Tag: WebOS

HP (re)enters the smartphone and tablet market

HP launches a new tablet and two new smartphones all running WebOS Hewlett Packard (HP) have had phones for a long time, trouble was they were all Windows phones and while the iPaqs were good phones they didn’t sell too well, apart from on Expansys. They also didn’t have too much luck with tablets either,…

Mobile developers are switching to tablet apps over Android

Tablets – particularly iPad tablets – are hot property with mobile developers according to the Appcelerator Mobile Developer Report, and the desire to get a iPad app out has put developers off developing for Android. Appcelerator and IDC surveyed 2,235 Appcelerator Titanium developers from January 10-12, 2011 on perceptions surrounding mobile OS priorities, feature priorities,…

HP to launch WebOS phones in early 2011

Reuters news agency has a report that Hewlett-Packard (HP) will introduce smartphones in early 2011 using webOS HP acquired Palm earlier this year for $1.2 billion (£754 million) and has always maintained that they would continue to support the OS. HP has had Windows based smartphones for some years and although the phones have been…

HP Tablet out in 2011

HP have confirmed their webOS tablet for early 2011. Hewlett-Packard confirmed it will release a webOS-based tablet early next year, adding another forthcoming entrant to the growing tablet market and yet another contender for Apple’s iPad. While HP has indicated in the past that a tablet product based on Palm’s operating system was in the…