About a year after introducing a concept for a handheld Linux computer priced at $199, Popcorn Computer is getting closer to actually being able to deliver that little PC to customers. It’s up for pre-order for $199 and according to the latest progress update, production is on track to begin next month and if everything […]
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HP 7 inch Android tablet available for $99 from Walmart
The HP Mesquite tablet is a 7 inch Android tablet with an Intel Atom processor and a low price tag. It launched as a Black Friday exclusive, with Walmart selling the tablet for $89. But now that Black Friday has come and gone, you can still pick up this tablet for less than the price […]
HP confirms plans to launch Windows 8 tablets
There are no launch dates or prices yet, but HP executives have officially confirmed that the company will bring Windows 8 tablets to market later this year. The tablets will also include HP’s cloud solution that will let users store data online and synchronize files between multiple devices. This doesn’t come as a big surprise. […]
HP Slate update brings an Oak Trail processor
HP is updating its Windows 7 tablet with a faster solid state disk and a 1.5 GHz Intel Atom Z670 Oak Trail processor. It’s been just over a year since the HP Slate 500 launched, so it’s about time for an update. If you feel like you haven’t heard much about this tablet over the […]
These are the bugs still affecting Android on the HP TouchPad
A group of CyanogenMod developers have made some amazing progress in porting Google Android to run on the HP TouchPad tablet in recent weeks. If you’ve been watching the videos the team has put together showing their work so far, you’d be forgiven for thinking that almost everything is working. But there are actually a […]
HP: The TouchPad will launch with less apps than Android, but offer a more unified experience
The HP TouchPad launches this Friday and HP’s first webOS tablet is a pretty big gamble. How big? Well, the company spent $1.2 billion to acquire Palm and its webOS software. Not all of those eggs are in the tablet basket. Palm continues to introduce new smartphones and HP has talked about using webOS on […]
HP TouchPad tablet up for pre-order for $500 and up
The HP TouchPad is scheduled to ship on July 1st, but you can pre-order the first tablet running webOS 3.0 starting today. The tablet runs $499.99 when you order a model with 16GB of storage, and $599.99 for a 32GB version. HP.com, Amazon, B&H, TigerDirect, Newegg, Staples, and Best Buy are all taking pre-orders in the US. […]
HP TouchPad shows up at the FCC
The good news is that HP’s upcoming TouchPad tablet is making a stop at the FCC on its way to a commercial launch. The bad news is that’s virtually all we know at the moment. Most of the documents are hidden away behind a confidentiality agreement, which means we don’t get to look at any […]
HP teases us with a non-existent rear camera in a TouchPad promo video
The upcoming HP TouchPad tablet has a lot of things going for it: a nice big 9.7 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel display, a speedy dual core 1.2 GHz processor, and webOS 3.0 software with a heavy emphasis on multitasking. But one thing it doesn’t have — at least according to the official spec sheet […]
HP TouchPad tablet could ship in April
HP still hasn’t officially announced a launch date for its upcoming webOS tablet, but Digitimes reports that the HP TouchPad could ship in late March or early April. DigiTimes often gets scoops like these by talking to industry sources in Taiwan, so there’s a god reason to believe the prediction. We already know that HP […]