News Byte
Lauren Goode in Commerce on January 27 at 9:08 am PT
It’s been called the
tablet that just won’t die: After refurbished Hewlett-Packard TouchPads became available for a discount on Woot.com, the 16 gigabyte model — which was being sold for $169.99 — is apparently sold out again,
The Verge writes. Earlier this week, HP
published a road map for open source development on webOS, the mobile operating system behind the TouchPad, six weeks after the company first
said it was opening up the OS to the developer community.
Lauren Goode in Commerce on December 29, 2011 at 9:30 am PT
While many are offering their tech predictions for 2012, we thought we’d take a moment to remember those that have gone to the tech-product graveyard.
Lauren Goode in Commerce on December 26, 2011 at 10:44 am PT
Once a hot resale item following its fast demise, the HP TouchPad isn’t flying off virtual shelves anymore.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on December 21, 2011 at 6:04 pm PT
Important new products and services—including Ultrabooks, cloud computing and Android devices—raised questions and anticipation for the year ahead.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 11, 2011 at 1:22 pm PT
HP will sell its remaining TouchPads on eBay beginning at 4 pm PT on Sunday. Prices start at $99, so the fire sale probably won’t last long.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 9, 2011 at 12:47 pm PT
HP CEO Meg Whitman and director Marc Andreessen talk about the commitment HP plans to make to its new open source project.
Lauren Goode in News on December 5, 2011 at 9:24 am PT
While it wasn’t as short-lived as the HP TouchPad, Dell’s Streak didn’t have much of a run: The company has stopped selling its 7-inch tablet online months after killing the 5-inch version.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 30, 2011 at 4:25 am PT
In an interview with a French newspaper, HP’s CEO says a final decision on what to do with the webOS software business will come before Christmas.
Ina Fried in News on November 22, 2011 at 9:42 am PT
A new study shows that just 1.2 million non-Apple tablets were sold at U.S. retail stores during the first 10 months of 2011. And the biggest share of those were due to HP’s TouchPad fire sale.
