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iPad to reign tablet supreme through 2015 predicts Gartner

, Apr 11th 2011 Discuss [8]

Market researchers Gartner are predicting that, despite the growing competition from Android Honeycomb and other platforms, Apple's iPad will continue to dominate the "media tablet" ecosystem through 2015. The company estimates that Apple will still own over 47-percent of worldwide market share by 2015, with Android holding over 38-percent. Read The Full Story

HP all-touch webOS “Stingray” leaks alongside Verizon Pre3

, Apr 6th 2011 Discuss [4]

webOS news this morning, with two leaked devices seemingly confirming that HP has a keyboard-free handset in the works, as well as that the Pre3 is most likely headed to Verizon. PreCentral's tipster sent them a couple of shots to tease the imagination; firstly what's rumored to be the HP Stingray, described as "an EVO with webOS." Read The Full Story

Forget apps, Apple’s core iPad 2 experience needs to grow up

, Apr 4th 2011 Discuss [75]

Shiny shiny, shiny Apple iPad; whiplash tablet in the dark. Forgive the Velvet Underground, but sometimes it really does feel like being a masochist would make the iOS user experience easier to stomach. Yes, Apple’s App Store may be the most bulging around, offering hundreds of thousands to titles whether you want to turn your iPad 2 into a recording studio, games machine or digital recipe book. Problem is, there’s still no way to turn the iPad into a proper, multi-user, family tablet.

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HP Unleashes WebOS 3.0 Beta SDK For TouchPad App Development

, Mar 30th 2011 Discuss [0]

If you're interested in developing apps for the HP TouchPad, now's the time to get on board with HP. At the WebOS CONNECT event in London today, HP announced that they are releasing the WebOS 3.0 Beta SDK to their Early Access developers. Read The Full Story

HP exec slaps Apple for “absurd” philosophy toward partners

, Mar 29th 2011 Discuss [36]

We've always been told that it's better to talk up your abilities than criticize those of your rivals, but it seems HP couldn't bottle up its Apple resentment any longer. HP exec Stephen DeWitt told CRN that Apple's poor commitment to its partners is their biggest weakness, describing its philosophy as "absurd" and suggesting that HP would be looking to create the equivalent of an "Elite" line in its webOS-based mobility products. Read The Full Story

HP Reveals Plans To Focus On Cloud, Connectivity, And Software

, Mar 14th 2011 Discuss [2]

At a summit today in San Francisco, HP's CEO Leo Apotheker gave his first keynote since taking office to discuss the company's future strategy. HP is expanding beyond its PC and printer business with plans to focus more on cloud computing, connectivity, and software. Read The Full Story

MeeGo OS Concept For Tablets

, Mar 14th 2011 Discuss [2]

With the Nokia and Microsoft partnership, the once promising MeeGo OS has been relegated to research and development status with very little chance of ever becoming a mainstream platform. However, that doesn't stop developers from continuing to think up new UI concepts for the OS such as the one shown below, designed by Jozef Kocúr. Read The Full Story

HP Touchpad priced/dated; 7-inch webOS Opal incoming, plus 4 Honeycomb 10-inchers

, Mar 14th 2011 Discuss [2]

The HP Touchpad and a new 7-inch webOS tablet codenamed HP Opal are among multiple incoming slates included in a new retailer roadmap leak. According to the document, acquired by PreCentral, the Touchpad will drop in June priced between $499 for the 16GB model and $599 for the 32GB version. Read The Full Story

webOS on every HP PC from 2012, as firm seeks its “lost soul”

, Mar 9th 2011 Discuss [0]

"HP has lost its soul" CEO Leo Apotheker has admitted, continuing the new exec's self-flagellatory tour as he attempts to make the lumbering PC manufacturer more competitive. After confessing that HP innovation "takes too long to get to market" last month, Apotheker told Businessweek that he would look to webOS to refresh the company's PCs. As of 2012, every HP PC shipped "will include the ability to run webOS in addition to Windows." Read The Full Story

HP Touchpad caught in wild with SIM slot on show [Video]

, Mar 7th 2011 Discuss [0]

HP's webOS Touchpad tablet has escaped into the wild, flaunting its SIM card slot and frolicking with a first-gen iPad. Vietnamese site Tinhte scored the prototype, which hasn't yet been shown functioning, and dug around in its edge-mounted SIM reader. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

HP sees “uncanny similarities” between Touchpad and PlayBook UI; RIM blames “optimization”

, Mar 2nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Maybe it's the fast-approaching iPad 2 making them cranky, but HP and RIM have taken time out of their busy schedules for a little back-and-forth over tablet UI design and the settling point of inspiration. HP kicked things off, telling LaptopMag that "from what we've seen in the market, there are some uncanny similarities" between the webOS UI on the HP Touchpad and the QNX interface on the BlackBerry PlayBook. Read The Full Story

Palm Pre Plus webOS 2.1 update already up and running on French phone

, Feb 22nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Well, that didn't take long. O2 Germany only began pushing out the webOS 2.1.0 update for Palm Pre Plus handsets a few hours ago - complete with the stern warning that it was for the German model and no other - and already a doctored version is up and running on other models. Olivier Charavel got webOS 2.1.0 on his French Pre Plus, and the best news is that it grants the smartphone with a new lease of life. Read The Full Story
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