Archive for July, 2011
iSupply Touchpad Teardown
Industry teardown experts iSuppli have dismantled HP's Touchpad to determine the device's total bill of materials. According to iSuppli, each 32Gb TouchPad costs HP $318 to build, not including costs inherent to the device's assembly, packaging, support, marketing, transit, or licensing or royalty
HP TouchPad 4G Coming to AT&T
For those webOS fans out there who want the most flexibility for staying connected with a TouchPad, there’s more info out today about the HP TouchPad on the AT&T mobile broadband network. The TouchPad 4G will have a faster 1.5-GHz processor, 32GB of storage, integrated GPS and all the benefi
HP’s Stephen DeWitt Named New Head of WebOS Group
HP today announced that former Palm Inc. CEO Jon Rubinstein is now out as head of the former Palm group, and has reassigned Stephen DeWitt as senior vice president and general manager of its webOS global business unit. Ruby will take on an unspecific product innovation role within the Personal Syste
Next steps for HP webOS
As part of the logical evolution of its webOS business operations, HP today announced organizational changes designed both to accelerate the scale and growth of its existing webOS business as well as to expand and enhance other HP product lines. To drive the growth of the webOS Global Business Unit
A royal touch
The HP TouchPad got the royal treatment earlier today when Prince William and Kate Middleton got a hands-on demo of the new device at the Variety Venture Capital & New Media Summit today at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The Prince and his new bride graciously stopped by the HP booth, where they
TouchPad by the numbers
The countdown is finally over: the HP TouchPad is available today! For those of you who enjoyed counting backwards until today, here are a few more numbers you might enjoy: 50: That’s how many gigabytes of free cloud storage you’ll have to store your digital stuff when you download the free Box
TouchPad Reviews from Around the Web
While we are still awaiting delivery our TouchPad review unit, several other sites have already posted their initial reviews of the HP TouchPad. Here are some of the highlights from various reviewers around the web. Engadget's review of the TouchPad is rather harsh, with review Tim Stevens feel