HP's WebOS mess: When smartphone assets go toxic

Release Date 19 Aug, 2011 in Register

HP's WebOS mess: When smartphone assets go toxic Register - 19 Aug, 2011 By Andrew Orlowski • Get more from this author On Tuesday, HP was talking to the Wall Street Journal about putting WebOS in stoves, fridges and cars. By Thursday, HP didn't even want to put WebOS into smartphones and tablets. The platform has been cast ...
HP's TouchPad and WebOS have been killed - and Apple is the main suspect Chicago Sun-Times - Andy Ihnatko - 19 Aug, 2011 My friends, oh, my friends! The things I wrote and then deleted from this column! Words like “Jerks,” “Twits,” “Paltroons,” and “cowards”! And then, phrases like “four-flushing bastards” and “hapless, ...
HP webOS in limbo after TouchPad is killed, Apple's role CBS News - Chenda Ngak - 19 Aug, 2011 (CBS) - Hewlett-Packard has officially killed the HP TouchPad, leaving webOS in a precarious position. We reported Thursday that computer giant HP hit the brakes the TouchPad, a computer tablet that has been widely considered a flop by tech journalists ...
	Apple beats HP, Google acquires Motorola and more. Washington Post - 19 Aug, 2011 Hayley Tsukayama writes for The Washington Post's "Faster Forward" and "Post Tech" blogs, covering consumer technology and technology policy. A Minnesota native, she joined the Post in 2010 after completing her master's degree in journalism. ...
Wild Day Leaves HP With Much To Prove InformationWeek - Fritz Nelson - 19 Aug, 2011 A low margin PC business combined with a stilted mobile effort was a distraction for a company with much bigger battles to win. But it's a shame HP didn't realize this long ago. By Fritz Nelson InformationWeek Earlier this week I asked if this was ...
Australian retailer stops selling HP TouchPad ZDNet - Luke Hopewell - 19 Aug, 2011 Electronics retailer Harvey Norman orders its franchisees to pull thousands of webOS-powered HP TouchPads off the shelves, after Hp announces that it would no longer be producing the device. Electronics retailer Harvey Norman has ordered its ...
HP: webOS hardware dead, PC business could be spun off ZDNet (blog) - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes - 19 Aug, 2011 Summary: Another tablet bites the dust as HP shutters webOS hardware and considers spinning off its entire PC business. In a shock announcement yesterday HP announced that it is to cease ...
	3 things we learned from HPs PC implosion Houston Chronicle (blog) - 19 Aug, 2011 On Thursday, the nearly unfathomable happened: The biggest computer company in the world said it no longer wanted to be in the PC business. On top of that, it doesn't even want to try to compete in what's presumed to be the next iteration of consumer ...
iPad 2 & 3 tablet rivals: Another one bites the dust, as HP kills TouchPad Computerworld (blog) - Richi Jennings - 19 Aug, 2011 Yesterday's shock news of HP's restructuring included the death of its webOS tablet and smartphone lines. Good news for Apple's iPad 2 -- and the forthcoming iPad 3 -- but lousy news for long-time Palm ...
	HP to exit tablet and PC business in face of Apple and Google onslaught Daily Mail - 19 Aug, 2011 By Daily Mail Reporter Computer giant Hewlett-Packard is pulling out of the tablet and mobile phone market after poor sales of its products and stiff competition from rivals Apple and Google. The announcement - just a year after the company spent ...
Which was more disastrous --- Microsoft's Kin or HP's WebOS? Computerworld (blog) - 19 Aug, 2011 Now that HP's more than $1.2 billion bet on WebOS has gone down the tubes, it's time to ask the burning question: Which product was more disastrous, HP's ill-fated WebOS, or Microsoft's ludicrous Kin? HP's announcement that it was pulling the plug on ...
HP's PC, WebOS bombshells: Opportunities or warning signs for Google? ZDNet (blog) - Sam Diaz - 19 Aug, 2011 Summary: As Google and HP headed down similar business paths, HP's sudden jolt to its business model will impact the rest of the tech industry. So, what's the Google factor? HP's bombshell news - that it was ...
Apple's mobile PC lead is safe as HP exits Inquirer - Dean Wilson - 19 Aug, 2011 Apple shipped close to 13.6 million mobile PC units, which includes tablets and laptops, in the second quarter of 2011, giving it a whopping 136 per cent year on year growth. It is not surprising then that it had little problem ...
HP TouchPad crushed by Apple iPad Telegraph.co.uk - Christopher Williams - 19 Aug, 2011 HP's radical decision to close its smartphone and tablet unit means the TouchPad, the firm's competitor to the iPad, lasted just 48 days on the American market before being made effectively obsolete. By Christopher Williams, Technology Correspondent ...
Okay HP, Let's Make Some Lemonade Washington Post - 19 Aug, 2011 By TechCrunch.com, After spending $1.2 billion to acquire Palm, they announced that they were killing off the development of all smartphones and tablets running Palm's webOS platform �" including the just launched TouchPad. Having survived for just 49 ...
HP To Apple: You Win. Washington Post - 19 Aug, 2011 By TechCrunch.com, As I write this, I'm sitting in a cafe. Around me, there are five people on laptops �" four of them are MacBooks. Four other people are using tablets �" all four are iPads. Welcome to the Post-PC world. That phrase was one of the first ...
	HP dumps WebOS, looks to split off PC business ZDNet UK - David Meyer - 19 Aug, 2011 HP is to spin off or sell its market-leading PC business and kill off all its WebOS devices, including the TouchPad tablet and Pre range of smartphones, so it can focus on higher-value enterprise products ...
Hitler learns HP is abandoning WebOS YouTube - 19 Aug, 2011 Hitler is upset to learn HP is abandoning WebOS and the TouchPad. But he can't bump his and his mom's together!? All content belongs to the original creators of Downfall (A fantastic movie, I may add!)
	Palm. HP. Who owns WebOS next? ZDNet (blog) - Jason Perlow - 19 Aug, 2011 Summary: With HP's discontinuation of the TouchPad, Veer, Pixi and Pre, who is the next likely suitor for the WebOS? Look, I didn't kill the TouchPad! It's… not… my… fault! I know I said some very bad ...
HP's strategic shift away from TouchPad; PCs, too? San Francisco Chronicle - James Temple - 19 Aug, 2011 AP If there's a notch on the technology timeline demarcating the PC and post-PC eras, we might have just crossed it. Hewlett-Packard on Thursday effectively announced it was done with the personal computer, extending a crazy week in tech news that saw ...
	HP TouchPad crashes and burns, HP gives up Christian Science Monitor - Chris Richardson - 19 Aug, 2011 HP TouchPad was released barely a month ago but the tablet never took off and HP pulled the ejector handle. A win for Apple's iPad. A lose for those who bought an HP TouchPad. HP TouchPad discontinued: The HP TouchPad is displayed in San Francisco, ...
HP chief bows to Jobsian cult Register - 19 Aug, 2011 Why is HP killing its webOS tablet and hoping to spin-off its PC business? During HP's quarterly earnings call with reporters and analysts on Thursday afternoon, company CEO Leo Apotheker explained the company's unexpected about-face with an admission ...
	TouchPad death burns early adopters Sydney Morning Herald (blog) - 19 Aug, 2011 How can we trust vendors when they kill off new products only days after they hit the shelves? It was clear the webOS-powered TouchPad was in trouble when HP started slashing the price before it even went on sale. The TouchPad received mixed reviews, ...
Death of HP TouchPad Changes the Tablet Landscape PCWorld - Tony Bradley - 19 Aug, 2011 The tech world was rocked earlier this week when Google announced its purchase of Motorola Mobility, but that was nothing compared with the bombshell HP dropped today. HP announced in one fell swoop that it is abandoning both ...
	HP ditches webOS devices, looks to spin off PC business Christian Science Monitor - Matthew Shaer - 19 Aug, 2011 HP announced a sweeping corporate overhaul on Thursday, and although exact details are still leaking out, it looks like the company will discontinue its webOS interface �" the same interface that powers the HP Touchpad ...
HP halts WebOS business, spins off PC unit ZDNet Asia - Larry Dignan - 19 Aug, 2011 Hewlett-Packard says it will discontinue its WebOS operations, including its TouchPad tablet, as the company cuts its outlook for the next two quarters. HP said today it will discontinue its ...
HP, Harvey Norman in crisis talks over TouchPad demise The Australian - Chris Griffith - 19 Aug, 2011 The HP TouchPad's software is beautiful and intuitive, but more of a "meh-sterpiece'' than a masterpiece. Source: AP Hewlett-Packard says it may sell or spin-off the PC unit, and is shutting down production of its TouchPad. ...
	HP has suffered from Apple envy CNET - Josh Lowensohn - 19 Aug, 2011 HP, like so many other tech companies, has had Apple envy for the last few years. But also like so many others, it's proved no match for Apple's design and marketing machine. And today, HP paid the price for that inability. It gave up on WebOS, ...
HP TouchPad dumped after just four days on sale Herald Sun - Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson - 19 Aug, 2011 The HP TouchPad tablet computer, which has been dumped just four days after it went on sale in Australia. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied ONE of the world's biggest computer makers quietly killed its first tablet ...
	This Day in Tech: HP saying goodbye to WebOS, PC unit CNET - Boonsri Dickinson - 19 Aug, 2011 Too busy to keep up with the tech news? Here are some of the more interesting stories from CNET for Thursday, August 18. Jon Rubinstein introduces the HP TouchPad, a WebOS-based tablet, in February 2011. • The world's largest computer maker ...