WebOS nearing the end of the road

Release Date ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ in GigaOm

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 ...
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 will make Windows 8 tablets, no WebOS plans yet Los Angeles Times - ‎Oct 27, 2011‎ Hewlett-Packard announced Thursday that it has decided to keep its PC business, which is the world's largest, after considering a spinoff of its "personal services group." Such as separation was first proposed in August by HP's then-Chief Executive Leo ...
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. ...
	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 ...
	First the PC business, perhaps the TouchPad is next in the revival line ZDNet (blog) - ‎Oct 27, 2011‎ Summary: Now that HP is officially keeping its PC division in the company, maybe the TouchPad is next in the revival line. Updated: The web is reverberating with news from HP today that is will keep its ...
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. ...
Windows 8 tablets to be launched by HP Northern Voices Online - ‎Oct 29, 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 - ‎Oct 29, 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 Confirms Windows 8 Tablets Windows 8 News - ‎Oct 29, 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 Confirms Windows 8 Tablet is On The Cards Windows 8 Beta - ‎Oct 29, 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'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, ...
TouchPads sold out, HP to keep PSG, but what about webOS? Examiner.com - ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ HP announced on Thursday that it has decided to reverse it course in terms of the Personal Systems Group (basically, its personal computer division). Instead of spinning off the division, as proposed by HP's then-Chief Executive Leo Apotheker, ...
HP Reverses Course, Keeps PC Unit, WebOS Undetermined Law.com - ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ [Editor's note: This story has been updated to include information about mobile computers and comments from Jeffrey Brandt.] HP said on Aug. 19 that it would sell or spin off its PC division. The division leads all competitors in market share, ...
	$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 ...
HP will keep making PCs, Windows 8 tablets coming in 2012 DVICE - ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ What a difference two months can make. After announcing it was deeply considering the idea of spinning off its PC division and getting out of the hardware game, HP's doing another 180, insisting it'll still make PCs and that it "needs to be in the ...
	HP TouchPad availability update: No more for HP.com, but Best Buy will have ... Tablets Planet - ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ The HP TouchPad tablet was officially discontinued on August 18th, 2011 and shortly after the tablets price tag was slashed to $99 and $149. Hewlett-Packard has finally set the record straight on the HP TouchPad coming back into availability. ...
HP: TouchPads Are Officially Out Everywhere, Stop Looking! FleshEatingZipper - ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ In a just-released e-mail, Hewlett-Packard has confirmed that its big splash into (and bigger withdrawal from) the tablet space with webOS is now officially gone forever. This announcement of the TouchPad's death comes a day after new CEO Meg Whitman ...
	Best Buy offers new HP TouchPad bundle deal SlashGear - ‎Oct 28, 2011‎ Best Buy announced today that it will be offering a new deal on the HP TouchPad starting on November 1. The tablet was originally priced $599 at launch and went for $99 during a short fire sale period at HP and select retailers, but has since gone back ...