Ex-Palm CEO and current webOS lead at HP, Jon Rubinstein, has fired out an internal email of support to the TouchPad and webOS 3.0 teams at the company, urging them to keep faith in the product and platform despite mediocre day-one reviews. In the letter, leaked to PreCentral, Rubinstein cites early reviews of Mac OS X in which critics labeled it "sluggish" and derided its lack of apps, going on to say that "similarities to our situation are obvious."
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HP’s Rubinstein addresses TouchPad reviews; Compares webOS to early OS X feedback
HP: Enterprise, not iPad, our TouchPad target
HP has dismissed criticisms of its TouchPad tablet – which SlashGear reviewed earlier this week – suggesting that incoming webOS updates will smooth out any rough edges and that, rather than taking on the iPad 2 in the consumer market, the company’s main target is business users. “We think there’s a better opportunity for us to go after the enterprise space and those consumers that use PCs” HP VP of worldwide developer relations Richard Kerris told The Loop, going on to point out that the tablet segment is still far from saturated.
HP TouchPad official pricing and launch date for UK confirmed
Vince reviewed the HP TouchPad today and in the end, he figures the hardware in the tablet is uninspiring. That seems to be a recurring theme with many of the tablets that hit the market recently. I bet a lot of people hoping that HP would knock it out of the park are disappointed today. We also posted up our review of WebOS and found that it was actually pretty good, just hampered by the hardware inside the TouchPad.
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HP confirms webOS licensing talks; Samsung tipped as suitor
HP is currently in talks over licensing the webOS mobile operating system, CEO Leo Apotheker has confirmed, and while there’s no official word on which companies may be interested, sources suggest Samsung has been present at the negotiating table. Apotheker revealed that “a number of companies have expressed interest” in an interview in Beijing, Bloomberg reports, but insisted that despite HP recently slashing its sales forecast by a whopping $1bn “there is no time pressure to do this.”
HP Offers $50 TouchPad Mail-In Rebate For Pre And Pixi Owners
HP may be trying to make up for the upset they caused when they denied over-the-air updates for customers of older Pre, Pre Plus, Pixi, and Pixi Plus phones. Back in February when the company introduced webOS 3.0, they confirmed that phones older than the Pre 3 could not be upgraded. So now, it appears as a form of apology, HP is offering Pre and Pixi owners a special $50 mail-in rebate on the upcoming HP TouchPad tablet.
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HP Touchpad 7-Inch Version To Ship August?
The HP TouchPad was officially announced back in February to the delight of webOS fans. The 9.7-inch slate would be the company’s first entry into the tablet market and would also bring with it a new webOS 3.0. Pre-orders for the tablet have already begun with a ship date set for July 1, and now a smaller 7-inch version may be taxiing on the runway for an August release.
HP webOS Pivot for TouchPad is in-house digital app mag
HP has announced webOS Pivot for the HP TouchPad, a monthly digital magazine intended to promote webOS 3.0 app discovery. Set to go live alongside the TouchPad's retail launch on July 1, webOS Pivot will be automatically updated on the slate every month and include editorials, columns on digital lifestyle and culture, and of course suggestions on apps users may want to try out.
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HP TouchPad lands for pre-order starting at $500
If you want a tablet but aren't interested in the iPad 2 and don’t want anything with Android on it, one of the few other options that will be coming soon is a WebOS tablet. Whether or not HP TouchPad tablet ends up being worth the money remains to be seen. It is the first tablet to run WebOS and we already know almost all there is to know about the device. This time last week, the TouchPad landed on video giving us an idea of how well it works in the wild.
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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 25 2011
Happy Father's Day to all the geek dads out there! Welcome to this week's edition of the SlashGear Week in Review! Panasonic confirmed a new GF series camera early in the week with a new GF3 for novices and a pro version coming. These little cameras have interchangeable lenses and are sized more like a point and shoot than a DSLR.
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HP Pre 3 Tipped For Verizon And AT&T In July
The HP Pre 3 was first unveiled back in February when we got our hands on it and generally liked what we saw. Most recently, it's been tipped that the Pre 3 will hit the UK by July 8 and now a new tip suggests that the handset will arrive stateside on Verizon and AT&T around July 21.
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Pre 3 release tipped as July 8 by UK retailer
If you are a big fan of the Palm Pre series of smartphone and want the latest that HP and Palm have to offer the Pre 3 has been tipped to ship on July 8 by UK retailer Play.com. The smartphone can be pre-ordered right now and the SIM free, unlocked price of the Palm 3 is £349.99 with shipping included. The Pre 3 runs WebOS 2.2 and has decent specifications.
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So You Want A Tablet?
Scan the headlines, and you’d be forgiven for thinking that everybody had a tablet these days. The iPad broke the market open, and since that point we’ve seen a torrent of rivals each trying to take the touchscreen crown. It’s a tricky segment to judge, and even harder if you’re trying to take your first steps into tableteering. Get up to speed with your options – and advice on which slate to select – after the cut!
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