Report: HP Could Shut Down webOS by November

Release Date ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ in PC Magazine

Best Buy Offers PC Plus HP TouchPad Bundle PC Magazine - ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ The saga of the HP TouchPad continued on Friday, with Best Buy announcing an upcoming bundle that will let customers snag a 32GB HP TouchPad for $149.99 with the purchase of a new PC. The deal kicks off Tuesday, November 1 for ...
fire sale CNET (blog) - ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ Hewlett-Packard sent out notices today that it is officially out of TouchPads, meaning there will be no more shipments of those popular $99 tablets. The notice says, "As you signed up for updates on the HP TouchPad, we wanted you to know that we are ...
Report: HP Could Shut Down webOS by November PC Magazine - ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ New leadership at Hewlett-Packard has dialed back earlier plans to auction off the company's enormous PC business, but a new report from the Guardian suggests that HP may still shut down the webOS business it acquired in its $1.2 ...
HP Drops Bundle of a Deal in Customers' Laps at Best Buy Reuters (press release) - ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 28, 2011 - Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) today announced that beginning Tuesday, Nov. 1, customers can get the HP TouchPad for the low, low price of $149.99 with the purchase of an HP or Compaq Laptop, Desktop or All-in-One computer 1 . ...
HP to focus on Windows tablets Washington Post - ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ Hewlett-Packard pulled a Netflix Thursday by backtracking on its plan to spin off its PC business �" called its personal systems group. But it also announced that it's charging back into the tablet game after discontinuing its TouchPad slate this summer ...
	Reality Bites HP, and Why That Might Revive the HP TouchPad Forbes - ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ New HP CEO, Meg Whitman, faced with the harsh realities of executing on the spin-off, crunched the numbers and reversed the move. “Spin off low margin PC business” and “Focus on enterprise software” looked great as bullet points on a Power Point slide. ...
Will HP Revive the TouchPad? Probably Not PC Magazine - ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ HP yesterday announced plans to keep its PC division, and said it would have a decision regarding webOS in the next few months, so where does that leave the HP TouchPad? Those holding out for the HP TouchPad 2 will likely be waiting ...
HP has another crack at fondleslab market Register - ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ During a conference call regarding HP's astonishing decision to keep its PC biz after all, the company said it will bring out a Windows 8 tablet and is evaluating what to do with webOS, the TouchPad tablet ...
Could HP bring WebOS back? ZDNet Asia - ‎Oct 27, 2011‎ commentary Hewlett-Packard is keeping its PC business. So if it's staying in the consumer world, why not revive its mobile ambitions with WebOS too? commentary If Hewlett-Packard is ...
HP talks about more work with Windows 8 tablets The Seattle Times - ‎Oct 27, 2011‎ Hewlett-Packard's decision today not to spin off its PC manufacturing business bodes well for Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 tablets. Earlier this year, HP famously announced that it was killing its HP TouchPad tablet, running on the WebOS operating ...
HP's PC Division Lives On, But What About webOS? PC Magazine - ‎Oct 27, 2011‎ HP on Thursday announced that it no longer plans to get rid of its PC division, but what about webOS? New CEO Meg Whitman promised to have a decision on the troubled mobile operating system within a few months. ...
HP making another run at tablets with Windows 8 ZDNet (blog) - ‎Oct 27, 2011‎ Summary: Although HP announced that the PC unit is staying put, Windows 8 tablets might have been the saving grace. Now that Hewlett-Packard has announced that it will be keeping its personal computer unit, ...
	Could HP bring WebOS back? CNET (blog) - ‎Oct 27, 2011‎ Could the TouchPad make a permanent comeback? Probably not, but it's fun to think about. commentary If Hewlett-Packard is flip-flopping on the PC business, it should go all the way and ...
HP is fiddling with Windows 8 on Touchpads Inquirer - ‎Oct 26, 2011‎ ONE-TIME TABLET MAKER HP is considering running Windows 8 on its recently discontinued Touchpad tablet. HP's decision to dump its WebOS hardware business had left the company selling Touchpads at bargain basement prices. ...
	$99 HP Touchpad Sale: HP Blog Says Tablet Will Be Available in a 'Few Weeks' Christian Post - 30 Oct, 2011 There has still been no official word from HP about its final run of HP TouchPad tablets, however, rumors continue to persist that a mass final production of Touchpads will be making their way into consumer ...
Windows 8 tablets to be launched by HP Northern Voices Online - 30 Oct, 2011 HP has stated that it will come out with its first Windows 8-based tablet next year, but kept everyone guessing regarding the OS to be used. Meg Whitman, HP Chief Executive, said, “We're at the beginning stages of a new segment. ...
HP switching to Windows 8 Online News Today - 30 Oct, 2011 After ditching the webOS that powered the Pre 3 and the TouchPad, we all thought HP would never create tablets for the regular consumer. However, this wasn't the case. HP will now be switching to Windows 8. The US-based firm considers its webOS-powered ...
	HP May Shut Down WebOS After All. What Does it Mean? Ghacks Technology News - 30 Oct, 2011 2011 has not been a good year for HP's WebOS tablet operating system. The year began with the company praising the product they had acquired when they bought Palm but there then followed the sudden announcement of the dropping of the TouchPad, ...
HP Confirms Windows 8 Tablets Windows 8 News - 30 Oct, 2011 Well would you look at that, I only published a story less than 24 hours ago about HP entering the tablet market with Windows 8 and then they go and confirm it just after. Typical! ...
	HP's webOS, Along With 500 Jobs, All But History? International Business Times - 30 Oct, 2011 By IB Times Staff Reporter \| October 29, 2011 10:59 AM EDT Hewlett-Packard is set to keep its PC division which it had put up for sale, but it may shut down its webOS division, which was obtained for $1.2 billion in April 2010 when the company bought ...
	Best Buy has some HP TouchPad's for sale, catch though Product Reviews - 30 Oct, 2011 HP announced that it would be discontinuing its tablet PC soon after first releasing it to consumers. This led to a massive price cut that quickly resulted in remaining stocks that retailers had being sold. Just as most had thought all the units had ...
HP May Be Killing Off WebOS Gizmodo - 30 Oct, 2011 HP's Computer Division has been spared the guillotine but WebOS may not be as lucky. The Guardian is reporting today that HP may soon kill off the OS designed for the short-lived and now-dead TouchPad tablet. Well, that's a $1.2 billion investment down ...
HP Confirms Windows 8 Tablet is On The Cards Windows 8 Beta - 30 Oct, 2011 Rumors were all over the web about HP getting ready and testing out their TouchPads Running the upcoming version of Windows from Microsoft ie Windows 8 since they've already dumped the WebOS and the TouchPads after the failure in the launch of the ...
HP to Kill WebOS after all? OnlyGizmos - 30 Oct, 2011 The mystery continues. Days after HP announced that they would be retaining its Personal Systems Group; the Guardian is reporting that HP will indeed pull the plug on the WebOS division which the company acquired ...
	HP's TouchPad is finally “officially” sold out thegadgetsite - ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ After the fire sale in August, the HP TouchPad �" who refused to die �" is finally “officially” dead. HP has announced to those TouchPad searchers that it is “officially out of stock”. Previously, HP announced that it ...
	HP's $99 tablet officially no more, Best Buy to offer $150 32GB TouchPad Nov. 1 Digitaltrends.com - ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ HP's $99 tablet is officially out of stock, but Best Buy says it has some 32 GB TouchPad's lying around and will be selling them for $50 in November. The dream of obtaining a $99 HP TouchPad is officially dead. Hewlett-Packard sent out notices today ...
Best Buy offers HP TouchPad option with purchase of PC Punch Jump - ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ Best Buy Co. Inc. this week said it will offer customers the option to purchase Hewlett Packard Co.'s HP TouchPad 32GB SKU at clearance price with the purchase of a select PC. ...
	$99 HP TouchPad officially sold out, but still available from Best Buy Ubergizmo - ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ Well, it looks like the availability of the $99 HP TouchPad has come to an end. HP has finally sent out notices saying that it is officially out of TouchPad tablets, so for those of you who didn't manage to pick one up the second time around, ...
	$99 HP TouchPad Officially Out of Stock; webOS Officially Dead [Want to Buy a ... TFTS (blog) - ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ It was good while it lasted. The $99 fire sale that made the HP TouchPad so popular is officially finished, as HP announces it is already out of stock. HP has announced that the company is officially out of TouchPad stock, and that users will have to ...
HP Windows 8 tablets arriving next year, CEO says; webOS future up in the air BGR - ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ During the company's third-quarter earnings call on Thursday, HP CEO Meg Whitman confirmed that her company will launch tablets powered by Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system next year. “One of my observations is that HP tries to do a lot of things ...