HP TouchPad price cut: early adopters get App Catalog credit

HP TouchPad price cut

Move comes as early adopters complain about huge price cut just weeks after launch. HP has reacted to anger from early adopters about the recent decision to slash the cost of its new TouchPad by offering $50 App Catalog credit to those who bought one between 1 July and 4 August. The move comes … [Read more...]

HP TouchPad webOS 3.0.2 hits tablet OTA

HP TouchPad webOS 3.0.2 hits tablet OTA

As expected, HP has begun pushing out its OTA TouchPad update, bringing webOS 3.0.2 to the 9.7-inch tablet. The new firmware boosts performance and reliability, HP claims, in addition to boosting attachment rendering speed in the email app and tweaking how punctuation is automatically added in … [Read more...]

Windows 8 on a tablet: iPad 3 takes on Microsoft’s anti-Zune gambit

Windows 8 Tablet (iPad 3)

Windows 8 arrives in time to take on the iPad 3 even as previous iPad tablet competitors circle the bowl. In terms of user headcount, Microsoft easily won the personal computer wars with Windows 1 through 7 but lost the MP3 wars as its Zune failed to make headway against the iPod. Now that its … [Read more...]

Mac OS X Lion: Big cat ahoy

Mac OS X Lion apple features

OS X Lion arrives nearly two years after Apple launched its previous Mac operating system — OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. The first thing that’s apparent is the change in nomenclature. Gone is the version number (in this case 10.7) from the name. Lion is currently only available on Apple’s … [Read more...]

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