The rumoured 7-inch HP webOS tablet codenamed Opal now appears to have an official name, the HP TouchPad Go, and FCC approval. A confidentiality request means that much of the documentation is unavailable but some details can still be gleaned from what is now available from the FCC. The Label Location document confirms the model as the Opal and that […]
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Leaked HP roadmap reveals 2011 webOS plans?
A leaked confidential HP product brief obtained by PreCentral.net shows what HP apparently has in mind for webOS for the rest of 2011. Fresh off the launch of the HP TouchPad (available in 16 and 32GB models), the document reveals a number of additional launches this year. Sadly, there are no mysterious devices we had not heard of before or […]
HP 7-inch webOS tablet coming in August?
A report from the Taiwan Economic News suggests that Hewlett-Packard could launch a second webOS tablet, this one with a 7-inch display, as early as August. This is likely none other than the tablet codenamed Opal. According to an unnamed subcontractor, Inventec, which is manufacturing the HP TouchPad, has also received orders for this second tablet. Between the two models, […]
Opal codename for 7-inch webOS tablet confirmed by HP
Remember those rumours of a second HP webOS tablet sporting a smaller 7-inch display? The codename of the device in question was Opal. HP has now confirmed (likely accidentally) the codename suggesting that the tablet is not vaporware. If you visit a web page set up by HP to highlight some of what it considers essential apps, you can hover […]