HP Considers Licensing WebOS, Tries to Gain Ground

Release Date 3 Jun, 2011 in Mobiledia

Hewlett-Packard Plans $3 Billion Stock Buyback This Quarter Bloomberg - Aaron Ricadela - 3 Jun, 2011 Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) Chief Executive Officer Leo Apotheker said the computer maker plans to buy back $3 billion of its stock this quarter, part of an effort to boost returns for shareholders amid a ...
H-P to buy back at least $3 bln in stock, says CEO MarketWatch - Roger Cheng - 3 Jun, 2011 NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. /quotes/comstock/13!hpq HPQ -0.56% Chief Executive Leo Apotheker said the company plans to buy at least $3 billion of its stock in the third quarter. "The stock looks cheap," he said. ...*
Would Licensing webOS Help Or Hurt HP? InformationWeek - Eric Zeman - 3 Jun, 2011 HP also plans to add webOS to printers, laptops, and other devices, which might let the company collect the critical mass it needs to compete with the big boys. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek Both HP CEO Leo Apotheker and Jon Rubinstein, the former CEO ...
	Is Léo Apotheker the right man for HP? MarketWatch - Therese Poletti - 3 Jun, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) �" The honeymoon for Hewlett-Packard Co.'s chief executive Léo Apotheker has come to an abrupt end �" if there ever was one to begin with. In recent weeks the technology giant has surprised ...
Third-Party Devices, Easy App Development Could Lift webOS PCWorld - Robert Dutt - 3 Jun, 2011 HP CEO Léo Apotheker made it clear that his won't be the only company to offer smartphones, tablets and other devices based on the webOS platform it acquired when it purchased Palm last year. Speaking at All Things D's D9 ...
HP CEO says open to licensing WebOS software Reuters - Poornima Gupta, Sarah McBride - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎ PALOS VERDES, Calif./SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co sees the WebOS software it acquired from Palm running devices besides its own and is open to licensing the operating system, Chief Executive Leo Apotheker said. "I happen to believe that ...
HP seeks bigger role in software Financial Times - Joseph Menn - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎ Hewlett-Packard pledged to become a much bigger force in software, as the group said it would look beyond its traditional close partners Microsoft and Intel, and become more of an integrated supplier ...
Rubinstein Opens Door to Licensing WebOS PCWorld - Nancy Gohring - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎ HP is open to licensing the WebOS operating system, but only to very select companies, an executive said on Wednesday. "HP is more than willing to partner with one or two special companies," said Jon Rubinstein, ...
HP sets sights on rivals with webOS software Newsday (subscription) - Ryan Nakashima - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎ (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. will soon include its webOS system for smartphones on all its PCs, upcoming tablet computer and higher-end printers, putting it in competition with operating software from Apple, ...
	HP prepared to license webOS: CEO AFP - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎ RANCHO PALOS VERDES, California �" Hewlett-Packard chief executive Leo Apotheker said Wednesday that the US computer giant is prepared to license the webOS operating system of newly acquired Palm to other companies. "I happen to believe that webOS is a ...
HP has big plans for webOS San Jose Mercury News - Troy Wolverton - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎ Hewlett-Packard CEO, Leo Apotheker talks about his vision and strategy for his company during press conference at the W Hotel in San Francisco on March 14, 2011. (Gary Reyes /Mercury News) RANCHO PALO VERDES -- Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) ...
Can HP Release a Perfect TouchPad? PC Magazine - Lance Ulanoff - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎ HP CEO Leo Apotheker has a vision for WebOS and the TouchPad that goes beyond pure Apple iPad competition. By Lance Ulanoff HP chief executive Leo Apotheker has one simple rule for his company's forthcoming TouchPad: be perfect. ...
HP boss sets sights on rivals with webOS Newsday (subscription) - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎ By AP (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Leo Apotheker put rival operating systems makers in his cross-hairs Wednesday, saying the giant computer maker will soon put its webOS system on more than 100 million devices a year and license it to other hardware ...
WebOS: Coming to a Non-HP Device Near You? PCWorld - Harry McCracken - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎ HP isn't interested in licensing WebOS...but may work with "one or two special companies." By Harry McCracken, Technologizer Here at Qualcomm's Uplinq conference, reporter Kevin Maney is interviewing Jon Rubinstein, former head of Palm and now the guy ...
	H-P's Rubinstein sees strong future in mobile MarketWatch - Dan Gallagher - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎ SAN DIEGO (MarketWatch) �" Jon Rubinstein, head of Hewlett-Packard's Palm unit, said Wednesday that the mobile device market is still in its early stages and has plenty of opportunity for the company's slate of smartphones ...
Hewlett-Packard Plans To Aggressively Push WebOS Wall Street Journal - Ian Sherr - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎ RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (Dow Jones)--Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) will aggressively market its WebOS operating system to other hardware manufacturers, part of a strategy to push the highly regarded operating system ...
	HP CEO: We might license WebOS CNET - Erica Ogg - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎ During an interview at the D9 conference today, Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker dropped a mini-bombshell: HP would consider licensing its mobile operating system, WebOS, to other hardware makers. I happen to believe that WebOS is a ...
	HP boss Apotheker: It's good to be humongous CNET - Rafe Needleman - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎ At the D9 conference, Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker defended the tech giant's size compared with smaller companies (all tech companies are smaller) by highlighting HP's capability to provide integrated and complete solutions, ...
D9: HP's Apotheker on WebOS, Microsoft and Apple's approach The Seattle Times (blog) - Brier Dudley - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎ RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. -- Seven months after becoming chief executive of the world's largest computer maker, Leo Apotheker came on stage with Walt Mossberg at All Things D and clarified that HP doesn't just make computers. ...
D9: HP CEO Apotheker Live! Forbes (blog) - Eric Savitz - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎ Next up at the D: All Things Digital conference, Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker, interviewed on stage by Walt Mossberg. Here some of the highlights from their conversation. Mossberg says HP is a large company �" the single largest tech ...
	HP to license webOS to other manufacturers? Mobot.net (blog) - 3 Jun, 2011 In the eternal conflict for mobile OS mastery, plucky webOS is increasingly looking to be fighting a losing battle against the likes of Android, iOS and Windows Phone 7. But HP is considering an interesting move to try and turn the tables on its ...
	HP Makes Bid for Mobile Eco-System: WebOS May Be Licensed by Others. X-bit Labs - Anton Shilov - 3 Jun, 2011 Hewlett-Packard wants its webOS to compete head-to-head against Google Android, Microsoft Windows Phones, the head of the company claims. Apparently, HP does not want to fight against proprietary Apple iOS alone too. ...
HP seeks broad licensing base for webOS Rethink Wireless - Caroline Gabriel - 3 Jun, 2011 The next frontier in the mobile operating system wars is stripping the cumbersome OS down to its basics and extending it to any device that accesses the cloud. This is the goal of Intel MeeGo and the more extreme Google Chrome OS, ...
HP open to license WebOS to mobile makers Shanzai.com (blog) - 3 Jun, 2011 “It's a great OS �" why wouldn't we want to offer it to other companies?” said Leo Apotheker, CEO of Hewlett Packard, of WebOS at the All Things D's D9 conference. So who are potential WebOS customers? Appliance makers, small to medium businesses, ...
HP open to licensing WebOS Afterdawn.com - James Delahunty - 3 Jun, 2011 When Hewlett-Packard Co acquired Palm, one of the biggest factors in that decision was the WebOS rights. The mobile operating system has been repeatedly praised for what it offers to the market, and its acquisition by HP gave the consumer electronics ...
Microsoft's Windows 8 Could Have HP WebOS Competitor eWeek - Nicholas Kolakowski - 3 Jun, 2011 HP plans on porting its webOS onto other manufacturer's devices, setting the stage for a 2012 conflict between it and Microsoft's Windows 8. Just as Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) unveils an early look at Windows 8, its next-generation operating system, ...
	HP Considers Licensing WebOS, Tries to Gain Ground Mobiledia - Peter Ferenczi - 3 Jun, 2011 HP chief executive Leo Apotheker revealed that it is interested in licensing WebOS to other companies, in a move that could increase the OS's profile and challenge Google and Microsoft. ...
	HP Will License WebOS to Other Companies Bright Side of News* (blog) - John Oram - 3 Jun, 2011 At Wall Street Journal's AllThingsD conference this week, HP CEO Leo Apotheker said, "I happen to believe that WebOS is a uniquely outstanding operating system. It's not correct to believe that it should only be on HP devices. ...
	HP to open WebOS, directly compete with Android and Windows Digitaltrends.com - Jeffrey Van Camp - 3 Jun, 2011 HP's CEO Leo Apotheker revealed that WebOS may become a licensed platform like Android or Windows. There are currently two kinds of operating systems: those like Apple's iOS, which only runs on proprietary devices built by one company, and software ...
HP Wants To License webOS To 'Special' Partners NewsFactor Network - Adam Dickter - 3 Jun, 2011 Palm's webOS will be installed on new printers, computers and a tablet from Hewlett-Packard, but HP also wants to license it to "special" partners. HP CEO Leo Apotheker said webOS will "run on lots of HP devices," and he regrets not ...