The man responsible for the Palm webOS UI, Matias Duarte, has apparently jumped ship and taken a new job at Google, most likely in the search giant's Android team. That's according to AllThingsD's sources; Palm have confirmed Duarte's resignation, but neither they nor Google will confirm exactly where he's headed. As Senior Director of Human Interface and User Experience at Palm, Duarte took the lead in developing the distinctive and flexible webOS interface, one of the things many - us included - believe will make the platform so ideal for the upcoming HP webOS tablet.
Update: It's confirmed, Duarte will be Google's new "User Experience Director for Android"
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NVIDIA CEO: Tegra 2 will sweep tablets & smartphones; Moorestown “an elephant”
We've made no bones of our love of NVIDIA's second-gen Tegra chipset, and how excited we are about seeing it in upcoming tablets like the Notion Ink Adam, and unsurprisingly NVIDIA's CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, is just as keen on the SoC. He's been talking up the Tegra's potential (again) against Qualcomm's Snapdragon - "we use the right processors to do the right job" - as well as saving some particularly biting criticism for Intel's Z6xx Moorestown chips - "you could give an elephant a diet but it's still an elephant" - and even teasing a little about the possibility of a webOS tablet.
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HP: no webOS netbooks, HP Slate due October 2010
HP's confirmation that it would be putting webOS into tablets and even printers was happily received, but anyone looking forward to a webOS-based netbook should think again. According to Monty Wong, vice president of the personal computing systems group at HP Taiwan, netbooks are too like mainstream computers to make them appropriate for webOS, and as such the company has no plans to develop them. Meanwhile he also had some news on the HP Slate.
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The Daily Slash: May 20th 2010
Only 11 more days left in the month, and today marked a pretty loud, and impressive, announcement from Google. Of course, there's just 11 more days in the month, and that means June's getting closer and closer. And we all know what's coming in June. Tonight though, in typical Daily Slash fashion, we'll focus on what else happened out there today. First up, in the Best of R3, we've got a report card with some pretty impressive statistics, and Versace has a new phone out (it's "unique"). And then in the Dredge 'Net, Steve Jobs isn't a fan of WebM, the white iPhone HD looks very sleek when it's rendered, and it looks like the AT&T Pre Plus has been given an unlock.
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O2 Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus due May 28th
UK carrier O2 and Palm have announced that the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus will be arriving on the network come May 28th. The handsets - which will be the same as their US brethren, only supporting O2's UMTS/HSPA network - will be priced from free, tariff depending. Full details after the cut.
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The Daily Slash: May 18th 2010
Welcome to the latest edition of the Daily Slash. Tonight, on the eve of a relatively large convention, we've got quite a bit of news to go through. First up, in the Best of R3, it looks like Android versions are starting to get handled, and the Pixi Plus gets a release date for AT&T. And then, in the Dredge 'Net, we've got a hint at one of the things Google might announce soon, Sprint's CFO doesn't think too much of the Pre, and London wants a lot of WiFi.
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HP Promises webOS Will Appear on Slates and Web-Connected Printers
It wasn't all that long ago, so you probably remember that HP bought Palm. And, with it, there was plenty of speculation about whether or not HP would be putting webOS, the mobile platform created by Palm, on anything else other than smartphones. Like, you know, a tablet. Well, that's all been confirmed. And, on top of that, there's something like a nugget of joy included in the assertion.
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webOS gets installed on x86 laptop [Video]
We're still waiting for more news on HP's rumored Hurricane project, believed to be a tablet running Palm's webOS and tipped, by some at least, for a rushed release before the end of the year, but until then it seems the modding community aren't willing to wait. PreCentral forum member cdowers has managed to get webOS running on his Dell laptop, by loading the emulator's image onto an IDE hard-drive.
Video demo after the cut
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Palm App Catalog glitch locks out webOS users
Palm's App Catalog appears to have suffered a meltdown of sorts, with users of Palm Pre, Pixi, Pre Plus and Pixi Plus handsets reporting that after having downloaded a new title - whether paid or free - no aftermarket software will run properly. The issue remains even after fully erasing and restarting the phone; in fact, the apps are still installed even after that process is completed. However core functionality - calls, messaging and data - are all unaffected.
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HP Hurricane webOS tablet leaks continue
With HP still refusing to comment on the record about the fate of their Windows 7 slate, we're having to piece together their tablet plans from rumor, leaks and a little tantric chanting. Latest to the speculation buffet is GottaBeMobile, who have heard from "two separate and reliable sources" that the Windows 7 tablet won't be released this coming summer, as HP instead focus their efforts on rushing out a webOS based slate codenamed the HP Hurricane.
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Palm Pre Plus Arriving on AT&T May 16th with Free Touchstone Charger
Facebook is good for something, we imagine. After all, more and more companies are utilizing the social networking site to announce things. Huge things, in fact. For example, today marks the official announcement of the Palm Pre Plus for AT&T and when, for how much, and a little bit of extra goodness thrown in for good measure courtesy of AT&T's Facebook page.
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HP webOS “Hurricane” slate tipped with ambitious release rumors
HP's tablet plans are prompting numerous rumors at the moment, and as with the best speculation they're glibly ignoring what's likely in favor of what's exciting. Having heard last week that development of the Windows 7 HP slate was on hold, there's now talk of a webOS based tablet, the codenamed the HP Hurricane, which is tipped for a launch across various dates in the second half of this year.
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