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Apple sold an astounding 47 million iPhones in Q4 2012. This was only good enough for second place in the “smartphone wars”. Samsung, the clear leader, sold nearly 65 million smartphones. The success of Samsung, which is dominating the Android market, is no doubt partly due to their constant, aggressive marketing. Expect more of this [...]
White AT&T HP Veer now just $0.01 at Amazon (with contract)
The HP Veer is the company’s little brother to the Pre 3. It signifies HP’s efforts to put webOS into the hands of the ‘average consumer’, not someone who usually targets smartphones when buying a new handset. The Veer is a bit exclusive also, in that it really can’t be used by people (read: men) [...]
HP TouchPad may launch on June 12
HP’s first webOS-powered tablet, the TouchPad, is going to be a nice entrance in the tablet market which is getting more and more crowded by the day. That’s even if the TouchPad won’t manage to outsell Apple’s iPad, as HP seems to think will happen. We’ve heard before that the TouchPad may finally launch in [...]
HP is delusional, thinks the Touchpad will sell more than the iPad
Today’s funny moment is brought to you by HP. More specifically, Eric Cador, HP’s European head, has said that HP’s Touchpad is going to be “better than number one”, “number one plus”. Okay, so he didn’t actually say that the Touchpad will sell better than the iPad, although that’s clearly what he implied. Not saying [...]
Verizon’s HP Pre 3 passes the FCC
Back in April, we saw a version of HP’s Pre 3 running on Verizon’s network. While Verizon still hasn’t announced it would offer the smartphone, it may do it quite soon, since a CDMA / EvDo Pre 3 has been approved by the FCC yesterday. The Pre 3 approved by the Federal Commission also has [...]
HP Veer 4G announced by AT&T, will be available on May 15
Well, what do you know, the tiny HP Veer is coming to AT&T later this month: today, the carrier has officially announced that the smartphone would be exclusively available to its customers starting May 15, in two color versions (black and white). Since it’s one of the “20 4G devices” that AT&T will introduce “by [...]
White HP Veer 4G coming to AT&T soon?
Officially introduced way back in February alongside the HP Pre 3 and the HP TouchPad, the Palm HP Veer seems to be making its way to AT&T. Some press photos of a Veer running on AT&T’s network have appeared over at Pocket Now. Surprisingly, this is a white version of the Veer (unannounced until now). [...]
Screenshots of WebOS 3.0 Leak, Show off HP TouchPad
We’ve seen pictures taken of HP’s new version of WebOS before, but now we have actually found some screenshots, courtesy of PreCentral. These shots show a few aspects of the OS, as if it were on the HP TouchPad. We still don’t know when we’ll actually be able to get some hands-on time with WebOS [...]
New HP WebOS smartphone (Stingray?) and Verizon Pre 3 leaked
Since HP took over Palm, the company announced only two new smartphones: the HP Pre 3, and the HP Veer. A third one may come soon, and, unlike the Pre 3 and the Veer, it seems that it won’t have a QWERTY keyboard. PreCentral received an image which allegedly shows the upcoming HP smartphone. Possibly [...]
Verizon Palm Pre 2 now free on contract
Although the HP Pre 3 has been announced recently, Verizon has only gotten around to starting selling the Palm Pre 2 in the second half of last month. Having the newer model announced while trying to sell the older model can clearly hurt sales, and Verizon’s decision to stock the Pre 2 so late (after [...]
HP TouchPad Closer to Reality, Listed on Amazon
One sure sign that a product is coming in the near future is by finding a page for that product on Amazon. Such is the case with the HP TouchPad, which now owns its own little piece of real estate on the shopping giant’s site. While the TouchPad itself is listed as “currently not available” [...]
HP Touchpad, Veer and Pre 3 hands-on videos #MWC11
Last week HP had showed the world how they are going to get back into mobile game with WebOS products that they have acquired with Palm Inc. Their new offerings – the next generation of WebOS, Touchpad tablet, Pre 3 and Veer smartphones looked pretty cool. We’ve covered the new device specs and features already, [...]
Verizon Palm Pre 2 pre-orders have started, it costs $99.99 and will ship on February 17
HP has started taking pre-orders for the Verizon Palm Pre 2. Contrary to what we found out yesterday, the phone will only start shipping on February 17 (a week from now), in line with previous rumors. We also know the price now. It will be $99.99 if you sign a new two-year contract. Getting the [...]
Palm Pre 2 will finally be available on Verizon tomorrow
Tomorrow, February 10, will be a big day for Verizon. The iPhone 4 will finally become available in stores for those who aren’t already Verizon customers. Also, Big Red will finally release the Palm Pre 2. No, that’s not a typo. Verizon will not be selling the just-unveiled HP Pre 3, but the Palm Pre [...]
HP TouchPad, HP Pre 3 and HP Veer with WebOS officially announced
HP and its subsidiary Palm have just announced no less than three new WebOS devices: one tablet and two smartphones. Curiously, none of them bears the Palm brand – it’s all about HP from now on. The new tablet is called HP TouchPad – although some may have expected it to be called HP Topaz [...]
Verizon will launch the Palm Pre 2 on February 17
The Palm Pre 2 was always going to eventually be sold by Verizon, but perhaps no one anticipated just how long it would take for that to happen. The device, the first one to run webOS 2, was unveiled back in October, and has since become available in the US in unlocked form. Now it [...]
Palm teases new HP WebOS devices (smartphone and tablet?) before next week’s announcement
HP and Palm will host an event next week, on February 9, where new WebOS products are going to be showcased. But before that, Palm has posted a video teaser and a countdown timer which provide a glimpse on what we should expect from the upcoming event. While the device seen (well, almost seen) next [...]
HP Palm Topaz tablet specs leak
On February 9, HP is going to unveil new devices running webOS, the mobile operating system developed by Palm, which HP acquired last year. And as we get closer to that date, we get more and more details on HP’s upcoming tablet range. At this point, it’s quite clear that there will be two tablets [...]
HP / Palm tablets detailed, one of them may be called HP Touchpad
Just yesterday, we’ve heard that HP plans to unveil two new Palm tablets next month, which will be called Opal and Topaz. Now we have more info on the upcoming tablets, courtesy of Engadget. Reportedly, the HP Palm Opal has a 1024 x 768 pixels TFT LCD display and measures 180 x 144 x 13 [...]
HP to launch two Palm WebOS tablets this year, one of them will be out in September
HP is hosting an event on February 9, and basically the entire world already knows that they’re going to announce something tablet-related, Palm-related, and WebOS-related. But until today no one knew any hard details about what’s going to be unveiled. Everyone assumed that there will be at least one HP Palm WebOS-based tablet, but it [...]