In a surprising move HP decided to roll out an webOS software update for the Pre 2 smartphone, before announcing its decision regarding the operating system’s fate. System update HP webOS 2.2.4 for Pre 2 ... (read more)

Hewlett-Packard’s webOS hardware is dead and buried but the fate of the platform itself remains to be determined. HP may hold on to the OS and use it on printers and PCs, and there have been plenty of rumors surrounding talks the company is having in an effort to license ...

HP is reportedly holding a meeting Tuesday night during which it may decide the fate of its webOS mobile platform, The Verge reported on Tuesday. The meeting will take place after the market closes and will be led by CEO Meg Whitman at 4:30 p.m. PST. According to Reuters, HP has ...

The last batch of HP TouchPad devices is now available for purchase in the United States, and HP is offering the tablet at discounted price tags for webOS developers interested in it.The Developer Device Purchase Program for the HP TouchPad is time limited, and is available only for ...

During the company’s third-quarter earnings call on Thursday, HP CEO Meg Whitman confirmed that her company will launch tablets powered by Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system next year. “One of my observations is that HP tries to do a lot of things,” Whitman explained. “And I am a big believer ...

HP said earlier this year that it was planning to kill off its webOS hardware business, and reports suggested it was planning to sell the division to another company or that it might use the mobile operating system for smaller side projects. The Guardian reported on Friday that HP may kill ...

Although it announced plans to kill the TouchPad, HP is still committed to user experience, and the company has just made available for download a new OS flavor for the tablet PC. The new software update is being released over-the-air, and brings along a nice range of enhancements to ...

Amazon is reportedly a front runner among multiple companies currently in talks with Hewlett-Packard to purchase its struggling webOS business. VentureBeat cites an anonymous “well-placed source” in reporting the HP is looking to dump what’s left of Palm and webOS as quickly as possible, and Amazon is nearing a deal ...

Back in August, HP announced that they would discontinue any webOS hardware operations, a move that has already determined the company to send home some of the webOS developers that were no longer needed.Today, the company announced that it would send home a number of people from the ...

HP shareholder Richard Gammell has filed a class-action lawsuit against HP after the company made the drastic decision to kill off the TouchPad in August, which resulted in a 20% drop in share price the following day, Reuters reported. Gammell argued in the suit that HP failed to inform investors ...

As Hewlett-Packard reportedly toys with the idea of selling off its webOS software division, a new possible suitor may emerge from the dust following the burial of HP’s failed webOS devices. In a note to investors on Thursday, Jefferies & Company analyst Peter Misek suggests that Facebook might be in ...

We’ve been saying for a while now that HTC would deserve its own OS, considering the fact that the HTC Sense experience feels likely a totally unique thing, aside from the Android world. Well, they could follow the example of Samsung, that’s been successful with the Bada OS and create ...