Then again, maybe there's something about the synergy
between webOS and printers that HP knows and the rest of the world doesn't.
HP kicked things off, telling LaptopMag that «from what we've seen in the market, there are some uncanny similarities»
between the webOS UI on the HP Touchpad and the QNX interface on the BlackBerry PlayBook.
The TouchPad utilize touchstone technology to facilitate sharing
between webOS devices.
With all the functional limits and partial implementations of the PlayBook, you would think it was a total disaster — but it does have a nice user interface, a clean cross
between WebOS's concept of cards and Mac OS X's Dock Exposé.
Both have been dilly dallying in coming up with a Tablet PC with Acer denying consistently whether it has a Tablet up its sleeve while HP does not seem to be able to make up its mind
between the WebOS or Windows7 that its forthcoming Slate will be running.
Not exact matches
With
webOS, HP TouchPad users have a next - level multitasking experience, access to the web, premium audio playback with stereo speakers and Beats Audio ™ technology, the ability to find information on the device or in the cloud using the Just Type feature, integrated access to their information with HP Synergy, and HP's exclusive Touch to Share capability for sharing web addresses
between HP TouchPad and compatible
webOS phones.
For example there is a great looking task manager which blends both the icon - grid view of Android with moveable thumbnails like on
WebOS, switched
between by using a pinch - zoom gesture.
HP's
webOS team went a step further in March 2011, with director of product marketing Jon Oakes seeing «some uncanny similarities»
between its TouchPad UI and the BlackBerry Playbook.
The new BlackBerry Tablet OS looks like mashup
between the latest BlackBerry OS 6 (found on the new BlackBerry Torch) and Palm's
WebOS (now owned by HP), including the cards metaphor used for multitasking.
The port was accomplished with the Galaxy Nexus project in conjunction with LibHybris, created by Carsten Munk (an engineer at Jolla, though he also leads Merproject, which grew out of Sailfish ancestors Maemo and Meego), a library that allows for «bionic - based [Android] hardware adaptations in glibc systems», in essence making it easier to translate
between the designed - for - Android hardware and Linux - based software like the Open
webOS operating system.
«As with our other Kindle apps, the
webOS app will be free and will incorporate our Whispersync technology so you can seamlessly switch
between devices and platforms and never be without reading.»
Pogue pokes fun at the similarities
between both devices and the fact that the TouchPad lacks a few of the iPad's features but then also points out the TouchPad's innovations in Touch To Share, wireless charging as well as Flash capability and HP Synergy plus the possibility that with HP's will and determination,
webOS will transcend mobile and make it to PCs and printers.
The
webOS on the TouchPad has a similar look and feel to the Palm mobile phones of the past, with a fast multitasking OS that effortlessly displays multiple running applications with the ability to switch
between over 200 apps simultaneously with no lag whatsoever.
Knowing which apps are open and jumping in
between them is really simple and intuitive thanks to the
WebOS - like navigator area of the OS.
The CyanogenMod Team is back after a short break with a new video demonstrating how users will eventually be able to dual - boot
between Android and
webOS on the HP Touchpad....
The LG E7's
WebOS system simply works better because it is lightning fast, offers great search, and bounces back and forth
between apps like a dream.
I've been using an iPhone X and iPad Pro together for nearly six months now, and I often feel lost when moving back and forth
between the devices - one with a physical home button, the other with
webOS - like gestures.
I've been using an iPhone X and iPad Pro together for nearly six months now, and I often feel lost when moving back and forth
between the devices — one with a physical home button, the other with
webOS - like gestures.
In
between, LG also launched one variant of the LG Watch Urbane with
WebOS.