Something is coming on February 9th and HP|Palm is certainly doing a good job in getting us excited for the big unveiling. Today, they are offering a glimpse of what’s to come. Tablet(s), Smartphone(s), Both?
HP To Release “Game Changer” According to Nostradamus
February 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The lastest in the line of “Release My Pre” videos. February 9th cannot get here soon enough.
Why Palm Needs a Hero Phone
January 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Over the past few years, Palm has been great at creating hype to surround their events. They have been very successful in getting everyone in a tizzy before product announcements. Prior to this past CES, where they sat on the sidelines, Palm has done a fantastic job in creating buzz around their events. In many ways, I’ve considered Palm events to be Apple-like, save for the black turtleneck. When Palm announced the Pre in 2009, the run-up to the release was exciting and Palm delivered. Flash forward to 2011 and the hype machine is well underway. Now under HP, Palm is once again in a familiar place, on the big stage they’ve created. They skipped CES and now the lights will shine even brighter on the stage on February 9th. The invite says, “Think Big, Think Small, Think Beyond”. The past few weeks have brought no shortage of leaks surrounding Topaz, one of multiple webOS tablets expected to make their public debut on February 9th. Not much has been said or leaked regarding the most important piece of any mobile platform and that’s a long overdue update to webOS phones. Dan Ramirez at webOSRoundup put it best when he said, “smartphones are the epicenter of mobile computing”. The time for HP|Palm to deliver a hero phone is now and it’s vital to the success of any tablet or product that will be part of the larger webOS ecosystem said to be in the works.
Palm Contest Offers A Chance For You To See Big Reveal
January 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Have you heard that something big is happening on February 9th? What if you could join HP Palm for the big reveal? The company is going to select one lucky member of the community to do just that. In order to enter, you need to tweet the following message in it’s entirety. One lucky member of the community will be flown out to San Francisco for the “Think Big, Think Small, Think Beyond” event.
Hey, @palm – I’m ready to #thinkbeyond on February 9: http://tinyurl.com/thinkbeyond
If you are on Twitter or planning on joining for the contest, don’t forget to follow @everythingpre.
via Palm’s blog
HP Files For Three Trademarks: Duopad, Touchslate, Touchcanvas
January 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
HP recently filed for a trademark for HP Touchpad, leading to speculation that the upcoming line of webOS tablets would follow that naming convention. Now it seems there are three new filings that are likely related to the webOS tablets. HP has filed for Duopad, Touchslate and Touchcanvas. While there have been a few leaks regarding possible specs of the tablets, it’s still not clear what HP will call the new line of tablets.
Will PalmPad make a resurgence or will one of the newer filings be used? We’ll find out on February 9th. Have a favorite? Let us know in the comments.
Pocketnow, Precentral via Engadget
More webOS tablet leaks, upcoming phones “nothing too amazing”
January 19, 2011 by Leave a Comment
More news coming out today from Engadget regarding HP Palm’s upcoming Topaz and Opal webOS tablets that will be announced on February 9th. The Opal will be 180 x 144 x 13mm (shorter and wider than the Galaxy Tab) and will feature a 1024 x 768 TFT LCD. The larger webOS tablet codenamed Topax will ship three months prior to the Opal. It comes in at 240 x190 x 13mm or essentially the size specs of the iPad.
The premium audio on the sales sheet will be HP’s Beats audio processing. The tipster also sent details of a survey conducted on behalf of HP Palm. One question asks how interested a respondent would be in a programmable wireless charging dock that transforms a tablet into an alarm clock, digital photo frame and GPS unit. Features found in webOS 2.0’s exhibition. One other notable item is “Tap to share”, allowing individuals to easily share documents, a website or a song between a phone and tablet.
All good news for an impressive showing next month as it relates to the upcoming tablets. Here’s where things go south. The tipster claims to have seen the handsets and says they are “nothing too amazing”.
via Engadget
HP Teases With New Invite “Think Again”
January 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
HP has sent another round of invites, but this time letting everyone know that the tablet renders seen on Engadget are not the latest. The copy reads, “Think you saw the latest on Engadget? Think again.”
HP Schedules Exciting webOS Announcement for February 9th
January 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment
HP has sent out invites for an exciting webOS announcement on February 9th. We take this to mean some sort of new hardware or perhaps multiple devices. The company won’t have a presence at CES, but they’ll certainly have everyone’s attention in early February. The tagline reads, “Think big. Think small. Think beyond.”
While not a huge surprise to us, but this is an HP event. It appears that the Palm branding might be gone sooner than originally thought.
HP Ads Promote webOS To Developers
December 28, 2010 by Leave a Comment
New HP banner advertisements are starting to pop up on various tech sites and they are promoting webOS to developers. The caption reads, “HP webOS is the best platform to express your creativity“. We’re assuming it’s for developers in an attempt to garner more interest and ultimately improve upon the 5,000 apps available in the App Catalog. The ad was seen on everythingiCafe, which is an iPhone community. It certainly makes sense. Find the best iPhone forum in town and advertise webOS in hopes you’ll get a few developers to jump on board.
UPDATE: Here’s another ad also found on everythingiCafe.
Palm Pixi 2 Rumored for SRF, HP Palm To Ship Bi-Monthly Smartphones
December 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Rumors today via our friends at PreCentral that Palm will ship a new Palm Pixi 2 to SFR. It appears that France has become the new hotbed for new Palm devices, with SFR being the only current provider offering the Palm Pre 2. Palm had stated that Verizon would carry the Palm Pre 2 in the “coming months“, but the two have missed the critical holiday shopping window. With CES around the corner, sending the Palm Pre 2 to the shelves in January would be the equivalent of taking a knife to a gunfight. The news is not all bleak. The Palm Pre 2 represents an incremental upgrade, a phone that likely wouldn’t have sold in numbers that would affect any real positive change in market share. What’s needed from HP/Palm is one or more killer devices. News today indicates that phones are indeed coming. HP’s Todd Bradley told employees of HP that the company plans to “ship a new smartphone every two months“.
CES is coming. HP/Palm will certainly be there and we’ll be there live blogging the yet-unannounced event. Will Palm bring it?