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Earlier I called webOS on smart TVs "a smaller ambition for a bigger screen" and after seeing how webOS works now, that assessment still stands. LG hasn't solved any of the truly thorny problems ...
South Korea‘s LG Electronics Inc. will use the WebOS platform as an alternative to Google Inc.’s Android operating system in a new smartwatch lineup to be launched early next year, a person ...
The webOS platform is currently a mix of open source and proprietary software components. It makes extensive use of Node.js, an open source JavaScript engine based on Google’s V8 JavaScript runtime.
HP acquired webOS along with Palm last year for US$1.2 billion, and at the time said it would use the OS across a range of devices including tablets and printers.
WebOS, its operating system, isn't dead after all. Today, HP announced that webOS would live on as an open-source project. In addition, Enyo, its application framework, is also being open-sourced.
Giving webOS to open source is a good thing, rather than HP just shutting it down and letting it die. It makes sense for someone to take it and building a good tablet to take advantage of the ...
HP’s WebOS does a great job of providing access to the options you’ll likely change most frequently, as well as to the status items you need most often. Battery life, screen brightness, Wi-Fi ...
HP announced it will no longer produce hardware running its webOS mobile operating system, discontinuing operations on future TouchPad tablets and the Pre smartphone devices. “HP plans to ...
Why WebOS Failed By Harry McCracken | Monday, January 2, 2012 at 2:05 am From the start, lot of people (me included) loved a lot of things about WebOS, the mobile operating system that debuted on Palm ...
HP TouchPad Brings webOS to the Big Screen First webOS tablet works the way you do, introduces fun, mobile productivity on larger scale PALO ALTO, Calif.-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--HP (NYSE: HPQ) today ...
It's been some time since we heard from the Open webOS project, but work is still ongoing. The port has changed names in the last year to go by LuneOS, and the first release under the new name is ...