Dell Computer, once a titan of the PC industry in the 1990s, is rumored to be considering a private buyout that would take the corporation into the realm of private equity and allow it to reconfigure itself for future markets without the scrutiny of shareholders. Rather than face the fate of RIM or HP, both […]
Read MoreHP is doing another run of its suddenly popular TouchPad, this just weeks after announcing the death of the platform and, indeed, of all HP’s WebOS properties. Demand for the TouchPad has been high since its prices have been slashed from something astronomical to $100 and $150 for the models. This has caused a firestorm […]
Read MoreZDNet is great when it comes to things like this. Thanks for not inspiring confidence HP.
Read MoreThere’s a fire sale on HP’s TouchPads following their announcement of discontinuation of the line. TouchPads are going for $99 for the low end model and are selling like wild, ironic given that if they had sold like this previously HP would most likely not be discontinuing the line. ZDNet declares that this action on […]
Read MoreHewlett Packard’s stock price has dropped some 20% today in a dramatic reaction to the company’s earnings and spin-off proposals yesterday, approaching a six-year low and drawing into question the strategic calculation that went into the proposal to dump Palm, TouchPad, WebOS and consumer-side PCs. The last time HP’s stock price did so poorly was […]
Read MoreRemember PDAs? Maybe I’m dating myself, but the original market innovator, Palm, after being acquired in 2009 for approximately $2 billion by HP, is now a defunct concern. As news broke yesterday of HP’s spin-off of its consumer PC business and its cessation of Palm, WebOS and TouchPad endeavors, it quickly became clear that 1) […]
Read MoreIn a pretty monumental development for tech-nerds today, HP is dropping its WebOS and Touchpad as well as spinning off its consumer PC business. If you will recall, HP purchased the then nearly defunct Palm for its WebOS to try and craft it into an alternative platform to Android and iOS. Apparently, they think it’s […]
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