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Presentation leaks TouchPad cloud music video plans

Published on: 2nd May, 2011

A few days ago, a leaked presentation gave definitive support to Hewlett Packard’s intention to make a webOS cloud media locker in order to beat Google and Apple to this feature. A couple of slides showing the TouchPad revealed the known HP Movie Store and also an intelligent music syncing option online. The copy presented [...]

HP’s TouchPad may be out in June; reaching 100 million webOS devices soon

Published on: 16th March, 2011

In his major strategy briefing, Leo Apotheker, HP chief, has recently announced an aggressive webOS plan. He anticipated that the TouchPad and smartphones such as the Pre3 and Veer could all start shipping before June and could be part of wave after wave of launches. HP ultimately hoped to ship around 100 million webOS devices, [...]

RIM accused of imitating HP’s TouchPad through their PlayBook

Published on: 3rd March, 2011

Following some reports that clearly showed the similarity between the tablets hardware and software, HP accused RIM of copying the TouchPad, as well as the webOS when the company created its PlayBook. Jon Oakes, director of product marketing at HP, declared that his company has observed some mysterious resemblances between the tow tablets. On the [...]

Acerb competition between iPad 2 and TouchPad, Xoom, PlayBook – similar speed, but lower price

Published on: 3rd March, 2011

Many manufacturers have been evaluating their tablets by comparing them with the original iPad, but the arrival of the iPad 2 could definitely change the game. Apple’s new device has the speed and its cameras to help it get the right end of the stick, but the question is if it is a better buy [...]

HP says older webOS applications would run in a shell on TouchPad

Published on: 20th February, 2011

Ben Combee, HP developer, announced a few days ago that older webOS applications would run on the TouchPad. The tablet, as well as other devices with webOS 3.0, would run applications made in the old Mojo kit. A simple onscreen gesture space would run a small application on the larger screen. However, scaling up would [...]