Big Wins and Epic Fails in the 2011 Smartphone Market

By Ed Hardy | 12/29/2011

Looking back over 2011, there have been some spectacular failures, but some big successes, too. The Brighthand editorial staff considers the previous 12 months and picks the winners and losers, from Apple to Windows Phone, from AT&T to Verizon.

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Fed Agency Wants a National Ban on Using a Phone While Driving

By Ed Hardy | 12/14/2011

Many states already ban using a phone for texting or accessing the Web while behind the wheel, or require a hands-free kit to make voice calls, but now the Nation Transportation Saftey Board has recommended a nationwide ban on all phone use while driving.

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HP Making the webOS Open Source, Prepping New Devices

By Ed Hardy | 12/10/2011

HP's CEO announced today a new course for webOS: it is being made open source, and HP engineers and any developers who are interested will keep updating and improving it. The company even plans to release new devices with this operating system.

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webOS Fate Still Up in the Air

By Ed Hardy | 11/9/2011

HP's new CEO held a meeting yesterday with company employees -- many formerly from Palm, Inc. -- in which she said HP might hold onto the webOS, rather than sell it off.

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New HP CEO: No Decision On webOS Yet

By Ed Hardy | 10/28/2011

HP CEO Meg Whitman says that her company is still considering what to do with the webOS. Her predecessor had ended production of smartphones and tablets running this operating system, which HP acquired by buying Palm, Inc.

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Amazon Might Buy the webOS from HP

By Ed Hardy | 9/30/2011

Ever since HP announced that it was abruptly ending production of smartphones and tablets running webOS, there have been a series of unconfirmed reports saying that this company or that is interested in buying this operating system. The latest of these is Amazon.

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HP Lays Off Hundreds of Former Palm Employees

By Ed Hardy | 9/20/2011

In the wake of HP's controversial decision to stop production of webOS-based devices, the company is now giving pink slips to its employees who developed these smartphones and tablets.

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HTC Might Buy HP's webOS

By Ed Hardy | 9/12/2011

HTC's Chairwoman says her company might purchase an operating system for its smartphones and tablets. The name at the top of the list is almost certainly webOS, which HP is shopping around.

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Samsung Has No Plans to Buy the webOS

By Ed Hardy | 9/2/2011

Samsung's CEO has flat-out denied a recent rumor that his company is planning to buy the webOS from HP, who recently stopped producing smartphones and tablets with this operating system.

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Samsung Might Buy the webOS from HP

By Ed Hardy | 8/29/2011

Although HP has stopped making webOS smartphones and tablets, the company hasn't completely given up on this operating system. Samsung may be interested in taking the webOS off HP's hands, and using it instead of Google's Android OS.

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Microsoft Converting webOS Developers to Windows Phone

By Ed Hardy | 8/22/2011

The head of Windows Phone 7 development at Microsoft wants developers who were creating webOS apps to switch platforms. This comes after HP announced that it was ending production of devices based on the webOS.

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With HP Out of the Running, Can Anyone Compete with Android and iPhone?

By Ed Hardy | 8/18/2011

In his latest "From the Editors Desk" column, Ed Hardy discusses why HP was forced to end its plans to release phones and tablets based on the webOS, and what it means for anyone trying to compete with Google and Apple.

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