The slow scything away at the Palm Pre Plus' price continues, with Verizon pushing the webOS smartphone through a second bout of cost cuts that see it down to just $29.99 with a new, two-year contract. The cut follows an earlier discount, made last month, which saw the Pre Plus down to $49.99.
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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 18 2010
Welcome to the latest edition of the SlashGear Week in Review! This week we saw the new Blackberry Bold 9650 get official. The handset should be landing on carriers soon. The Gizmodo editor that wrote the story about the iPhone HD that was found in the bar after Gawker purchased the device had his home raided this week. California's R.E.A.C.T task force seized some of the editor's gear in the raid.
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The Daily Slash: April 29th 2010
Today, for all intents and purposes, was a big day. Maybe not as big as yesterday, but it's pretty close. Especially if you consider the two cancellations, with the HP Slate getting tossed to the side, along with Microsoft's Courier digital journal. A sad day for the tablet market, indeed. But, we move on, forward unto . . . Well, whatever it is you're heading into. Either way, welcome to the Thursday edition of the Daily Slash. In the Best of R3, we've got the LG Aloha getting a name change, iAd takes a steep turn in the price bracket, and Palm may be ready to face a class-action lawsuit. And then in the Dredge 'Net, looks like Valve finally hit a release date for Steam on the Mac, the app thing gets out of hand, and Verizon gets a new netbook.
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HP Windows 7 Tablet Gets Canceled, We Hope for webOS Tablet Instead
Apparently tonight is not a good night for tablet devices. Though, if you were to ask a few people, it may still continue to be a very good couple of days for Hewlett-Packard. After the announcement that HP had bought Palm, suggestions of an HP Slate with webOS started coming left and right. It doesn't help when HP is telling the world that tablets are definitely on the agenda. And now, word is that HP has killed the Windows 7 tablet project, better known as the HP Slate (which debuted at CES this year). Coincidence?
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Microsoft Courier Not Heading Into Production
Here's some remarkably bad news. It seems that the Microsoft Courier, the dual-screen digital journal with Tegra 2 inside, has been scrapped. According to the report from The Wall Street Journal, it seems that Microsoft executives informed the internal team working on the Courier that the project was no longer supported by Microsoft, and that it's been removed from future production. Of course, Microsoft had never officially come forward and publicly announced the Courier, but we know it existed.
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HP’s webOS tablet: why is it special?
The ink on HP’s press release was hardly dry when speculation about a webOS tablet began; by the time of their investors call, it was inevitable that they’d be peppered with questions about the possibility of Palm’s elegant OS on more sizeable hardware. For their part, beyond a tidbit promising they were looking at smartphones, slates and potential netbooks, HP are playing things close to their chest. Still, we’ve not been shy before in putting forward our opinion that webOS would make for a mighty fine tablet platform, which raises the question: exactly what needs to be done before a webOS slate could come true?
HP’s Palm buyout prompts shareholder legal investigations
Elevation Partners have made a little money on the Palm deal, and Palm shareholders have seen a return rather than their favourite phone company sliding down the pan (and taking their shares with them), but that doesn't stop the legal vultures from swooping in. Finkelstein Thompson LLP, a frequent player in shareholder actions, has announced it's "investigating potential claims" that those invested in Palm have been short-changed by HP's $1.2bn buy-out.
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HP: Investing Heavily in webOS R&D, Looking Into Tablets
We’re still reeling from the news that Palm has just been bought by HP. It’s a bold move by both companies, but one that we’re sure is going to take off well. HP wanted to clarify their position on the purchase, along with shine a light on a few of the reasons why they thought buying the house that built webOS would be a good idea. To do that, they had Todd Bradley of HP take the reigns of a live webcast and go over some of the major points, along with some of the finer details. You can find a Q&A session after the break, which does a good job of bringing it all together.
Palm: Can you say “webOS acceleration”?
All eyes are on Palm and HP today, as a $1.2bn acquisition is announced that will see the webOS platform slot neatly into the HP fold. Of course, the big question is what will HP do, exactly, with the well-respected OS; we're likely to hear more details at the imminent HP investor call, but over at the official Palm blog they're giving what looks to be a big hint: "webOS acceleration".
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HP buy Palm for $1.2bn
In a move that frankly none of us were expecting, HP have announced that they are buying Palm for $1.2bn. Announced today, the deal will see HP produce devices using Palm’s webOS platform; current Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein is “expected” to remain with the company.
The Daily Slash: April 23rd 2010
Welcome to Friday! You made it! Don't you feel proud of yourself? We're proud of you for making it through your long, arduous, and probably ridiculously busy work week, and landing squarely right here, with us, for this edition of the Daily Slash. Tonight, in the Best of R3, we've got a pre-order option for an Android-based tablet, the life expectancy of the iPad Camera Kit accessory, and another kind of Samsung Galaxy S. In the Dredge 'Net, the police are looking into the iPhone HD/4G debacle, there's a kitchen out there that might destroy you, and even more bad news for Palm.
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HTC pull out of Palm purchase talks; only Lenovo left?
After speculation that HTC were considering picking up Palm, the company has apparently decided against a deal after realising "there just weren't enough synergies to take the deal forward." That's what a source "with direct knowledge of the matter" is saying, with the implication being that only Lenovo are now left holding clandestine negotiations.
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