- Android Tablets: A Timeline of Failure
(ContributorNetwork) - HP TouchPad To Be Liquidated At Fire Sale Prices
- Best Buy stops selling the TouchPad, HP offers refunds to owners
- Red Hat CEO Thinks the Desktop Is Becoming a Legacy Application
- HP TouchPad insult to injury: Cart glitch hampers SMB fire sale
- HP TouchPad insult to injury: Cart glitch hampers SMB fire sale
- No, HP, you’re off the mark
- HTC & Apple Cut Forecasts Amidst Bad Economy
- Sluggish Android Tablet Growth May Give Microsoft an Opening
- How the Google-Motorola deal will spawn a new OS
(Digital Trends) - Deal of the Weekend: HP TouchPad Wi-Fi 16 GB for $99, 32 GB for $149
- A Decade of Haiku OS
- Samsung promises big announcement on September 1st [video]
- Unsold TouchPad stock to cost HP more than $100 million
- Mobiado’s Grand Touch phones ditch the Nexus S plastic for a precious metal finish
- HP TouchPad tablet liquidation begins
- Feature: Windows 8: making the PC a post-PC device? – Ars Technica
- Where did webOS go wrong?
(Yahoo! News) - Microsoft makes a play for WebOS developers
Archive for August 2011
Interesting Linux News for the Day – August 21, 2011
Interesting Linux News for the Day – August 20, 2011
- Not to be outdone by iPhone 5, Google’s Nexus Prime is also launching in October?
- What should WebOS smartphone and tablet owners do now?
- Mobiado shows us what a $4,000 Nexus S looks like
- Sprint’s Epic Touch 4G may be first US-bound Galaxy S II, arriving September 9th?
- Apple may have manipulated images in Samsung case
- Countdown to Mandriva 2011, Codename Announced
- Google’s Motorola Deal May Boost Android Ecosystem
(NewsFactor) - Samsung Mobile Prepping Something Big For IFA 2011 In Samsung Unpacked Episode 11
- The Engadget Interview: HP’s Stephen DeWitt discusses the state of webOS
- Apple seeking injunction against most Samsung Android phones and tablets
- HTC Unlocks Its Own Phones
- Should Facebook buy webOS from HP?
- Apple releases iOS 5 beta 6 to developers
- Linus Thinks Virtualization Is 'Evil'
- HP abandons webOS; is Apple too tough to beat?
(Appolicious) - Report: HTC CEO still banking on Google
- Microsoft’s Android patent claims get tested Monday
- Crazy idea: Microsoft, buy H-P’s PC business – MarketWatch
- HP does a 180 — Now it’s Apotheker’s company
- Five lessons tablet OEMs can learn from HP TouchPad fiasco
Interesting Linux News for the Day – August 19, 2011
- HP Kills Smartphone, Tablet Divisions; PCs at Risk
- Red Hat CEO thinks the desktop is becoming a legacy application
- HP kills TouchPad, may spin off PC business
- Editorial: Engadget on the death of HP’s webOS devices
- HP Dis-Gracefully Exits Out Of The WebOS Tablet And Smartphone Business
- HP’s WebOS conundrum: Sell the IP or try licensing?
- HP’s WebOS conundrum: Sell the IP or try licensing?
- HP to announce spin-out of PC business during tonight’s earnings call, report claims
- Linus Torvalds on Android, the Linux fork
- Google ‘Nexus Prime’ Android 4.0 phone could launch in October
- Verizon tops among Android carriers; AT&T gaining
- Android users prefer mobile apps over mobile Web
- Verizon’s Android share dropped substantially following iPhone 4 launch
- Android owners hit the web hard, with only a few apps
- For Fusion Garage, the second time’s the charm
- Shareholder sues Motorola Mobility over Google sale
- Kodak shopping its IP wares, looks to cash in on the patent buying craze
- Gartner: Apple gains as PC sales fall in Europe
- ASUS quad-core Eee Pad Transformer 2 reportedly delayed
- Most Android apps sit idle, top-50 apps make up 61% of all usage, Nielsen finds
Interesting Linux News for the Day – August 18, 2011
- Google-Motorola deal highlights patent arms race
(AP) - Editorial: Google, Microsoft and the incredible shifting mobile landscape
- Judge denies Google’s witness complaint in Microsoft-Motorola dispute
- Motorola DROID HD specs, images surface
- Outage hits Microsoft CRM Online, Office 365 customers
- Interview With GNOME 3 Designer Jon McCann
- Welcome to the patent valuation bubble
- Nokia CEO says “watch out” to Android phone makers
(Reuters) - LinuxCon 2011 Keynotes Streamed Free
- Android, iPhone User Stereotypes Revealed
(LiveScience.com) - Rumor says legal disputes with Samsung causing Apple to look for other suppliers
(Appolicious) - HP wants to take webOS everywhere: appliances, cars, you name it
(Digital Trends) - ASUS’ next gen Eee Pad Transformer to be first Kal-El device?
- 27,000 South Koreans sue Apple over iPhone privacy concerns
- Why consumers won’t buy tablets (unless they’re iPads)
- It’s iPad or nothing, survey says
- HP TouchPad a dud at Best Buy, sell-through rate falls below 10%
- Apple may drop $1 billion in Sharp LCD plant, report says
- Apple releases first Lion update
- Motorola’s new Droid HD makes cameo alongside Droid Bionic
Interesting Linux News for the Day – August 17, 2011
- A Linux Kernel More Stable Than -stable
- Hands on with Fusion Garage’s Grid 10 tablet and Grid 4 smartphone
- Michael Dell: We like Android, but work on Windows 8 tablets ‘encouraging’
- Android Arm Chair Quarterbacks
- HTC drags on the patent war, files yet another complaint against Apple
- Patents Drove Google’s Acquisition of Motorola
(ContributorNetwork) - Apple releases OS X Lion 10.7.1
- Verizon: Google’s Motorola purchase could bring stability to patent wars
- Let It All Out Bro, You’ll Feel Better Afterward: Apple Fanboy Raging About OS X Lion
- To boost adoption of webOS, HP looks to cars and kitchens
- HTC’s latest patent suit vs. Apple makes use of acquired IP
- Is Google’s Motorola buy the only way to save Android?
- German court lifts EU ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
- HTC sues Apple for patent infringement… again [updated]
- Apple accused of doctoring image to sink Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Europe – UPDATE
- ViewSonic announces 1.5GHz dual-OS ViewPad 10pro tablet
- OS X 10.7 Lion is more painful than Vista
- 5 fun ways Google could improve Motorola products
(Digital Trends) - Sibling rivalry: Will Google’s Motorola buy turn other Android makers green?
(Digital Trends) - Google’s patent play: $12.5B for Motorola Mobility
(AP)
Interesting Linux News for the Day – August 16, 2011
- Google’s Moto Mobility deal may have had Microsoft roots, comes with $2.5 billion break-up fee
- Linux snickers at Microsoft’s victory declaration
- What Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility could mean for Android users
(Appolicious) - Feds likely to let Google buy Motorola Mobility
(AP) - Google Buying Motorola Mobility Could Push Android Further
(ContributorNetwork) - Apple allegedly doctored evidence in patent case against Samsung
- Google to cough up $2.5 billion if Motorola deal falls through
- Google’s Motorola buy could spell trouble for Android partners
- HTC: Relationship with Google not affected by Motorola acquisition
- Motorola could help cure ailing Google TV
- Nokia jumps as Motorola Mobility bid rekindles M&A hope
(Reuters) - Google’s future handset rivals praise Motorola deal
- HTC, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson sound off on Google’s Motorola acquisition
- Google’s Page explains Motorola acquisition
- Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billion
(The Atlantic Wire) - Google buys Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion
- Have many Android vendors lost their rights to distribute Linux?
- Google to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5B
- Microsoft declares victory over Linux, names Apple and Google main rivals
Interesting Linux News for the Day – August 14, 2011
- Samsung’s iPhone Killer
- Google Takes a Small Step in Lodsys Patent-Troll Case
- Installing Linux On a 386 Laptop
- Google asks U.S. Patent Office to re-examine Lodsys patents
- If you can’t beat them, undercut them
- Motorola To Collect Royalties For Android
- Why promoting ChromeBooks is killing Android tablets
(Digital Trends) - Faint Praise From WSJ For a Linux Touchscreen PC For Seniors
- Nokia to undercut Android prices to gain U.S. market share
- Droid Bionic spotted in the wild, again, blurrycam still in full effect
- Samsung Gets Hearing Date For Galaxy Tab 10.1 In Germany, But Don’t Expect Tablets Before IFA
- Verizon Wireless Offering One Heck Of A Trade In Promotion
Interesting Linux News for the Day – August 13, 2011
- Open Source For Lawyers?
- Google to Open-Source Android App Inventor
(ContributorNetwork) - Samsung gets another chance against Apple with German hearing
- Samsung gets another chance against Apple with German hearing
- Ubuntu Linux makes musical friends with the Apple iPhone
- Looking back at a year of Android Malware
- Nintendo has good reason to not develop for iOS
- Sprint’s Playbook Play: CANCELLED
- BlackBerry Playbook dropped by Sprint, abandoned in U.S. market (updated)
- Sprint cancels plans to launch 4G BlackBerry PlayBook citing lack of demand
- Google Video expands to Android phones; users don’t really trust Google, Apple with payments
(Appolicious) - Report: Android steals 20% of tablet market share from iPad
- Report: Android steals 20% of tablet market share from iPad
- Android beats iOS in second quarter ad race, iPhone still top device
(Digital Trends) - Think Windows is insecure? You’re wrong, says security firm Kaspersky.
- Apple's Unlikely Security Mentor: Microsoft
- New Tablet from Acer Will Test Market for Smaller Screens
(NewsFactor) - ABI: Android tablets have eroded 20 pct of iPad share
(Digital Trends) - Google Videos enables Froyo phones to rent movies
- Ice Cream Sandwich details, screenshots leaked
Interesting Linux News for the Day – August 12, 2011
- Android Ice Cream Sandwich pictures leak, leave us slightly cold
- Google’s Chrome operating system gets a much needed update
- Archos Arnova 7b G2 makes its way through the FCC, we play the name game
- Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ images and details revealed
- FTC investigation into Google getting more focused
(Digital Trends) - Apple’s Samsung suit may be targeting Google
- Ice Cream Sandwich Photos Leaked
- Google accuses Microsoft of revealing ‘highly confidential source code’
- Gartner says smartphone sales grew 74% in Q2
- Nokia: 'We’re way ahead' of 'outdated' Apple and Google
- Developers complain Android Market payments aren’t matching app sales
(Appolicious) - Anatomy of a Bogus Patent Lawsuit
(ContributorNetwork) - FTC reportedly focusing on Android, search placement in Google probe
- Android leads as smartphone sales jump worldwide
- FTC antitrust investigators hone in on Android
- NL ruling on Apple vs. Samsung dispute due on 9/15, courtroom antics catalogued
- Android gets pulled into FTC antitrust probe
(Appolicious) - Sony and LG settle patent fight, sign cross-licensing deal
- Apple blocks tablet sales in Europe over rivals allegedly copying its iPad
(Appolicious) - Archos’ Arnova 7 G2 and 10 G2 tablets launch in Hong Kong, taste like Gingerbread