Is Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) Right to Sell Web OS at a Loss?

Release Date ‎Nov 9, 2011‎ in Market Intelligence Center

 
   

Retaining WebOS best option for HP

ZDNet Asia - ‎Nov 11, 2011‎
Tablet strategy a must for PC makers and owning mobile operating system will give control to Hewlett-Packard, says analyst. Keeping the WebOS mobile operating system (OS) will be a wise ...

HP Juggles WebOS Options

Forbes - ‎Nov 10, 2011‎
Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman is still working out whether it wants to keep or sell WebOS, saying she'd rather make the right decision than a quick, unprofitable one. Earlier in the week, many speculated HP was weighing a decision to sell the mobile ...

The Score: WebOS Gets No Love, App Gets Lowdown on Stress Levels

Mobiledia - ‎Nov 11, 2011‎
Nobody knows what they want to do with Hewlett-Packard's WebOS, but they might be able to handle it all better with a new smartphone app that detects users' stress. The Score is a weekly column scoring ...

Five Companies That Dropped The Ball This Week

CRN - ‎Nov 11, 2011‎
Hewlett Packard held an all-hands meeting this week in which CEO Meg Whitman informed employees that HP needs three or four more weeks to decide what to do with WebOS. Whitman told employees that it doesn't make sense to rush ...

HP's Whitman needs a few more weeks to decide webOS fate

ConnectedPlanet (blog) - ‎Nov 10, 2011‎
Hewlett-Packard's plans for webOS â€" the platform that was the motivation behind its $1.2 billion purchase of Palm last April â€" are a bit more complicated than simply shutting down the division, as reports last ...

How Meg Whitman Can Save WebOS

CRN (blog) - ‎Nov 10, 2011‎
Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman says that she and her team will need another few weeks to figure out what to do with the WebOS property it bought from Palm, after the company has pulled the plug on the ...

HP continues to mull over future of Palm webOS

Mobile Today - ‎Nov 10, 2011‎
Hewlett-Packard has confirmed that it is 'still exploring avenues' for the future of Palm's webOS platform. Brightstar recently signed a partnership aiming to get Palm's webOS more widely known. The IT giant first discontinued its tablet business in ...

Whitman needs more time to decide webOS fate

TamsPalm - ‎Nov 10, 2011‎
Well said Meg. This decision is a wise decision as per me. Unlike Leo Apotheker, who just went madly destroying everything, Meg thinks she can arrive at a worthy decision within three to four weeks. …it's a very expensive proposition, but HP can make ...

HP webOS meeting inconclusive â€" company still undecided

Mobile Computing News - ‎Nov 9, 2011‎
By Wilson • Nov 10th, 2011 • Category: Industry News Hewlett Packard reportedly had a meeting packed with HP and Palm staff yesterday to decide what the future of the HP webOS software division was. By the time the staff meeting ended, the company was ...

HP Still Deciding What to Do With webOS

Hot Hardware - ‎Nov 9, 2011‎
Hewlett-Packard's recently appointed CEO Meg Whitman already made one tough decision since taking over for Leo Apotheker, and that was whether or not to go ahead with plans to dump the company's PC division. She (wisely) chose not to, and the next big ...

Is Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) Right to Sell Web OS at a Loss?

Market Intelligence Center - ‎Nov 9, 2011‎
Last year, after realizing that the market was trending towards tablet computers, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) made a bold decision to buy Palm in order to gain control of its webOS mobile operating system. Hewlett-Packard paid $1.2 billion for Palm, ...

Hewlett Packard committed to keep PC group

High Tech Lounge - ‎Nov 9, 2011‎
Hewlett Packard recently changed its decision to cast off its PC division. Following a study determining that the Personal Systems Group was right for customers and shareholders and also for the staff, the company decided to continue to keep it. ...

Report: HP Looking to Sell webOS

Windows IT Pro - ‎Nov 8, 2011‎
Reuters reported this week that Hewlett-Packard is looking to sell webOS, a technology that the firm once viewed as its future in the personal computing space. HP purchased webOS maker Palm in 2010 for a whopping $1.2 billion, but it's likely that it ...

 

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