Ipad and Tablet PC News Australia
Australian Ipad and tablet PC News
Worldwide media tablet shipments into sales channels rose by 23.9% on a sequential basis in the third calendar quarter of 2011 (3Q11) to 18.1 million units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Media Tablet and eReader Tracker. Compared to last year, that is an increase of 264.5% from the same quarter, but lower than expectations Highlights: Apple … [Read more...]
HP announced recently its plan to produce another order of HP TouchPad tablets, which are supposively due to reach store shelves before October 31. In their August Annoucement, HP announced it will discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones. They stated at the time, the devices have not met internal milestones and financial targets. They did … [Read more...]
Mobicity expect to receive a new shipment of HP Touchpads in September 2011. If you missed out on the Harvey Norman $98 deal, then try for the next deal, expected to be set at $249 (still a $200 saving off the original price). However, reports from Channelnews.com.au suggest that Harvey Norman will not get new stock of the ill-fated, $98 Hewlett-Packard TouchPad tablet, after HP announced it … [Read more...]
Have HP done a backflip on the shelving of the HP Touchpad. The Touchpad lives on - for now. At the HP Communities NextBench blog, signs that maybe HP are having a change of heart are becoming clear. Mark Budgell stated yesterday, "Despite announcing an end to manufacturing webOS hardware, we have decided to produce one last run of TouchPads to meet unfulfilled demand. We don’t know … [Read more...]
After just four days on sale in the Australian Marketplace, HP has killed off it's touchpad/ In an international press release, HP said it would "discontinue operations for WebOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and WebOS phones". Retailing between $500 and $600, the touchpad failed to attract the attention in the flooded tablet marketplace in Australia dominated by the IPad and … [Read more...]
Cynapse recently announced the global availability of Localscope for the HP TouchPad. The app has been redesigned around the native TouchPad experience and takes full advantage of the exclusive new capabilities of HP webOS 3.0 such as 'Just Type' and 'Exhibition' mode. 'People across the world depend on Localscope to explore and discover local points of interest. With tablet devices driving … [Read more...]
Hewlett-Packard have announced it plans to release the HP TouchPad July 1 in the US. HP's answer to the iPad, the HP TouchPad will initially be released as a Wi-Fi only tablet. The 16 Gig model will retail for around $500USD and the 32Gig will retail for around$600USD in the United States. The TouchPad will run the webOS platform. "What makes HP TouchPad a compelling alternative to … [Read more...]
Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced in February 2011 they would release a new challenger to Apple, the HP TouchPad. The TouchPad is the first HP's tablets born out of their purchase of the Palm business. Designed for mobile productivity, it intends to provide an exceptional internet experience around the home or on the move. The HP TouchPad tablet has a 9.7in touchscreen and has the … [Read more...]
Motorola officially announced the release of the … [Read More...]
