HP & Intel open Palm sale talks; webOS printers still in pipeline

Release Date 23 Nov, 2011 in SlashGear

Rumor: HP Wants Cheap WebOS License in Any Palm Deal PC Magazine - 23 Nov, 2011 Hewlett-Packard is looking to unload its webOS business but is reportedly insisting that any buyer offer a cheap licensing arrangement for HP to integrate the operating system in its printing business. HP acquired webOS in its $1.2 ...
	HP quarterly earnings plunge as PC confusion bites ZDNet UK - 23 Nov, 2011 HP's decision to abandon WebOS-based devices and slow PC sales contributed to plummeting profits in the fourth quarter, as the company struggled to set a clear course for its consumer device business. ...
	What HP's Big Bet on WebOS Cost the Company Wired News - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎ HP was ready to go to the mattresses in an all-out mobile war against Apple. Instead, HP's TouchPad was prematurely put to sleep, and the company is still nursing its wounds. In its quarterly earnings report conference call on Monday, ...
Killing Palm Cost HP About $1.7 Billion This Quarter (HPQ) San Francisco Chronicle - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎ Hewlett-Packard took charges of more than $2 billion this quarter related to the end of its Palm hardware business. $885 million from the "impairment of goodwill and purchased intangible assets" mostly related to Palm. This is basically the value of ...
	HP Earnings Beat Estimates; $3.3 Billion Writeoff for TouchPad and webOS International Business Times - 23 Nov, 2011 By David Zielenziger: Subscribe to David's RSS feed Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest computer company, reported fourth-quarter earnings that exceeded expectations even as sales of PCs and printers fell. As well, the company wrote off a record $3.3 ...
webOS debacle cost HP $3.3 billion TECH.BLORGE.com - 23 Nov, 2011 And, one suspects, still counting. Although Hewlett-Packard has killed the TouchPad, the fate of webOS remains unclear and that will probably drive up the final tally even higher. As this failed experiment sputters to an unnatural ...
	HP Earnings Fall, Stock is Hammered, But TouchPad Earns #2 Tablet Spot DailyTech - 23 Nov, 2011 Hewlett-Packard Comp. (HPQ) was in for a bad quarter, according to analyst predictions. Reporting its results after the bell on Monday, it painted a picture of drooping revenue that, while disappointing, did contain some promising signs. ...
HP Writes Down Nearly $1.7B in Losses on Palm Investment DailyFinance - 23 Nov, 2011 Hewlett-Packard (NYS: HPQ) wrote down a total of $1.67 billion in its fiscal fourth quarter related to its decision to wind down its webOS device business, ...
	HP Goes Back to Basics Mobiledia - 23 Nov, 2011 Hewlett-Packard's fourth-quarter earnings beat analysts' predictions and point to a possible upswing as the company looks to make a fresh start next year. The Palo Alto, Calif. ...
	Wiping-Out WebOS Will Cost HP $3.3 Billion More Mobile Magazine - 23 Nov, 2011 It's been a while since HP has erased every single thing related to Palm. Now, the whole world has come to know that all this costed HP nothing less than $3.3 Billion American Dollars. ...
HP writes down nearly $1.7B in losses on Palm investment FierceWireless - 23 Nov, 2011 Hewlett-Packard wrote down a total of $1.67 billion in its fiscal fourth quarter related to its decision to wind down its webOS device business, the company said, giving a financial postscript to its $1.2 billion acquisition of Palm in 2010. ...
Hewlett Packard seeks to keep webOS in printers San Francisco Business Times - 23 Nov, 2011 As it seeks a buyer for Palm's webOS operating system, Hewlett-Packard Co . is looking to continue use of the software in its printers, VentureBeat repots. HP (NYSE: HPQ) is said to be making the issue a crucial point of its negotiations with potential ...
	Hewlett Packard and Intel in talks over Palm sale THINQ.co.uk - 23 Nov, 2011 Hewlett Packard and Intel are currently discussing whether the chip giant will buy out the now-defunct hardware division previously known as Palm as well as the webOS operating system. The sale is not as clear cut as might be expected. ...
HP's sale of webOS may hinge on the company licensing it back for use in printers The Verge - 23 Nov, 2011 The past year and a half has been quite the roller coaster for the team at HP, and now that we're nearing the conclusion of the ride, there's one final hurdle to overcome: deciding what to do with ...
	Intel in talks with HP over Palm sell-off TechRadar UK - 23 Nov, 2011 HP is in discussions with Intel to buy off the company's Palm assets �" the most important of which is WebOS. In a week where HP's financial numbers revealed that WebOS, the acquisition of Palm and the running costs to produce the HP ...
webOS: HP says OS is “winding down” ElectricPig.co.uk - 23 Nov, 2011 It's been a while, but it seems webOS is finally at death's door. During an earnings call to investors last night, HP openly discussed the, “… wind down of [its] webOS device business,” finally suggesting that the end is night for the ...
HP results make grim reading: what new for WebOS? Mobot.net (blog) - 23 Nov, 2011 Only a couple of weeks ago, we were telling you how much analysts reckon HP could make if it were to sell off webOS. Considering the fact that it cost HP $1.2bn to get hold of, yet saw HP bleeding to the tune of $3.3bn over the past year, you wonder if ...
	webOS Cost HP $3.3 Billion Geeky gadgets - 23 Nov, 2011 HP has just released its latest financial reports, and included in the reports is how much webOS actually cost the company, which is a massive $3.3 billion, which include the purchase price of Palm and also the running costs of producing the HP ...
	HP & Intel open Palm sale talks; webOS printers still in pipeline SlashGear - 23 Nov, 2011 HP is still quietly shopping webOS around among with other Palm assets, according to sources, but insisting that potential buyers of the platform agree to license it back for use in future HP printers. Intel has just entered discussions with HP, ...
As Palm bidding continues, HP wants a sweet deal to keep webOS in printers ... VentureBeat - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎ For some strange reason, HP is still really hot on the idea of mating webOS with its printers �" to the point where it has become a crucial part of its negotiations to sell off its Palm assets. In addition to settling on a good price for the Palm ...
The wind down of HP's webOS device business IntoMobile - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎ Hp announced its fourth quarter earnings today and, while the company is doing ok, webOS is at death's door. In the full report, webOS was mentioned 25 times and each mention was about the loss the company incurred from “the wind down of HP's webOS ...
HP blew $3.3 billion killing Palm and webOS Mobile Burn - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎ HP released its Q4 2011 financial results this afternoon, and while the company did better than Wall Street expected it to in total, it still managed to lose billions of dollars on the webOS platform. Last year, HP bought Palm for $1.2 billion, ...
Just Let webOS Die Already Gizmodo - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎ HP's earnings were brutal this past quarter, sure. In response, new CEO Meg Whitman's clarion call to investors, repeated over and over again? We need to be more clear. We need to let you know what's going on. For all of Whitman's posturing about the ...
	HP reports $3.3 billion dollar loss on webOS TabTimes - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎ HP's Q4 2011 earnings report sheds light on the real cost of the company's webOS failure. Even though HP reported higher-than-expected earnings today on revenue of $32.1 billion, the company's revelations ...
HP's Failed webOS Experiment Cost Them $3.3 Billion, But What's Next? TechCrunch - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎ Chris Velazco is a mobile enthusiast and writer who studied English and Marketing at Rutgers University. Once upon a time, he was the news intern for MobileCrunch, and in between posts, he worked in wireless sales at Best Buy. ...
HP Lost Billions on Palm and webOS Gotta Be Mobile - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎ We knew that HP bet huge on Palm and webOS and lost but what we didn't know is just how much it lost. Well, according to the fourth quarter figures that the company today, it appears that it blew $3.3 billion on the venture. ...
HP Blew $US3.3b On WebOS Gizmodo Australia - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎ HP will tell the investors just how rocky its waters are later tonight, but for now, enjoy this gem: the company lost $US3.3 billion solely through buying and squandering webOS. HP describes this staggering money-flushing as “the wind down of HP's ...
HP burns through $1.7 billion to “wind down” webOS business Liliputing - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎ HP may have spent $1.2 billion to acquire Palm and its webOS operating system last year, but the move is turning out to be a much more expensive flop than that figure would suggest. HP just released its financial earnings data for the fourth quarter of ...
	WebOS write-off costs HP $3.3B Ubergizmo - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎ In today's earning call from HP, the world has learned that HP has spent $3.3 Billion to write off things related to Palm and WebOS. This comes less than two years after HP spent $1.2 Billion to acquire Palm in ...
HP wasted billions on Palm and webOS The Verge - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎ HP just reported its Q4 2011 financial results, and although it managed a slight profit of $200 million, the real news is in the webOS numbers: the company spent a big chunk of $3.3 billion this ...