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“Dear HP…” From: Chicago webOS Meetup

 

After the news hit that HP still needs up to another month to determine what to do with the webOS platform, things are as uncertain as ever for the fans and the developers. That did not however stop members …

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TouchPad Sighting: Tiger Direct & Circuit City

Yet again, we see another sign that the TouchPad we have come to know and love might live. TigerDirect and Circuit City will have a “limited, limited, limited” supply of them. You can either get one paired with a …

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[UPDATE] TouchPad Developer Device Purchase Program Back?

HP recently posted a new page on the webOS Developer site. A “Developer Device Purchase Program” page! This means that now, for a limited time, if you are a developer, you can purchase the infamous TouchPad! Here are the …

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Phil McKinney Retiring

We’ve seen our fair share of folks come and go from the world of HP and Palm (ed. Note- mostly go, unfortunately) but this latest one is a sad one to say for sure. Phil McKinney is one of …

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[Exclusive] Leaked HP Internal “Document”

Want a little peek inside the conference room over in Sunnyvale? We’ve got one. Apparently the number of potential buyers is much greater than we all suspected.

webOSRoundup has received a photo of a list of potential webOS buyers and …

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[Rumor] HP to Pull the Plug on webOS?

Man, it stinks to write that headline. Now please everyone, be calm. This is a rumor. The Guardian reported, and several tech sites have picked up on this, that HP is planning to shut down operations on webOS – …

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Breaking: Richard Kerris is Leaving HP [Update: Confirmed]

We just got word from sources inside HP that Richard Kerris, Vice-President of Worldwide Developer Relations for HP is leaving HP. This is another blow in a long line of to the webOS community.

There was much excitement when Kerris …

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[Rumor] Good News and Bad News – Windows 8 Touchpads?

Clayton Morris has an interesting set of rumors for us, and please take this rumor with a week’s worth of your daily recommended sodium intake. “Sources at HP” have a few things to say.

The HP hardware team has been …

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In a Post-HPocalypse World, WebOS Internals Has Our Backs

Do you hear that low rumble? Off in the distance. That is HP, getting set to make an announcement of their grand plans for webOS. Build it… Sell it…or Kill it. Of course that last option is the most …

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Meg Whitman to Accept One-Dollar-Per-Year Salary

New CEO of HP, Meg Whitman, will accept a one-dollar-per-year (a.k.a. one-seven millionth of Apotheker’s parachute) base salary for her new duties at the tech giant according to the Wall Street Journal.  This is not the first time a …

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HP Reaffirms Commitment to webOS — As an Enterprise Development Platform

Hewlett-Packard today reaffirmed their commitment to webOS, as an enterprise development platform. Yep, that’s right, an enterprise development platform.

Chairman of the Board Ray Lane said the following at the InformationWeek 500 conference when comparing webOS and Android for the …

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HP Giving Out FREE “6-Packs” of Apps to ALL U.S. TouchPad Owners (UPDATE: More codes are coming!)

It’s Christmas in August! In hopes to show they’re still committed to webOS and its customers, HP is giving away a free “6-pack” of apps that they themselves selected to each and every TouchPad owner. That’s right, we said …

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