The SMB Tech Report

HP and Box Team Up

HP and Box have teamed to provide integrated hardware and software tools to help organizations manage and share information in the Cloud. Purchasers of HP business PCs will have access to a free account on the Box platform providing extra, cloud-based storage. Purchasers of HP Compaq 6200 and 6005 Pro Series PCs will receive a free 10 GB Box account with the option to upgrade to additional capacities at a reduced annual rate. Those that purchase HP Compaq 8200 Elite series PCs will receive a Box account with unlimited storage for one full year. more

Hewlett-Packard Offers Unlocked Palm Pre 2 to Small Businesses

According to a report in PC World, Hewlett-Packard has announced plans to sell the unlocked version of its Palm Pre 2 smartphone to small businesses as well as to mobile application vendors. The term “unlocked” means the phones will be sold directly by Hewlett-Packard and not through a cellular carrier and will not be “locked” to any carrier's service. The purchaser can buy a data plan for the phones from the carrier of his (or her) choice or use the phone without carrier service as pure PDAs that connect through WiFi hot spots only. The company is already selling the Pre 2 through French mobile operator SFR and has announced plans to sell it through Verizon Wireless in the United States and through an unannounced carrier in Canada. The unlocked version of the Palm Pre 2 will work on Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) networks, the 3G variant of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) used by AT&T and T-Mobile USA in the United States. more

Hewlett-Packard Offers HP ePrint Demo at WES 2010

Hewlett-Packard is offering a free demo of the HP ePrint printing-on-the-go application for BlackBerry smartphones to attendees of Wireless Enterprise Symposium 2010. HP ePrint enables users to print presentations, reports, e-mails, travel documents and other items to networked printers inside their companies and to certain public print locations. more

Hewlett-Packard to Acquire Palm for $1.2 Billion

Hewlett-Packard and Palm Inc. have signed a definitive agreement under which Hewlett-Packard will purchase Palm for $5.70 cash per share of Palm common stock, a total purchase price of approximately $1.2 billion. The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors for both companies. more