HP keeps promising that it has plans for webOS but those plans are going to have to be pretty minimal at this point. The key members of the HP Enyo team who work on webOS’s HTML5 technology has packed up and left for Google, The Verge reported late Thursday. HP took webOS open-source when it released Enyo

Just less than a year ago, the tech world was infected with an outbreak of TouchPad fever. HP’s floundering attempt to bring webOS into the tablet arena saw a brief resurrection after the company placed the slab on fire sale status, dropping its price to $99. There’s something about a deal that’s hard to resist, because

Oracle, a company that specializes in enterprise software products — particularly database management systems — once considered entering the smartphone market to compete directly with Android. In fact, according to the company’s CEO, Larry Ellison, Oracle at one point contemplated the purchase of Research In Motion or Palm, but ultimately decided it was a “bad

HP on Tuesday announced that it was releasing additional developer tools for its Open webOS project. The company released a new mobile web browser called Isis, which is built on QtWebkit — a technology that was first open sourced by Nokia — and supports both CSS3 and HTML5. “We’ve benchmarked the new Isis webOS browser

After failing to find a buyer for Palm’s assets, HP begrudgingly announced that webOS would be an open affair. With the dust finally settled, HP CEO Meg Whitman saw fit to reveal details about her feelings towards webOS’ future, explaining how HP has a clear vision for the beset operating system. In addition, Whitman audaciously

Jon Rubinstein, the former CEO of Palm, has fulfilled his duties to HP and has made his way out the door. When Hewlett-Packard purchased Palm in 2010, they got Jon Rubinstein, the CEO of the company at the time, in the deal.  His agreement with HP was for 12 to 24-months, and according to a brief

The official open-sourcing of webOS began today with the release of Enyo 2.0 to developers. Along with today’s release, HP also detailed a nine-month roadmap culminating in the full release of Open webOS 1.0 this September. The full details are available on the HP webOS Developer Blog. Enyo, the javascript-based application framework at the core of webOS

Jon R is back to tackle more questions and queries from Buffalo readers, viewers and fans! In this episode, Jon provides yet another “long winded” answer to a rather long winded question about BlackBerry, QNX, WebOS, Android, and almost everything in between. Jon also provides his thoughts on the upcoming Wii U and more! Should

It might be surprising to some, but even though HP has opted to put webOS out to the open source pasture, the company still plans to support the software, and to do that, someone has to be in charge of it. HP named HP Names Bill Veghte as its new Chief Strategy Officer today. Included

Despite announcing the death of its webOS hardware back in August, 2011, HP is still rolling out updates for its failed TouchPad tablet. The latest release, webOS version 3.0.5, introduces a number of new features and a list of tweaks that will undoubtedly be welcomed with open arms by TouchPad users. After installing the 3.0.5

As 2011 ticks that last digit over, it’s natural to take a moment and reflect. It’s perhaps the only time when being a bit sentimental isn’t corny or cheesy, but expected, especially after a year that made us laugh, scream, cry or cheer. At various times, we’ve had our worlds rocked, our breath taken away,

After dragging its feet for the better part of 2011, HP finally decided to make webOS an open affair rather than kill it off altogether. Newly released information is shedding light on what may have happened during this period of darkness, revealing HP to be quite reluctant to lose out on its initial investment. According

Interesting things have been happening in the smartphone technosphere this year. Android, once the young upstart, is now a juggernaut with an army of devices stomping all over the mobile scene. Although Apple‘s iPhone is still the one to beat, the company seems more interested in suing everyone than refreshing its stale, gridded UI. Meanwhile, BlackBerry (RIM) is

HP is looking to get rid of its remaining stock of TouchPads tonight on eBay. The company will be selling the 16GB version of the tablet for $99 and the 32GB version for $149, starting at 6pm. Each customer is restricted to buying two tablets, each TouchPad comes with a 90-day warranty, and all sales

After what seemed like an endless stream of delays, HP has finally decided the fate of the webOS platform. While we had many promised decision dates on the Palm-developed operating system, newly installed HP CEO Meg Whitman announced today via press release that the company was going to contribute the operating system to the open

It looks like HP is holding round two of its $99 TouchPad fire sale starting Sunday, December 11 at 6:00 pm CST. Cue “The Final Countdown” by Europe, because these may be the last batch we’ll ever see. The sale will be held through HP’s eBay store (where else? Meg Whitman was former CEO of the online

The Latest and Greatest and Doomed to 3rd Place Another day, another pocket-altering mobile platform that’s more likely to wither on the vine than ever see its true potential. No, Meg Whitman, I’m not talking to you (cf, Carly Simon to James Taylor). webOS‘ time has come and gone; Windows Phone 7 is the new

I still feel a little sorry for HP’s webOS devices after they were discontinued earlier this year. Despite their terrific operating system, the device’s weren’t at all popular until they were significantly reduced to as little as $99 in a fire sale shortly after their death. With the 10-inch TouchPad no more, then, it was inevitable that

HP CEO Meg Whitman said earlier this week she needs another two weeks to figure out what to do with webOS, the reigning “I coulda been a contender!” of the mobile computing world. In the short span of a year HP went from investing billions in the platform to deciding to kill it off entirely

Still wondering what’s going to happen with HP’s webOS operating system? Yeah, so are we. Fortunately we don’t have long to wait now before the company officially announces its decision on the future of the mobile platform. HP’s recently appointed CEO Meg Whitman revealed in an interview with French newspaper Le Figaro that all will

A common point of contention between fans of Android and iOS is that of market share. The contention seems to arise when analyzing Android’s grasp on the market, and the large margins that it has maintained over Apple’s OS. As a result of the constant bickering, we might even occasionally forget that Apple and Google

While this shouldn’t come as a huge surprise to anyone, it appears that HP is potentially weighing its options in regards to selling off webOS. In a report from Reuters, it is said that HP is working with Bank of America Merrill Lynch to see if there is a potential buyer out there for the beleaguered

Loyal HP followers can rest easy: After a painstaking evaluation, and a look into alternatives, HP announced today that it plans to keep its Personal Systems Group (PSG) as part of the company. CEO Meg Whitman abandoned the proposal made by HP’s former CEO Leo Apotheker after the company conducted a strategic review, saying that

Now that Sony has gotten total control over Sony Ericsson, what will it do next? Dump any and all featurephone initiatives, says Sony prez and CEO Sir Howard Stringer. The focus from here on out, he says, will be on smartphones. The logical assumption would be that Sony Ericsson will be all “Android ahoy!” since

Despite killing of its webOS hardware earlier this year, HP has surprisingly issued a webOS software update for its TouchPad tablet, which introduces a number of excellent new features. Accompanying the update is a blog post from HP’s Jon Zilber that details the latest improvements to webOS: In addition to new features, you’ll also experience better