Here We Go Again: HP to Sell WebOS?

Release Date 9 Nov, 2011 in Tom's Guide

 
   

HP Announces Non-Decision On WebOS

InformationWeek (blog) - 9 Nov, 2011
Reuters reported Tuesday that HP was contemplating the sale of its WebOS division for a few hundred million dollars, which is a bargain compared to the $1.2 billion paid in early 2010. When you count the money that was spent after the acquisition on ...

HP CEO says the firm is undecided about WebOS

Inquirer - 9 Nov, 2011
MAKER OF EXPENSIVE PRINTER INK HP's CEO, Meg Whitman has revealed that the company does not know what to do with WebOS, the operating system it acquired when it bought Palm in 2010. "It's really important to me to make the right decision ...

HP weighing sale of webOS unit

IBNLive.com - 9 Nov, 2011
New York/San Francisco: Hewlett-Packard Co is looking to sell Palm's webOS mobile software platform, a deal that could fetch hundreds of millions of dollars but less than the $1.2 billion that HP paid last year, four sources close to the matter said. ...

HP Delays Decision on Fate of WebOS

PCWorld (blog) - 9 Nov, 2011
A little birdie (The Verge) revealed earlier today that HP's new CEO Meg Whitman had scheduled an all-hands meeting for the WebOS crew. The news sparked speculation that HP had perhaps found a suitor for the mobile platform, ...

HP to webOS group: Business is JUST SO HARD!

ZDNet (blog) - 9 Nov, 2011
Summary: HP would like to keep webOS but it can't decide because business is JUST SO HARD! HP CEO Meg Whitman met with the webOS group today in a meeting that was expected to lay out a definitive plan ...

HP still mulling fate of WebOS, report says

CNET - 9 Nov, 2011
Despite reports that Hewlett-Packard was nearing an announcement regarding plans for its WebOS business, Meg Whitman is still undecided. The company was reportedly expected to reveal the ...

Report: HP doesn't make a decision about webOS yet

ZDNet (blog) - 9 Nov, 2011
As predicted earlier today, Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman did discuss the pending future of webOS with HP during an all-hands meeting on Tuesday evening. However, what was revealed was not what was ...

Report: HP to Decide Fate of webOS at 'All-Hands' Meeting

PC Magazine - 9 Nov, 2011
Something appears to be cooking at Hewlett-Packard with regards to webOS. A new report from The Verge suggests that HP will hold an "all-hands meeting" Tuesday night to decide the fate of the troubled division. ...

HP reportedly ready to unveil fate of WebOS

CNET - 9 Nov, 2011
Hewlett-Packard maybe ready to unveil the fate of its troubled mobile operating system, WebOS. The company is planning an all-hands meeting tonight, led by newly installed CEO Meg Whitman ...

HP expected to decide webOS fate at all-hands meeting today

ZDNet (blog) - 9 Nov, 2011
According to The Verge, HP will be holding an all-hands meeting today at 4:30PM PST after the US markets close. The meeting will be led by CEO Meg Whitman and will most likely cover webOS. ...

Oracle interested in HP's WebOS: Why it's not so nuts

ZDNet (blog) - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Oracle reportedly is interested in buying HP's WebOS and the move may not be as crazy as it sounds. Reuters is reporting that HP is pondering a sale of WebOS that would get “hundreds of millions of ...

What HP's Meg Whitman Can Do With WebOS

Investorplace.com - 9 Nov, 2011
You've got to give Meg Whitman this: She isn't one to pull punches. The Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) CEO told a room of HP and Palm employees on Tuesday that she flat-out doesn't know what to do with the webOS operating system â€" the platform that was the ...

HP Still Doesn't Know What to Do With WebOS

TPM - 9 Nov, 2011
On Tuesday night, HP held an “all-hands” meeting hosted by new CEO Meg Whitman in which she admitted the company is still wringing its hands over what to do with WebOS, the mobile operating system it had acquired along with device maker Palm for $1.2 ...

What should Meg Whitman do with webOS?

BetaNews - 9 Nov, 2011
It was all hands on deck at HP Tuesday night: new CEO Meg Whitman wants to decide what to do with WebOS. HP is keeping its PC business, but there is no decision yet on the mobile platform, and some thought this would come last night. ...

$99 HP TouchPad Sale: HP Looking to Sell WebOS Software

Christian Post - 9 Nov, 2011
HP is looking to sell Palm's webOS software it purchased just last year for $1.2 billion in an effort to recover from the poor sales of the HP TouchPad, which the company was forced to discontinue in ...

Hewlett-Packard may be looking to sell webOS platform

Futures Magazine - 9 Nov, 2011
Citing four sources close to the matter, Reuters reported late Monday that Hewlett-Packard is looking to sell its webOS mobile software platform. HP acquired webOS when it purchased Palm in 2010, and many believe that it will not be able to recoup the ...

HP moves to sell WebOS

PCR-online.biz - 9 Nov, 2011
IT giant HP aims to sell off the firm's Palm-acquired WebOS mobile operating system according to a Reuters report. Following the cancellation of HP's WebOS hardware line, the degree that HP is committed to the software arm of failed ...

After Crazy Day at HP, Fate of webOS Still Unclear

TMC Net - 9 Nov, 2011
The technology headlines for the past 24 hours have been dominated by an unlikely source: Hewlett Packard's underperforming mobile software platform, webOS. Unfortunately, at the end of the day, we didn't really ...

HP Still Has No Clue What to do with webOS

PadGadget - 9 Nov, 2011
By Juli | November 9, 2011 | No comment yet HP held a company wide meeting on Tuesday, to tell workers… well, absolutely nothing. In the meeting, HP CEO Meg Whitman told employees that the company still does not know what it is going to do with webOS, ...

HP webOS Indecision Shows They Are Trying To Sell

Techie Insider - 9 Nov, 2011
HP was rumored to be making a decision yesterday about what they are going to be doing with their webOS division at a meeting involving the employees in the webOS division. Given the fact their jobs are on the line if HP decides to put it away for a ...

(Face)Palm: webOS fate still uncertain

ITworld.com - 9 Nov, 2011
By bproffitt Add a new comment November 09, 2011, 7:30 AM â€" The fate of webOS is still flapping in the wind, as a late-afternoon meeting Tuesday between Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman and HP employees ended without a clear decision what HP plans to do ...

HP webOS sale will be in millions not billions?

T3 - 9 Nov, 2011
News service Reuters is reporting that HP is being advised to sell of its webOS division if it ever wants to make back any of the money it lost by building the HP TouchPad and its other tablet devices. It would appear the advice is coming from the Bank ...

Here We Go Again: HP to Sell WebOS?

Tom's Guide - 9 Nov, 2011
The company is apparently eager to recoup losses from its billion-dollar purchase of Palm. The fate of HP's webOS has been hanging in the balance ever since the company announced the discontinuation of the TouchPad tablet and Pre line of smartphones. ...

HP will take on tablet market in a 'significant way' if it decides to hold on ...

Pocket Gamer.Biz - 9 Nov, 2011
Billed as a meeting that would finally decide the fate of webOS, HP CEO Meg Whitman has told employees she is still undecided about the platform's future. Now, however, Whitman has claimed the company will continue to have a hand in the ...

Hewlett-Packard mulls selling webOS unit: report

domain-B - 9 Nov, 2011
Hewlett-Packard (HP), the world's largest personal computer maker is planning to sell its webOS unit, just a year after it acquired it through its $1.2-billion acquisition of Palm Inc. Citing four unnamed sources familiar with HP's plans about webOS, ...

HP Might Sell WebOS To Oracle

Geek Sailor - 9 Nov, 2011
There were some serious changes in HP's yard over the last couple of months: first the company decided to leave the mobile devices market, by killing the WebOS division, then it was announced that HP are willing to shut down their PC ...

HP May Be Settling Its WebOS Indecision

eWEEK Europe UK - 9 Nov, 2011
Hewlett-Packard has held a meeting to consider the fate of its webOS operating system, according to The Verge. As suggested by a Reuters report, the sale of webOS to another company is on the table: “Several technology companies have expressed an ...

HP to Decide Fate of webOS in Three to Four Weeks

DeviceMAG - 9 Nov, 2011
Earlier, when HP announced their plans to launch Windows 8 tablets in 2012, the company also revealed that they will make a decision about the long-term future of WebOS within HP in the near future. But now, it appears like the company hasn't yet ...

Oracle Interested In WebOS

Sell My Mobile - 9 Nov, 2011
There are reports that Oracle, the software manufacturer, is interested in buying Hewlett Packard's WebOS platform. Speaking to knowyourmobile.com, a reporter from the Reuters news agency said “Hewlett-Packard is evaluating a potential sale of its ...

HP looks to sell webOS platform - report

Telecompaper (subscription) - 9 Nov, 2011
HP is looking to sell Palm's webOS mobile software platform, four sources close to the matter told Reuters. Advised by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, HP is trying to figure out how to recoup its investment in Palm. Several technology companies have ...

 

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