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HP Eyes Tablet Comeback With Android-Backed Slate 7
Fp Archives •It follows the 2011 failure of its WebOS-based TouchPad, which the company stopped selling after just seven weeks.
HP Opens webOS Mobile Software To Others
Fp Archives •Potentially taking on Google's free Android platform that is popular with handset makers.
HP Should Reconsider Dumping TouchPad: Canalys
Fp Archives •HP should dump its TouchPad as the device could double the value of the PC division, says research firm.
Tablet Boom Prompts Gartner To Cut PC Market View
Fp Archives •Research firm Gartner slashed its growth forecast for the global PC market this year to 3.8% from 9.3%
PC Biz To Remain World No.1: HP Exec
Fp Archives •"A standalone company could and will do what's most required to drive value for shareholders and partners," said Todd Bradley
HP Resurrects TouchPad For One Last Go At iPad
Fp Archives •HP announced a temporary about-face on the gadget after being "pleasantly surprised" by the outsized demand
HP Looks To Expand WebOS Reach
Fp Archives •HP looking to expand use of WebOS as it gears up to launch its tablet.
HP To Pit 'TouchPad' Against Apple's iPad, Google
Fp Archives •The 9.7 inch tablet to run on Palm's webOS operating system.
Researchers develop flexible wearable hydrogel touchscreen panel
Fp Archives •Researchers have developed a wearable touch screen panel that is highly stretchable and can be used to write words and play electronic games.
HP is going open source with WebOS
Anuradha •After weeks of figuring just what to do with the WebOS platform that HP had acquired along with Palm, they've decided the fate of the operating system.