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HP $99 TouchPad edges out Android in non-iPad tablet sales

Chris Davies, Nov 22nd 2011 Discuss [7]

HP's TouchPad fire-sale scored the company the second place in US tablet sales, market stats have shown, with the $99 webOS slate edging ahead of Samsung's entire Galaxy Tab line-up. The Korean firm slipped to third place - behind Apple, in first, and HP, in second - with 16-percent of retail tablet sales between January and October 2011, the NPD Group found, while HP managed 17-percent thanks no doubt to its aggressive discounting. Total non-Apple tablet sales amounted to more than 1.2m units the analysts suggest. Read The Full Story

HP & Intel open Palm sale talks; webOS printers still in pipeline

Chris Davies, Nov 22nd 2011 Discuss [2]

HP is still quietly shopping webOS around among with other Palm assets, according to sources, but insisting that potential buyers of the platform agree to license it back for use in future HP printers. Intel has just entered discussions with HP, a source close to the negotiations spilled to VentureBeat, while Qualcomm - despite sidestepping any suggestions of interest in webOS - is also said to be still in the running. Read The Full Story

HP’s Q4 2011 earnings ahead, 2012 guidance weak

Rue Liu, Nov 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

HP released its Q4 2011 earnings report today with results that were just slightly ahead of expectations. The company had a rough year with the WebOS mishap and the ousting of former CEO Leo Apotheker, but it managed to post earnings per share of $1.17, four cents ahead of the expected $1.13. Read The Full Story

HP Envy 17 and 15 officially revealed

Paul Fang, Nov 16th 2011 Discuss [10]

If you ladies and gents have been waiting for HP to hurry up and update their Envy laptop line, then you're in luck. Say hello to the new HP Envy 15 and 17, entirely redesigned inside and out. With an almost, dare I say, Macbook-esque flair, the new models retain their sexy brushed aluminum exterior. However, that's, uh, pretty much it. The chassis gets a brand-new facelift with matte black lids, silver palmrests, and, surprise, more Beats by Dr. Dre branding via a logo on the newly added analog volume dial and neat red border around the backlit chiclet keyboard. Read The Full Story

HP Folio Ultrabook revealed, 13 inches of ultra-ruggedness [UPDATE: press photos added]

Chris Burns, Nov 15th 2011 Discuss [4]

It appears this week that HP is set to release the next entry into the Ultrabook classification of notebook PCs with the Folio, a 13.3-inch ultraportable laptop made to be rough. Mister Ritchie Djamhur, retail buyer and trainer as well as host of the lovely blog Ritchie's Room has the exclusive first look at this device in a set of photos complete with details that include an ever so slightly re-branded Pavilion dm3 chassis, lovely silver exterior, and two choices on innards. Is this your first Ultrabook, you HP loving users you? Read The Full Story

HP launches X7000 Wi-Fi Touch Mouse with Facebook button

Rue Liu, Nov 15th 2011 Discuss [0]

HP has quietly begun shipping its X7000 Wi-Fi Touch Mouse a tad earlier than the expected launch later this week. The X7000 Wi-Fi Touch Mouse connects to your computer or laptop via its built-in Wi-Fi receiver and doesn't require a wireless router. This way the Wi-Fi-enabled mouse also doesn't take up one of your USB ports with a dongle, such as is needed with corded or Bluetooth mice. Read The Full Story

HP TouchPad Go 7-inch WebOS tablet emerges

Rue Liu, Nov 14th 2011 Discuss [6]

When HP first launched its 10-inch TouchPad webOS tablet, it was planning a follow-up with a smaller 7-inch model called the TouchPad Go. Unfortunately, with HP's abrupt decision to scrap the entire webOS ecosystem back in August, it's unlikely that we'll be seeing the TouchPad Go hitting the market. But we do get a glimpse at what could have been with several photos of the device surfacing today. Read The Full Story

HP TouchPad appears on TigerDirect for $150 after rebate

Chris Burns, Nov 14th 2011 Discuss [9]

Even though you've been told over and over again that there are absolutely and positively no more HP TouchPad devices out there on the market, you can always trust a group like TigerDirect to wrangle up the rest of the stragglers, this week selling the infamous tablets out for $149.99 after a $150 rebate. Of course you'll have to lie down $299.99 to get the tablet, then will get the rebate cash back eventually, but look! It's a TouchPad and you can buy it! Read The Full Story

Rumor: HP considers WebOS sale again

Shane McGlaun, Nov 8th 2011 Discuss [0]

So far, WebOS has failed at every turn. The operating system failed at Palm when the company tried to put it inside a new smartphone. HP paid big money for Palm after that failure to the tune of $1.2 billion just to get WebOS. HP turned around and tossed the OS onto a tablet only to see it fail miserably and leave the market after only about a month on sale. The only mild success that WebOS has recorded was when the HP Touchpad tablets went on the sub-$100 fire sale. Read The Full Story

HP debuts new TouchSmart 620 3D AIO and 2311gt 3D display

Shane McGlaun, Nov 7th 2011 Discuss [0]

HP has revealed some new 3D hardware for fans of 3D content. The new gear includes a new 3D edition AIO computer and a new 3D display. The AIO computer is the TouchSmart 620 3D and it has high performance for 2D and 3D content. It has an integrated webcam that lets user make their own 3D movies and still photos that they can share. Read The Full Story

HP Wireless TV Connect promises Full HD 3D streaming

Chris Davies, Nov 7th 2011 Discuss [0]

HP has outed the HP Wireless TV Connect, the company's WHDI-enabled media streaming box that can funnel 1080p HD 2D and 3D content to your HDTV. Hooking up to your TV via HDMI, the Wireless TV Connect promises "virtually no latency" in comparison to rival systems, as well as super-straightforward setup. Read The Full Story

Slate 2 resurrects HP’s tablet dreams with Windows 7, on sale this month

Michael Crider, Nov 2nd 2011 Discuss [11]

HP's original Slate 500 was a highly anticipated tablet that failed to make a splash, but found itself a loyal group of followers. Now months after the TouchPad's sadly curtailed run, HP is returning to its Windows stomping grounds with the Slate 2, a refreshed model with some tweaks more appropriate for touch and pen-based input. The new Slate will improve on the first with six hours of quoted battery life - a 300% increase. Read The Full Story