Although this doesn’t come as a surprise, it’s still depressing. According to AllThingsD, HP will be cutting 500 jobs at the webOS department. Now that the TouchPad, Pre 3 and the small group of webOS devices that made it to market will be their last. HP has announced their intentions to continue supporting existing webOS customers. Unfortunately, that won’t require an entire development staff. Sad news, indeed! More »

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Microsoft doesn’t seem too unhappy once HP announced the termination of its webOS products. The company took advantage by offering free phones and training to webOS developers. Twenty-two hours after HP’s announcement, over 500 developers expressed interest in joining Windows Phone development team. More »

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Brandon Watson from Microsoft has recently tweeted that they are needing WebOS developers for their Windows Phone. More »

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With the earlier indication of how bad HP’s webOS was doing…it seems like it was actually much worse. Enough for HP to announce today that they would abruptly pull their entire webOS efforts. Dead, just like that. More »

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HP is the company who make PC’s that run on Windows, but everyone knows that. However what if they start something which has something other than Windows on them? More »

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Hewlett-Packard’s CEO Leo Apotheker has recently revealed their plans to bring the mobile WebOS to every desktop PC or laptop as well. They will dual-boot WebOS with Windows on every computer that ships before 2012. More »

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Hewlett Packard has recently filed for ‘HP Touchpad‘ trademark for a variety of products including tablet computers, thus it is assumed to be the name for the upcoming webOS tablet. The filing is described broadly as computer hardware, such as memory cards, computer hardware for telecommunications, computer monitors, smartphones, portable computers, etc. More »

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It has been promised by HP that webOS netbook will go along with smartphones and slates. We can now add netbooks to the list of form factors for Palm’s famed OS. More »

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There are just so many tablets coming out these days that it seems so hard to keep up on them, but if you are keeping score at home here is the latest news on HP’s webOS tablet. There has been talk about the “PalmPad” being released in the beginning of 2011, according to Todd Bradley the plan is still on. More »

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5. Major Xbox 360 news –the Halo Reach bundle is $399, new slim console with 4Gb storage $199, and Kinect with console package for $299. More »

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Rising from the ashes of apparent cancellation is the Windows 7 HP slate, which is now confirmed for autumn release but will be repackaged for enterprise instead of the consumer market. The PalmPad, running webOS is also in the pipeline. More »

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When HP bought out Palm, it signaled the end of the 8.9-inch HP Slate that was based on Windows 7. HP realized that a successful tablet had to follow the iPad, and that means running an operating system, which is more appropriate. More »

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It has been a long and painful journey, but Adobe has finally given Flash 10.1 to its mobile platform partners using the following operating systems: “Android, BlackBerry, webOS, Windows Phone 7 Series, LiMo, MeeGo and Symbian.” Flash 10.1 on Android requires 2.2 FroYo, which is unofficially available for Google’s Nexus One and will be run on many Android smartphones by Q4 of this year. Adobe had kept its supporters waiting, but now the “F” ball is in their courts. Let the hunt for crashes, bugs, and security holes begin. The iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch will be spared from Flash 10.1’s havoc. More »

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Although HP’s Slate has glaring shortcomings - 1024×600 screen, Atom processor - quite a few people have been looking forward to it as an iPad alternative. It now looks like HP is canceling the Windows 7 Slate and may forgo using Intel processors for all future tablets. More »

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HP finally emerged from the Palm sweepstakes and paid $1.2 billion for the buy-out. According to the press release, Jon Rubinstein and many of the key executives will remain in position after the HP takeover, and Engadget states that Palm’s hardware roadmap remains unchanged for the present. What we will see in the short term are HP branded phones, with webOS netbooks and tablets probably appearing next year. More »

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