 2010 in HP, Palm •
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Palm might be releasing a completely new device in the near future. Called the Palm ‘Mansion’, this smartphone is a clear departure from the Palm Pixi and Pre because it will supposedly rely complety on its 800 x 480 screen and lack a physical keyboard. The news comes from PreCentral and a “very reliable tipster.” ...
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Palm,
Palm P102,
webOS 2.0,
rumor,
Palm Mansion
Posted on Oct 4, 2010 in Palm •
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