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WebOS For Sale Again?

by Mike Mansell August 31, 2011
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Boy, the mobile industry sure has been interesting lately. In the past couple of weeks we’ve seen HP essentially give up and walk away from their entire mobile operation, discontinuing the development of WebOS and slashing what may very well have been a promising future in the mobile industry.

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Even at $99 the TouchPad is a Bad Buy

by Mike Mansell August 23, 2011
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But as I’m sure you’ve heard, HP recently made a pretty stunning announcement that they were intent on removing themselves from the mobile industry, and as reports have also speculated, the larger hardware industry altogether. And now that the company is looking to root itself into the software industry HP has taken a number of steps to tie up their loose ends in the hardware sector.

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HP’s Focus Is Now On Being A Software Company

by Mike Mansell August 19, 2011
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When I first heard that HP was on the verge of getting out of the mobile industry by discontinuing the webOS operating system and indefinitely stopping production of their less than successful TouchPad tablets I honestly thought HP was nearing the end.

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Will WebOS Pick Up Where Android Falls Short?

by Mike Mansell June 27, 2011
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For what seems like forever now, we have seen an ongoing war between rival technology companies Apple and Google, both of whom have managed to tap into the constantly growing mobile industry with their feature-rich operating systems; iOS and Android.  With both companies being huge in the public eye, many have taken up one platform [...]

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Update: HP Tells Users to Rethink Tablet Rumors

by Mike Mansell January 20, 2011
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Yesterday I published an article about the possibilities of Hewlett Packard announcing a webOS-based tablet product at an event scheduled for February 9th.  This article discussed some of the rumors that were floating about the Internet in regards to the mysterious product, and exactly what features and specifications it would potentially have.  One of the things that I [...]

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HP Planning to Release WebOS Tablets by March?

by Mike Mansell January 19, 2011
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Before the smartphones and the mobile industry as we know it developed to what it is today, Palm was seen as one of the largest and most powerful manufactures of PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) devices – essentially smartphones without the mobile networks and mobile data connectivity.  However, as the mobile industry became packed with newcomers [...]

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HP Giftcard Giveaway (2 $100 VIP Giftcards)

by Jeff Weisbein August 27, 2009
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Mandy and I are giving away 2 $100 HP VIP Giftcards. All you have to do is one of the following to be eligible to win: Option 1: Follow both Mandy and I on Twitter: Me: http://twitter.com/besttechie Mandy: http://twitter.com/mand3rz Option 2: Subscribe to me on YouTube. And REMEMBER to be in the chat room on [...]

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Gabble Review

by Jeff Weisbein April 19, 2009
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Gabble by HP is an online video sharing service that is geared specifically towards people looking to share videos privately.  In other words, it’s YouTube but exclusively for your family and friends.  The idea behind Gabble is to make it easier for the average user to share videos privately – which I still don’t get [...]

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