Galaxy Nexus vs Nexus 4 – Clear Winners, Losers
Google’s current Nexus smartphone strategy has created an interesting quandary. In many ways, the old Galaxy Nexus trumps Nexus 4, and in many ways, Nexus 4 trumps Galaxy Nexus. We explain why, how, and what you should buy.
Editorial: HP’s Old webOS Device Support Statement is Stupid, Confusing, Just Not Surprising
HP’s statements on how older webOS devices will be handled by Open webOS is as confusing, as it is stupid. But, it’s no surprise, and it’s something we thought would happen awhile ago.
HP Makes Good on Claim it’s Hiring for Open webOS
But the news isn’t all great. Nearly all the positions appear to be critical, dire need-to-fill jobs, most appear to be due to recent departures.
Deal: 32GB Refurbished HP TouchPad – $194.99 + Shipping
Woot is currently offering the best deal on refurbished 32GB HP TouchPad tablets, which make for great Android tablets after a bit of hacking.
Report: Enyo Framework Team Leaving HP for Google
HP’s internal development team responsible for the Enyo Javascript framework may be leaving for Google with no immediate word on continuing development
HP Resumes Tablet Production, Focused on Windows 8
HP CEO Meg Whitman confirms HP resuming production of tablet hardware, with Windows 8 as its new focus after the calamity of webOS.
Giveaway: HP Fires 275 webOS Employees, We Give Away a Pre Case
HP yesterday announced plans to lay off 275 webOS team members, mostly engineers. The move comes as HP cuts costs after posting extremely poor financial numbers last quarter, and faces further financial troubles ahead of the launches of Windows 8, and an unclear future for webOS in the device market. But you don’t care about […]
HP Releases More Open webOS Components and Sets Governance Model
In a press release, HP has announced its latest webOS component release for the month in the Isis web browser which is shipped with the operating system as well as the ancillary components in Qt WebKit and the Netscape Plug-in API for third-party plugin support, such as Adobe’s now deprecated Mobile Flash plugin.
HP Releases TouchPad’s Android Debug Kernel Source Code
As we previously reported, HP was under fire by the open source community for refusing to release the source code for the Android kernel that they accidentally released for the HP TouchPad. The Android kernel was based on Qualcomm’s reference Android source code, and was used by HP internally to accelerate the release of the […]
Jon Rubenstein Leaves HP
The last vestiges of Palm have left HP, as All Things D and multiple other sources have confirmed in the last hour that the former Palm CEO and technical mastermind behind webOS has officially left HP after serving his initial commitment of 12-24 months following the acquisition by HP in 2010 after struggles in the […]