Back before the e-reader boom, I collected various handheld gadgets which I could adapt as e-readers. This was back in the heady days of 2008, when my only practical choices for e-readers were Kindle, Sony, Bookeen, and Ebookwise. There was also Irex, but frankly they were too expensive. This post is an expansion and update [...]
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HP donated a $10k server to the WebOS hacking community
February 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
On Thursday of last week, the WebOS Internals homebrew group announced that HP would be giving them a brand new $10,000 web server. A few weeks ago they realized that the growth of the WebOS community would soon outpace the server infrastructure that WebOS Internals currently has in place. They were going to need some [...]
Wattpad to release app for HP Touchpad
February 10th, 2011 · No Comments · press release
Wattpad announced today that they are working on a new app for WebOS. This app will be specifically developed for the Touchpad, and they expect it to be out by the time the tablet hits the market. From the press release:
HP plan to ship Dick Tracy style watch prototypes by end of year
January 17th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
But actual production won’t begin for another couple years according to Carl Taussig, the Director of the Information Surfaces Lab at HP. This piece of news isn’t actually new. You might recall that back in September I found a video of Dr. Taussig demonstrating HP’s new screen tech at Stanford. Dr. Taussig mentions the prototypes [...]
HP Exec Bradley: WebOS won’t be licensed
September 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news
TechCrunch just posted a summary of an interview with Todd Bradley, the Executive VP for the Personal Systems Group. There are a number of interesting details in the article, but this is what caught my eye: The strategy with webOS is not just the OS but it’s also to have a consistent interface from phones [...]
HP to digitize and distribute Paul McCartney’s personal library
September 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the announcement: HP and McCartney Productions Limited (MPL) today announced an agreement to digitize and deliver the library of legendary musician Paul McCartney via a private cloud.McCartney has one of the most comprehensive libraries of any artist, much of which has never been viewed before. His library includes images, artwork, paintings, film and videos, [...]
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HP to sell $400 printer/Android tablet
September 5th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Engadget are reporting on a new printer that will ship with a control panel based on a 7″ Android tablet. The Photosmart eStation C510 is listed for $399.99 and according to the product page, with the tablet you can “browse the latest e-book bestsellers or old favorites.” Everyone’s jumping to the conclusion that this will [...]
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HP’s latest epaper technology
September 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news, video
This video was shot at Stanford University during a guest lecture by Carl Taussig, the Director of the Information Surfaces Lab at Hewlett-Packard. The complete movie is about 80 minutes long. He has an actual demo unit with him, and you can see it at about 18:45. But you really should watch the whole thing. [...]
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HP to release WebOS tablets
May 18th, 2010 · No Comments · hp, Uncategorized, webos
Just about an hour ago someone with HP tweeted the following: Hurd: after @Palm close expect to leverage webOS “beyond smart phones into form factors such as slates and web-connected printers” $HPQ Okay, now I understand why they bought Palm. BTW, there’s already an independent project to get WebOS running on PC hardware: via PreCentral [...]
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