Palm deal could redefine HP's tablet OS strategy

Release Date ‎Apr 30, 2010‎ in BusinessWeek

 
   

HP Windows 7 Slate Lives?

InformationWeek - Paul McDougall - ‎May 3, 2010‎
HP is continuing to promote a Windows 7-based slate PC on its Web site, raising questions about the accuracy of reports that the project's ...

HP 'kills off' Windows 7 Slate tablet

NEWS.com.au - ‎May 2, 2010‎
By staff writers WHEN it comes to iPad rivals, it's looking increasingly like a case of if there will actually be any, rather than who it will be. ...

Even before arrival, Slate reportedly off market

San Francisco Chronicle - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
Hewlett-Packard is killing off its Slate tablet before it comes to market, according to a report in the blog TechCrunch. Hewlett-Packard is killing off its ...

Company declines to comment on Slate rumor; analysts says it makes sense

MarketWatch - Benjamin Pimentel - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s bid for Palm Inc. took another twist Friday on speculation that the ...

Why Microsoft is already losing the tablet battle

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
A decade ago, when Microsoft introduced the first consumer tablet computers, they were seen as another alternative to the desktop. They were full-function ...

HP tablet plans draw interest after Palm deal

Reuters Canada - Gabriel Madway - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co hopes its planned $1.2 billion acquisition of Palm Inc will not only give it solid foundation ...

Microsoft: We're Not Going To Bid For Palm, CEO Ballmer Says

Barron's (blog) - Eric Savitz - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer said the company is not going to make a bid for Palm (PALM). There had been speculation that the company ...

Is the new Palm-equipped HP killing the Slate tablet?

San Francisco Chronicle (blog) - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
The reasoning, according to a Techcrunch source, is that HP isn't happy with the performance of Window 7 as a tablet operating system. ...

What Windows 7 tablet?

Boston Globe - Hiawatha Bray - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
It may make sense to be done with it. Windows 7, though much lighter and more efficient than Windows Vista, is still a full-fledged desktop operating system ...

iPad Killer? We Can't Even get an iPad Challenger

PC World - Tony Bradley - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
HP has conceded the tablet war before it even engaged in battle by terminating the HP Slate project. Since Steve Ballmer unveiled the HP ...

HP Reportedly Abandons Plan To Build Windows 7-Based Tablet

Barron's (blog) - Eric Savitz - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
In what appears to be some early fallout of the planned Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) acquisition of Palm (PALM), HP has killed off a much-publicized ...

Microsoft and HP: Love on the rocks?

ZDNet (blog) - Mary Jo Foley - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
When Microsoft announced it was pulling the plug on its Itanium support earlier this year, I wondered whether there was any pushback from HP, ...

Has Microsoft single-handedly killed off touch?

ZDNet (blog) - Zack Whittaker - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
Well they've only gone and bloody cancelled it, haven't they? The one time I write something positive that the company is doing; albeit a research project ...

Is HP's Slate Dead?

PC World - Harry McCracken - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
Michael Arrington of TechCrunch is reporting that a source has told him that HP has decided to cancel its "slate PC." It's not implausible because deciding ...

HP's Slate gets delayed

Inquirer - Spencer Dalziel - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
THE WEB IS RIFE with speculation that HP won't use Windows 7 on its trumpeted Slate tablet, according to Tech Crunch. ...

Palm deal could redefine HP's tablet OS strategy

BusinessWeek - Agam Shah - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
Hewlett-Packard's purchase of Palm could redefine the PC maker's mobile OS strategy, potentially impacting the company's reliance on Microsoft ...

Aww...poor Microsoft, the Table(t)s have turned

Techtree.com - Rohan Naravane - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
Microsoft swallowed some hard 'tablets' today -- after reports delivering bad news that HP is killing the Windows 7 powered Slate, with which it had earlier ...

HP Kills the iPad Killer - Slate

Techtree.com - ‎Apr 30, 2010‎
During the Consumer Electronics Show 2010, Hewlett Packard had promised to introduce its Slate tablet later this year. Unfortunately, plans for the same ...

Another One Bites The Dust? HP Reportedly Kills Windows 7 Slate Project

PC World - Nick Mediati - ‎Apr 29, 2010‎
Today may end up being a bloody day for prospective iPad alternatives. Earlier today, we learned that Microsoft's Courier tablet was a real product under ...

After HP-Palm deal, Microsoft loses if it snoozes

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - ‎Apr 29, 2010‎
Update 9:35 am April 30: Since this analysis was published, reports have surfaced that HP has canceled the Slate because it is unsatisfied with Windows 7 as ...

Is the HP Win 7 slate already dead?

CNET - Dan Ackerman - ‎Apr 29, 2010‎
With the news that HP is acquiring Palm, one hot upcoming device that may get suddenly shifted onto the back burner is the company's ...

HP Purchase of Palm Paves Way for WebOS Tablet

PC World - Tony Bradley - ‎Apr 29, 2010‎
The fall of Palm from groundbreaking innovator of handheld PDA's, to ailing developer of capable-but-waning smartphones is complete with the ...

Apple Doesn't Have To Worry About The HP Slate Anymore (HPQ, AAPL, PALM)

San Francisco Chronicle - Jay Yarow - ‎Apr 28, 2010‎
Apple's iPad team doesn't have to worry about the HP Slate tablet for a while, if it ever did, anyway. During a call with analysts to explain its purchase ...

HP Is not Going to Release Its Slate

Top Tech Reviews - 4 May, 2010
There are rumors that you instantly believe in and then there are rumors that you find extremely hard to believe in. So this one; goes on with a guy ...

iPad's Success to Lead to HP's Fueling

Top Tech Reviews - 4 May, 2010
In recent news, HP just announced its cancellation, concerning any sort of progress on the upcoming HP Slate that was due for release â€" later this year. ...

HP To Replace Windows 7 By WebOS On Slate Tablet

ITProPortal - 4 May, 2010
Popular technology blog TechCrunch has reported that computer maker Hewlett-Packard has decided to drop Windows 7 OS from its 'Slate' tablet and use a ...

HP dropping Windows 7 slate after Palm deal?

PC Pro - 4 May, 2010
By Reuters HP has killed development of its Windows 7-powered slate following its acquisition of Palm, according to reports. The story comes courtesy of ...

HP's Palm Acquisition Could Affect Microsoft, Tablet PCs

eWeek - Nicholas Kolakowski - 4 May, 2010
Hewlett-Packard's $1.2 billion Palm acquisition could change the landscape of the tablet PC market, especially if HP decides to incorporate the Palm WebOS ...

Rumor Mill Churns Around webOS-based HP Slate

CIO Today - Jennifer LeClaire - 4 May, 2010
Meanwhile, Tony Cripps, principal analyst at Ovum, says, "WebOS could indeed become a major asset for HP and obviously has scope for ...

Will Palm pilot HP to smartphone success?

Bizmology - Jeff Dorsch - 4 May, 2010
While some see HP becoming a contender in smartphones through this proposed acquisition, others speculate that ...

 

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