It runs on Palm's newly developed smartphone operating system,
Palm webOS.
The app is available via all carriers on standard cell phones and smart phones including BlackBerry, iPhone, Android and
the Palm webOS.
Palm webOS is a mobile operating system running on the Linux kernel with proprietary components developed by Palm including a touchscreen interface.
Whatever, I think it's better in this way I can opt out for motorola xoom or even
palm webos tablet.
By Mitch Allen February 25, 2009 In this live, online event, Mitch Allen, Palm's Software CTO and a member of
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The multi-tasking card / app metaphor should remind people of the Palm Web OS homescreen experience, though Palm's re-launch with
Palm WebOS gained so little traction among the mass consumer audience that I'm not sure it's even relevant to compare it to that - people will just accept the PlayBook as having a new BlackBerry homescreen.
Research in Motion has uncloaked a WebKit - based browser for the BlackBerry, tapping the same open - source rendering engine that underpins browsers on the Apple iPhone, Google Android mobile operating system,
Palm webOS, and the Symbian OS.
Other manufacturers are also reportedly preparing their own tablets, including Hewlett - Packard with
a Palm WebOS device and Research In Motion with a BlackBerry - based one.
Hewlett - Packard is reportedly planning to import its recently acquired
Palm WebOS onto a consumer tablet, along with a Windows 7 version aimed at an enterprise audience.
Another analyst suggested that the ability to create
a Palm WebOS - powered tablet could have been one of the prime motivators behind HP's acquisition.
Whether HP decides to introduce only a tablet running
Palm WebOS, or versions with both that operating system and Windows 7, it faces tough competition from Apple, which announced May 3 that it had sold 1 million iPads in the 28 days since releasing the device.
Spooner posited that the introduction of
the Palm WebOS in tablet form could threaten Microsoft's future attempts to move into the market.
In addition, using
Palm WebOS for a tablet might open the door for more application development.
HP confirms that a «product» running
Palm WebOS will debut in early 2011.
Certainly the consumer side of that market will become increasingly crowded in coming quarters; in addition to the Samsung Galaxy S and Dell Streak, Hewlett - Packard is reportedly planning its own tablets running both
the Palm webOS and Windows 7.
Hewlett - Packard plans to release tablets running both its newly acquired
Palm WebOS and Windows 7, while Dell recently issued the 5 - inch Streak running a modified version of Android.
At the concurrently - running Web 2.0 Expo, Palm released new details regarding both the new
Palm webOS SDK, and the Pre's ability to run legacy Palm OS applications.
Adobe has announced that they will be releasing a new and updated version of Flash Player for most of the smartphone OS, which includes Symbian - based S60 devices, Android,
Palm webOS and Windows Mobile platforms.
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And from the bottom, it brings up the app switcher, where open apps can be flicked away (kinda like
Palm WebOS).
The MeeGo operating system is trying to be competitive with the Google Android operating system, and trying to put
the Palm WebOS market place to shame.
PC Mag's Sascha Segan lists Stitcher as one of his favorite apps of the year, giving the Smart Radio application places both on his Top BlackBerry Apps list and on his Top
Palm webOS Apps list.
The last Good E-Reader News has Palm announcing today that they were waiving the App Catalog submission fee for people who develop applications for
the Palm WebOS and they did not stop there.
With the recent Palm acquisition, many insiders are speculating that HP may use
the Palm WebOS for the Slate, as it is more indicative to mobile devices, rather than Windows 7.
Just mark our words that HP will do away with windows 7 and go with
the Palm WebOS or a hybrid version of it.
Kobo has top ranked eReading applications for iPad, iPhone, Blackberry, Android,
Palm WebOS, Windows, MacOS and is the eReading application of choice for leading tablet OEMs.
If you are interested in submitting your application to
the Palm WebOS market place we suggest that you take a gander at the WebOS development site.
The WebOS saga for HP has not been an easy one as the sum total of the losses that HP has accrued with
its Palm WebOS venture can be pegged at a staggering 5 billion USD.
The second biggest news item was Engadget obtaining details of the unannounced Hewlett - Packard touch screen tablet, based around
the Palm webOS.
And Hewlett - Packard is reportedly preparing tablets to run both its recently acquired
Palm WebOS and Windows 7.
... Indeed, much of what I saw today reminded me of my favorite
Palm webOS features — efficient notifications, social network integrations and a clean interface.
HP has two models that are reportedly ready to be announced at an HP event on February 9th; the 9 - inch screen based «Topaz» and the 7 - inch display «Opal» that will both be running
the Palm webOS that was last seen on their mobile phones.
HP's first tablet running
the Palm webOS has been caught by One Mobile Ring in a a walk through of the upcoming device.
The Palm webOS system is what your describing, it has no widgets on the screen and it has a great notification system.
Not exact matches
The basics: The TouchPad has a 9.7 - inch display and runs
webOS 3.0, the latest version of the web - based operating system developed by
Palm, which HP acquired in 2010.
It deployed
Palm's
WebOS on its tablet and smart phones, but it was the only device manufacturer running the software.
He planned to let
Palm's
webOS software permeate the company's various hardware lines, including PCs, phones and the much - publicized TouchPad tablet.
FORBES - Feb 3 - So far Match.com has produced apps for the iPhone,
Palm's
WebOS handsets and Research In Motion's BlackBerrys.
That's why we now have a dedicated mobile version of the site for mobile devices —
WebOS (
Palm), Android, iOS, all of the major mobile browsers are supported.
Despite evidence that sales of non-iOS tablets will not take off for the next few years, a number of news organizations have launched one - size - fits - all apps for Android tablets to complement their multi-platform, «all access» subscription offerings, and a few have even developed apps for RIM's QNX platform and
Palm's
webOS software.
The next most significant piece was when Hewlett - Packard announced it is to discontinue the manufacturing of the
Palm - acquired
webOS products, which includes the Pre mobile phones and TouchPad tablet.
The
Palm global business unit was responsible for
webOS software development and
webOS based hardware products, such as the
Palm Pre and Pixi handsets.
When the iPad launched, there were basically five main tablet operating systems to pick from: Apple's iOS, Google's Android, Microsoft's Windows, RIM's BlackBerry Tablet OS and HP /
Palm's
webOS.
Verizon has finally started rolling out the
webOS 2.1 update to the Verizon
Palm Pre 2 smartphones.
I have a near 2 years old
WebOS Palm Pre.
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webOS 2.1 Update On Verizon»
The
webOS official team that carried over from
Palm have mentioned that they will be licensing the OS to other companies who are interested.
HP was not ready to talk about possible time lines as to when a
WebOS slate or
WebOS Netbooks would be available, but said it planned to increase the $ 190 million
Palm was spending annually on research and development.
We may hear of decisive release dates for the HP Hurricane
WebOS slate once the deal with
Palm is finalized, around July 2010.
With the acquisition of
Palm in the Books in July, HP admitted that
Palm and
WebOS will be a fringe programming group, perhaps dealing in smart phones exclusively, although they are developing some neat printers using
WebOS.