The End-of-Lifed HP TouchPad has proven to be insanely popular. So much so that it turns out HP will be re-starting production for a limited run. The really crazy bit is that if they price these at the existing firesale price of $99 for a 16 GB TouchPad, then HP loses close to$200 a system. […]
This just in from Twitter: Nicholas Allegra, creator of the popular JailBreakMe tool for unlocking your iDevice of choice, is now going to be an intern at Apple. Considering how long he’s been poking at Apple’s security flaws, it’s not surprising that they’d take notice. Happily, it’s the type of notice that doesn’t involve lawsuits. […]
Ever log onto Facebook and find that someone has tagged a photo of you that you’d rather not be in your newsfeed? Or maybe they’ve tagged you to get your attention for some reason? Either way, Facebook now has you covered with a ton of privacy-related updates. While most sites are praising the ability to […]
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a WebOS user. For those who weren’t following the news this weekend, that means I don’t have an upgrade option. I may some day, but for right now my options are finding a used phone and one of three variations on a theme: the Palm Pixi/Pixi Plus, the Pre/Pre Plus/Pre2, […]
HP’s slashing the price of their end-of-lifed TouchPad (and giving price adjustments to those who already bought it) has been quite the news story this week. New WebOS users managed to take down perennial WebOS enthusiast site Precentral for a bit yesterday, and any site listed in the massive Slickdeals thread tends to get overrun […]
On Thursday I joked about making Windows Phone 7 my post-WebOS platform. It seems I wasn’t the only person who had that thought. Microsoft’s Brandon Watson, who has been getting attention by sending free phones to people like Molly Wood and Scott Adams, tweeted an offer to give free phones and training to published WebOS […]
Why in the world am I reviewing a product that has been discontinued, you ask? Partly because you can likely expect lots of close out deals on the TouchPad now. I still feel strongly that WebOS is a great operating system and hope HP finds a role for it, What about the hardware though? That’s […]
It turns out the rumors of HP selling their PC division were spot on, and now HP is seeking a separation from Personal Systems Group (PSG).
Here’s a little history lesson for the young’uns in the room: once upon a time, IBM made typewriters. Fast forward to 1981 and they came out with the IBM Personal Computer. This was a game changer, to the point that the nickname “PC”, became the defining term for home computers. Yes, your Apple was technically […]
Well, that was fast. The injunction against the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Tab has — albeit temporarily — been lifted in the European Union (a notable exception is Germany, where the ban is still in place). This news came Tuesday a day after several blogs, such as PC World, pointed out that it looked […]
