My post last week about XIN, a new contender in the Web OS space, provoked some skeptical comments from ZDNet readers. It wouldn't surprise me if one of the small startups I've mentioned here goes on ...

Myriad metaphors come to mind when thinking about Palm and Microsoft. David and Goliath. A young upstart fighter who took a couple of punches, versus an aging but still powerful opponent. A young ...

In terms of basic industrial design, the Pre is stunning. Palm has gone to great lengths to talk about the feel of the phone, its likeness to a polished stone, how well it sits in your hand, and we'll ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Palm‘s new software development kit for its WebOS, Mojo, ...

I started using Palm PDAs back in 1997 and one application that I used back then and found to be extremely helpful was BugMe!. BugMe! was a note taking application that gave you a virtual sticky note ...

The HP TouchPad Go was to be the savior of webOS as we knew it. It would have, with one swipe up and one swipe over, cast aside all doubt that HP and webOS were major players in the tablet space. But ...

The first WebOS tablet gets some things right, but stumbles more than it succeeds. Hewlett-Packard is the latest PC maker to jump into tablets–and in entering the market, it has immediately become the ...

The TouchPad is HP's first tablet effort running the webOS operating system that it acquired when it purchased Palm back in June of 2010. Many users and lovers of webOS's blend of beauty and ...

BoyGeniusReport publishes the first hands on review of the upcoming Palm Pre. Palm has been especially secretive about allowing media access to their device, so this represents one of the most ...

It's been about a year since Palm pulled itself back from the brink of imminent destruction with the announcement of webOS and the Palm Pre, and even less time since the products announced actually ...

WebOS has many hurdles to overcome, but HP’s potential rewards outweigh the risks. Technology Business Review believes webOS could become a player in the mobile device landscape if Android or Windows ...

Thanks to the aforementioned Synergy integration, messaging on the HP TouchPad is quite strong. Within the messaging app you can have all of your messaging accounts integrated into threads organized ...