HP Drops Palm From webOS’s Branding, Launches HP webOS 2.0
Matt Burns, TechCrunch, 10/19/2010 HP just announced the next generation webOS and it’s a doozy. This platform now has all the weapons necessary to fully compete in the smartphone wars: true multitasking, an updated version of the social media connection service Synergy, Adobe Flash 10.1, and a whole bunch of new advancements. Hardware is really [...]
In: Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: API, Bluetooth, Cisco, Flash, HP, HTML5, IM, MMS, Skype, SMS, Verizon, VoIP
HP confirms WebOS smartphones coming soon
Tony Bradley, PC World, 10/7/2010 To paraphrase American author Mark Twain, the rumors of the death of WebOS have been greatly exaggerated. An HP executive has confirmed that new WebOS smartphones will be introduced by HP in early 2011. Following the fall of Palm, and its subsequent purchase by HP, we have been left to [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: HP
FCC set to approve use of unlicensed airwaves, wants ‘innovators and entrepreneurs’ to exploit them
Vlad Savov, Engadget, 9/13/2010 Good old white space is finally about to get itself some real action, courtesy of the FCC’s upcoming (and long-delayed) ratification of a decision to authorize its unlicensed use. Opening up the spare spectrum that resides between TV channels’ broadcasting frequencies — which in itself has expanded in the wake of [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: FCC, HP, Sprint, WiFi
Tablet Rivals May Face a Smaller Apple iPad
Barry Levine, Mobile Tech Today, 8/17/2010 Apple is reportedly planning a smaller seven-inch iPad 2 even as its rivals scramble to introduce their own tablet computers. Apple’s 9.7-inch iPad is a hot seller with no competition at the moment, but Samsung, Hewlett-Packard, ASUS and others plan to grab a share of a growing market. ASUS [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: HP, Samsung
Security flaw creates Android, Palm Pre snoop risk
John Leyden, The Register, 8/13/2010 Security researchers claim to have uncovered an unpatched flaw that creates a means to plant bugging software on Palm Pre devices. The vulnerability means that the Palm Pre phone might be compromised through the receipt of a maliciously constructed message. This message would place a backdoor on compromised devices that [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: HP, Malware
Palm exec promises ‘future devices,’ ‘new version’ of WebOS
Ben Patterson, Yahoo!News, 6/21/2010 Will the wireless world ever see a Palm Pre 2, or a revamped version of Palm’s touchscreen WebOS? The outlook seemed a bit cloudy in light of Hewlett-Packard’s recent (and ongoing) acquisition of Palm — and particularly after some dismissive remarks by HP’s chief executive. But according to one Palm exec, [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, Hotspot, HP, HTC, Nokia, WiFi
Palm: ‘we don’t know what the hold-up is’ on mobile Flash
Electronista Staff, Electronista, 6/18/2010 Palm hints Adobe not close to Flash on webOS Adobe hasn’t given any signs that it’s close to porting Flash to webOS, Palm said in an AT&T online app development seminar on Thursday. When asked about the multiple delays, a representative said that Palm didn’t ‘know what the hold-up is’ with [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: AT&T, Flash, HP, Verizon
HP: we’re still planning webOS smartphones
Electronista Staff, Electronista, 6/4/2010 HP hushes claims it would axe Palm phones HP in a brief update put to rest fears that it would drop webOS for phones. The company promised that smartphones from Palm would still exist and would just be part of a larger strategy, which would include newer or more unusual devices [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: HP, HTC, Motorola
HP CEO: “We didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business”
Michael Oryl, MobileBurn, 6/3/2010 According to ZDNet, HP CEO Mark Hurd discussed some of his thoughts on his company’s acquisition of Palm while speaking at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch technology event. ZDNet quotes Hurd as saying that HP didn’t “spend billions of dollars trying to go into the smartphone business; that doesn’t in [...]
In: Mobile Technology, Palm (HP), WinPhone · Tagged with: HP
‘Nothing new’ on iPhone tethering plans, AT&T insists
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld, 5/20/2010 But the iPhone OS 4 beta hints that tethering may finally arrive this summer AT&T may finally offer tethering on the iPhone, according to multiple reports about the latest beta of iPhone OS 4, Apple’s mobile operating system upgrade. Several technology blogs, including MacRumors.com and Gizmodo, published screenshots of a configuration [...]
In: Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, Bluetooth, HP, HTC, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Tether, WiFi