August 22nd, 2011 by lhaas                              

H-P Explores Quitting Computers as Profits Slide

Big changes ahead at H-P, including plans to exit the tablet and mobile phone market and re-position webOS:

Hewlett-Packard Co., the world’s largest personal-computer maker, is exploring a spinoff of its PC business, an about-face that highlights how growth has pivoted from the computers that so long ruled the industry toward software and mobile [...]

March 15th, 2011 by lhaas                              

HP planning to put WebOS on every PC it ships in 2012

HP plans to expand the scope of WebOS beyond mobile devices in order to  attract more developers:

It’s not likely that WebOS will supplant existing operating systems on PCs, but rather would run on top of Windows to be able to launch WebOS apps. HP had previously announced its plans to push WebOS [...]

February 16th, 2011 by lhaas                              

HP donates a hefty server to homebrew WebOS Internals Group | PreCentral.net

Wow, embrace the homebrew crowd. What a refreshing approach to lawsuits, dcma takedowns and an ever escalating cat and mouse game for the ability to control the device they bought (a.k.a. root access)!

There was a piece of news that didn’t happen to get mentioned at last night’s developer event. HP has made [...]

April 30th, 2010 by teull                              

HP to buy Palm and “double down” on WebOS

As Lee mentioned in an earlier post, Palm seeking a buyer is interesting for the mobile market. Palm was clearly dying and would have lost all relevance without a new owner and investment -better strategy will be needed too because history has shown that good tech does not always win, or even necessarily [...]