HP's TouchPad was an OK product according to reviews, but it lived a very short product life because consumers showed a hearty appetite for Apple's tablet-leading iPad. Now, many are asking if Apple's iPad will ever have a worthy competitor. At the moment, however, there's no competitor on the horizon ready to challenge the iPad.
HP rebounded a bit on Wall Street Monday as company executives including CEO Leo Apotheker went on a global mission to explain to major investors why the company is drastically changing its mission. Apotheker flew to London to begin selling his new vision of the company and other company leaders, including CFO Cathie Lesjak and Chairman Ray Lane made dozens of calls to answers questions about HP's new and controversial strategy.
Could HP sell webOS to another maker? Or license it to a rival?
Hewlett-Packard is dumping its TouchPad tablet just shy of 50 days after its anticipated introduction, and while the fire sale price of $99 might be tempting, there are a few things to consider before snatching one up.
Apple is leveraging a common user experience across its entire iOS ecosystem (iPod, iPhone & iPad) into significant product, branding and quality advantages.
Apple's tight-lipped approach towards its iPhone 5 release has fueled rumors on its release date and specs that will define the next step in the iPhone's evolution.
Harvey Norman, exclusive retailer of HP TouchPad in Australia, has decided to pull the device from shelves, expediting the liquidation of HP's tablet computer from the market barely weeks after its launch.
HP is pulling the plug on its TouchPad tablet after just over a month of existence, devastating the hopes of many for a viable iPad competitor, but there is a silver lining in the untimely demise.
There are many losers in HP's TouchPad fire sale. Here are the biggest losers.
Apple will kick off the trial production of iPad 3, the next generation model of its best-selling tablet iPad in October and is gearing up for a full-fledged launch in early 2012. But what features will it boast of?
Apple might start manufacturing the next generation iPad from October in cooperation with its Asian component suppliers and assemblers in order to release the tablet early next year, an anonymous source told WSJ.
Though Cisco's Cius tablet, created for the enterprise combining voice, video, collaboration and virtualization capabilities in a single portable device, may finally end up as a doctor's device than supporting any generic usage.
With a $99 price tag, Hewlett-Packard's WebOS TouchPad joined Dell Streak 5 in the tablet graveyard after just seven weeks on shelves, and given the weak sales of many other players, it looks like similar deaths are bound to follow.
Fusion Garage unveiled its 10-inch Grid 10 tablet on Monday which was presented as an alternative to Apple's and Google's hold on the tablet market.
HP is 'reinventing' itself, shedding its PC division and the division responsible for its TouchPad tablet -- the would-be iPad contender -- but that means it can now be yours for $99. So should you run out and get one?
After missing earnings by a long-shot and announcing the divestiture of its webOS smartphone and tablet business, HP is now slashing the prices of its TouchPad tablet. But is it even worth $99?
About 27,000 South Koreans who use Apple's iPhone have joined a class-action lawsuit against the manufacturer in local court. The lawsuit claims Apple is invading their privacy because the iPhone collects and stores location data without their consent.
HP is killing its TouchPad, intended to compete with Apple's iPad. HP said it will no longer support the TouchPad, focusing in other areas.
Hewlett-Packard no longer likes the PC business, but investors aren't liking HP at the moment on that news. One day after HP said it is considering shedding its PC unit, which currently comprises 30 percent of company sales, investors shed the company's stock, sending HP shares plunging to near six-year lows.
The Korean language Web site Electronic Times has reported that Google is readying a killer smartphone, third-generation Nexus Prime, that would give Apple iPhone 5 a run for its money if it is launched in October.
Hearing on Microsoft’s claims that the Google’s Android run devices infringed on its patents will begin at the U.S. International Trade Commission will begin on Monday.
The new update offers improved bug fixes.