Author Archives: Ruben Kertesz

About Ruben Kertesz

Ruben hails from the Pacific Northwest where all that matters is a good cup of coffee, unless it gives you a nervous stomach like it does to him. -- He has since moved away from said town with said laxative. -- He is an environmental engineer that is keenly interested in webOS and wants to see the operating system used to help people be more efficient and "green"
By: , 6/29/2011 12:00 pm | 48 comments
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You may have read or watched HP CEO Leo Apotheker respond to a question at the D9 conference this year, saying that “HP is willing to partner with one or two special companies” (more about that response here). While the …

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By: , 6/28/2011 8:09 pm | 106 comments
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You may have read our recent news that HP is giving legacy webOS device owners a $50 rebate on a new 32 gb Touchpad. Well, we’ve found out some more tidbits for you, courtesy of Twitter. You will need to …

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By: , 6/28/2011 1:50 pm | 10 comments
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We’ve received numerous tips from people experimenting in the interwebs who found out that Hulu works on the TouchPad! On the surface, this isn’t much of a surprise as Hulu runs on Flash (sorry, iPad users). The important thing here …

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By: , 6/28/2011 10:26 am | 30 comments
HDMICable

Ok, we hear the growing squawks of those who are afraid they will not be able to send video to their television. Knowing well that there is no HDMI port on the TouchPad, should we throw our hands in the …

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By: , 6/27/2011 3:12 pm | 27 comments
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Here is the moment you’ve all been waiting for. The winners of our Veer Photoshop contest (and the owners of a brand new HP Veer) are: Most Original With a submission that looks like it’s coming off of the page …

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By: , 6/21/2011 9:40 am | 9 comments
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Adobe may not only be putting it’s latest Flash and Acrobat Reader software on webOS devices but there is a chance that Adobe’s effort at a dev-once release-everywhere design environment called “Air” will once again include webOS. According to our …

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By: , 6/20/2011 7:56 pm | 21 comments
White TouchPad

It would seem HP is seeking to match the iPad color scheme, releasing a “dove white” version of the TouchPad, as stumbled upon by the good folks at Precentral. Whether this is truly on HP’s roadmap remains to be seen (HP’s …

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By: , 6/16/2011 1:30 pm | 15 comments
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Remember the HP-Oracle spat that started when Mark Hurd slid over to Larry Ellison’s camp? After that, harsh words were exchanged, allegations were made, and there was even a chase sequence. One doesn’t need clairvoyance to suspect that HP and Oracle …

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By: , 6/15/2011 9:34 pm | 28 comments
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You may have read about HP’s online based movie delivery in contrast to the iCloud. Well, what of their music? HP has an answer to the fruit’s cloud based iTunes news. New information regarding the previously rumored cloud music system (AKA …

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By: , 6/15/2011 6:53 pm | 33 comments
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Acer is cutting its 2011 tablet shipment target by almost 60% [That can't be good -Ed]. I raise this because the Acer Iconia is going to be seated right next to the HP TouchPad at Walmart. When I saw one …

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By: , 6/15/2011 9:00 am | 30 comments
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For HP, it’s not just about the Benjamins, it’s soon to be about the 1100100s. As we reported previously, a recent Bloomberg report states that HP is also joining the NFC bandwagon. No, this isn’t going to compete with the …

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By: , 6/14/2011 11:51 pm | 3 comments
webos connect

They saw London, they saw France, now they’ll see….Toronto! Cast aside any preconceived notions put forth by the Red Green Show. The land of poutine and ice hockey is about to have a serious geek-fest when, on June 28th, the …

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