The HP TouchPad will ship to the US on July 1, with prices starting at $500 for a 16GB, Wi-Fi model, HP announced this week. A 32GB version will trade for $600, meanwhile. The 9.7-inch tablet will be unique in running webOS in a sea of Android-powered devices.... First tablet to run webOS will come in 16GB and 32GB flavours, priced at $520 and $620 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hewlett Packard Co will begin selling its Touchpad on July 1 in the United States for $499.99, debuting the first tablet computer powered by Palm's operating software. Hewlett-Packard's TouchPad tablet is arriving in U.S. store shelves July 1. The device runs the company's webOS, which will also appear on its PCs and smartphones. - Hewlett-Packard will begin rolling out the WiFi-only version of its TouchPad tablet July 1, according to the company. In the United States, HP will offer the 16GB version of the device for $499.99, and the 32GB for $599.99. The company plans on releasing what it calls a "connected" version of th... It's first tablet using webOS operating system, which HP bought along with Palm last year. Hoping to try out a tablet that's not iOS or Android based? A new alternative is hitting the market: HP's WebOS-based tablet, the To… Hewlett-Packard said its Wi-Fi version of its TouchPad will be available in the U.S. July 1 and the door is open to be a tablet contender. After all, other so-called iPad killers have largely flopped. Hewlett-Packard this morning announced that it will start selling the Wi-FI version of its WebOS-bas (06-09) 06:31 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) -- HP says its TouchPad tablet will make its debut in the United States on July 1 in two versions for $500 and $600. It's the first tablet that uses the webOS operating system, which HP... HP on Thursday announced that its HP TouchPad tablet will become available on July 1st. The TouchPad, which was first unveiled at a media event this past February, is the first webOS-powered tablet offering from HP. It features a 9.7-inch XGA display, a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and NFC capability that facilitates unique interactions between the slate and HP phones. Two versions of the TouchPad will be available initially: a 16GB version for $499.99 and a 32GB version for $599.99. HP also said a 3G model for AT&T will be available later this summer, though pricing has not been announced. Pre-orders for the Wi-Fi only models begin June 19th. HP's full press release follows below. HP Announces HP TouchPad Availability HP's webOS has not been a blazing success story on smartphones. Will the TouchPad tablet reverse that trend? After a splashy launch earlier this year, the HP TouchPad has remained conspicuously absent from the current tablet crush. Mind you, that wasn't entirely unexpected--the company never did name a timeline beyond "summer" at that launch event, and it was only in March that CEO Leo Apotheker mentioned June as the tablet's release date. Now, we have two leaks online indicating that July 17 may be the big unveil. News Analysis: HPs TouchPad is still a few months away from release, but it has the features and designed points that could make this tablet the biggest threat to the iPad yet. - HP has been saying for quite some time now that it has big plans for the tablet space. And earlier this year, it took the first step in proving that with the announcement of its TouchPad tablet. The device will include the companys new WebOS platform, a 9.7-inch display, and several other features t... Hewlett-Packard Company announced to divest its Halo video conferencing business to the unified collaboration solutions provider Polycom Inc. Are you waiting to get your hands on HP's first webOS tablet, the TouchPad? We reported it would hit the shops and streets this month, but in the meantime you can feast your eyes on one of the first real demos of an HP TouchPad in the wild — from a SanDisk representative, no less. It all went down on Wednesday at Computex in Taipai, so hit the break to see all the card-based app switching and Synergy action you can handle. share: digg facebook twitter (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co. will soon include its webOS system for smartphones on all its PCs, upcoming tablet computer and higher-end printers, putting it in competition with operating software from Apple, Google and Microsoft. HP's intentions, laid out at a prominent technology conference Wednesday, represented a particular challenge to longtime partner Microsoft Corp., whose Windows operating system runs on all of the 65 million PCs that HP shipped last year. HP also wants to make sure it has a foothold in the fast-changing mobile software market, a market that is being fought over fiercely as the computer industry adjusts to the mobile Internet frenzy. HP plans to install webOS on more than 100 million devices a year — all of HP's personal computers, printers that sell for more than $100 and the TouchPad, a tablet computer HP plans to launch this summer. The companies say they'll offer discounts on hotels, airline tickets, car rentals, cruises and vacation activities. Netflix' Hastings said the subscription video company would continue paying more to Hollywood studios for movies and TV shows to show on its Internet streaming service, adding that paying more than $200 million a ...
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