HP has officially cancelled its Pre3 launch in the U.S. Big surprise...

It will, however, be available soon in France and the U.K. for $75 USD unlocked. North American users can pick one up if desired, but support for North American frequencies is limited.

Anyone still want it? Let us know here.

PCMag | Via: Phone Scoop

HP seems to be in a hurry to dump all their webOS hardware. It appears that starting today, you may be able to pickup a 16GB TouchPad for $99 and a 32GB one for $149.

Is the fire sale pricing tempting you to pick one up? Or still not worth it considering HP wants out of the webOS hardware business? Discuss here.

PreCentral.net

In light of HP shutting down webOS device operations, Microsoft's ever-vigilant Windows Phone 7 evangelist Brandon Watson posted the following tweet yesterday in an attempt to lure disappointed webOS developers over to Windows Phone 7:

Do you think they'll find a good home with Microsoft? Windows Phone discussion here.

@Brandon Watson - Twitter | Via: WMPoweruser

Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip, recently accepted a challenge by Windows Phone evangelist Brandon Watson to test a Samsung Focus with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango and that if he didn't like it better than his iPhone or Android device, $1,000 would be donated to his charity of choice. The challenge was issued in light of Mr. Adams expressing discontent with his iPhone 3GS and a HTC EVO 3D.

After putting the device through its paces, he concluded with this:

Will his opinion sway anyone or it just... meh?

Full commentary at: Scott Adams Blog | Via: Paul Thurrott

HP announced today that they plan to discontinue work on webOS devices and are seeking other ways to capitalize on webOS software. From the press release:

Considering the lackluster market adoption of webOS devices, this move was expected. HP previously hinted that they might consider licensing webOS to other hardware vendors, and now that they plan to exit the webOS device business; it's possible webOS could appear on devices from other companies in the future.

What are your thoughts on this? Discuss in the webOS forum here.

HP Press Release

According to a report by AllThingsD, major electronics retailer Best Buy has only sold 25,000 units of the 270,000 HP TouchPad tablets they have in inventory; not accounting for returns. The situation is so bad that Best Buy reportedly doesn't want to pay for the remaining inventory and instead is asking HP to take them back. Ouch.

Other major retailers are also reporting lackluster sales of the TouchPad.

Do you own a TouchPad? Are you in the market for one? Would you rather having something else like the iPad or an Android tablet, or is a tablet just not your thing?

Let us know in the TouchPad forum here.

AllThingsD

A Motorola Nexus phone may be in the cards as Google has announced that they will be buying Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in a cash acquisition.

The deal will allow Google to acquire Motorola's patent portfolio to protect itself against patent litigation, as well as its set-top box business which could be a boon to Google's faltering Google TV service.

The deal is set to close by the end of 2011 or early 2012 pending regulatory and shareholder approval.

What do you think of this deal? Discuss in the forums here.

Yahoo! News

One of AT&T's main arguments for acquiring T-Mobile was that they needed their resources to expand their LTE network from 80 percent to 97 percent of the country.

However a letter that was briefly posted on the FCC's website by a law firm representing AT&T contains information that appears to undermine the argument according to an analysis by DSLReports.com. DSLReports speculates that AT&T simply wants to reduce competition and doesn't need T-Mobile to expand their network but rather is using the expansion argument as an incentive to get approval.

What's your opinion? Does AT&T really need T-Mobile or are they simply buying them out to better position themselves against the competition?

Discuss in the AT&T forum here.