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WebOS App Catalog Revealed

Another week with no news from HP, another investigation by the WebOS Internals crew. This time they've directed their attention at HP's App Catalog for WebOS to reveal everything you ever wanted to know...and probably some stuff you didn't really care about. - There are 8399 unique apps. - There are 3514 apps that work on all WebOS devices. -

HP Still Thinking On WebOS

HP has still hasn't decided what to do with WebOS but appears to be taking the decision seriously. At an all-employee meeting last night with the WebOS team in Sunnyvale, new CEO Meg Whitman, reportedly said, "It's really important to me to make the right decision, not the fast decision," and "If HP decides to do this,we're going to do  it

4.2 Million WebOS Users?

Over the weekend, an amazing piece of detective work by the WebOS Internals team and some crowd-sourcing via Twitter has revealed that there approximately 4.2 million WebOS users, give or take. Every WebOS phone or tablet user has to create a profile in order to use their device. Each profile has a unique identifier, a number that appears to simply

Decision Time For HP and WebOS

The rumours continue to swirl around HP and WebOS but AppleInsider is claiming that the fate of WebOS could be decided today (11th October). Reports suggest that the initial bidding process is complete and that an annoucement may be made after a meeting today to confirm the next step in the sale process. There's been much speculation as to who the

Crushing Demand for HP TouchPad in UK

It's been an insane day and evening here in the UK if you were interested in HP's TouchPad firesale. Rumours persisted throughout the day as to when various on-line retailers were going to cut the prices and there was disbelief that the prices were going to be as good as the US $100. Word leaked out that it was going

Microsoft Poaching webOS Developers

A few days ago we received the sad news that HP was discontinuing webOS devices.  The only good news out of that was for gadget lovers - HP has slashed prices on the recently released TouchPad (it's already out-of-stock at Walmart online).  The bad news for HP, beyond the bad press and bad stock prices, was that Microsoft leaped on

Goodbye Palm and Thanks for the Ride

It's finally the end of the line for Palm and WebOS. HP killed off the Palm name a few months ago and it now looks like it's fatal for WebOS too. In a press release today, HP reported "that it plans to announce that it will discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones. HP will continue