HP has officially introduced its first webOS tablet, the HP TouchPad. The tablet features a 9.7 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel display and weighs about 1.6 pounds. A WiFi-only version is due out this summer, with 3G and 4G versions set to follow. We’d been led to believe that the tablet could be available earlier […]
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HP webOS tablet to be called the TouchPad
HP is holding an event in about an hour to unveil its next-generation of products powered by Palm’s webOS operating system. While waiting for the event to begin the folks at PreCentral overheard some details about the company’s upcoming webOS tablet. First, it looks like it will be called the TouchPad, which isn’t a huge […]
HP: webOS tablet to ship a “few weeks” after February 9th launch
HP is holding a press event on February 9th, where the company is expected to unveil its upcoming line of tablets running the webOS mobile operating system. And while it looks like the tablets won’t likely go on sale on February 9th, it looks like the wait shouldn’t be too long. Speaking to the BBC, […]
HP seeks trademarks on three more tablet-related names
Last year HP applied for a trademark on the term “PalmPad” and the world groaned a little bit at the thought that this was what the company would call its upcoming webOS tablet. Last week it started to look like HP hadn’t settled on a name, thanks to a trademark application for “HP TouchPad.” Now […]
HP applies for trademark on “Touchpad”
HP has filed for a trademark on the term “HP Touchpad.” That could mean the company doesn’t plan to call its upcoming webOS tablet the PalmPad, which is great news because that’s just a silly name. On the other hand, TouchPad doesn’t seem all that great either — especially considering it’s what we call the […]
HP will likely announce a WebOS tablet on February 9th
HP has scheduled a webOS-related press event for next month, which was already enough to get a lot of people thinking about a webOS tablet. But now HP vice president Todd Bradley has pretty much spelled it out. In an interview with CNBC, he answered a few questions about the event, saying that the company […]
HP launches Slate 500 business tablet for $799
More than 10 months after an HP Slate PC was shown off on stage at CES in January, the company is finally ready to bring its Windows 7 Slate to market. It’s just not the consumer oriented iPad killer many people had been expecting. Instead, at $799, HP is positioning the HP Slate 500 as […]
HP: Tablets are eating into notebook sales
Wondering why almost every major PC maker has announced plans to bring a tablet computer to market soon? It’s not just because it’s an emerging product category representing a huge source of untapped revenue. It’s also because companies fear that if they don’t have a tablet to offer, they’ll lose money since tablet computers may […]
HP says Windows 7 slates due this fall, for enterprise customers
HP has announced that it will launch a series of Windows 7 tablets this fall. But while the HP Slate had originally been designed as a consumer oriented device, it looks like HP is now targeting the HP Slate 500 as a device for enterprise customers. There are still no details on the specs or […]
HP Slate 500 Windows tablet shows up on HP.com
While the blogosphere’s attention has been turned toward the upcoming WebOS Slate from HP, it looks like the company might be getting ready to launch a Windows 7 powered tablet. A device called the HP Slate 500 has started appearing on some HP web sites. There aren’t a lot of details, but here’s what we […]