The South Korean company LG is determined to
make webOS, a value for money proposition.
The impending arrival of the Hurricane is surely in line with what HP had claimed when it took over the Palm, that it would
make the WebOS to scale new heights and take it to a point where no one has ever reached before.
«We still have work to do to
make webOS the platform we know it can be,» Rubinstein argues, «but remember.....
After HP went public with its move of
making the webOS an open source platform, HP CEO Meg Whitman has said during a discussion that making tablets are still a possibility, even after the HP's Windows 8 push.
HP has since
made WebOS an open source platform, but has failed to gain any real traction.
HP's plans of
making its WebOS as open source has not been as spontaneous as it might seem, new details on this reveal.
HP had already stated their intentions of
making the WebOS platform an open source project.
The LG -
made webOS smartwatch was showcased at CES this year.
Not exact matches
The good: As with the Pre phones, the
webOS is a slick operating system that
makes handling the TouchPad fun.
All other tablet platforms, including MeeGo and
WebOS, will
make a negligible dent in the market over the next few years, Gartner predicts.
Those who have spent time with the OS should find themselves at home with LG TV powered by
WebOS, though that fact remains, they
make for a very niche segment.
Since HP is spinning off their PC division and yesterday's news on 500 +
webOS employees being let go, a tablet could be the least the company can do to try and
make good.
HP had inherited the mobile
WebOS operating system after having acquired Palm last year, which would
make it the fifth OS in the tablet segment.
According to what HP says, it «plans to remain active in the development and support of
webOS» however the «
making of
webOS open source will accelerate the development of the
webOS platform and application ecosystem.»
HP tried to
make a difference with the TouchPad powered by the
WebOS operating system though that fizzled out sooner than expected.
Despite all that, developers are still
making it accessible through Open
WebOS, a development effort that will keep the operating system ticking on modern devices.
So what is it that
makes the new
WebOS interface so special?
All purchases you
make are able to be loaded into the companies corresponding applications for Android, iOS,
webOS and many more.
As per the latest Tablet PC news, HP has filed a trademark for the name «Palmpad, «fueling rumors of the upcoming tablet PC that HP said it is
making based on the
WebOS mobile operating system after acquiring the Palm company may be so named.
However, a HP branded tablet is back in the news once again and this time they would like us to believe it's definitive: a tablet from HP running
WebOS is indeed in the
making and is just a few months away from being commercially launched.
HP, keen to
make its presence felt in the fast growing smartphone segment and had indicated its interest in the versatile mobile operating system the
WebOS.
One of the reason and that which appears to be the most plausible is that HP is perhaps looking at directing all of their resources for the
making of a
webOS powered tablet rather than going for a multiple OS strategy.
WebOS has been the kiss of death in the tech industry and nobody has really
made it work since it was first developed by Palm.
This can be seen as an extension of the high flying promises that HP
made when they acquired the Palm company — that there will be a slew of products based on the
WebOS.
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.
We're just over three weeks away from the HP TouchPad
making its entrance into the tablet market, which is exciting not only because we really want to get our hands on the slate, but also because it's great to see some more fresh
webOS hardware arriving on store shelves.
With their acquisition of Palm last month and rumours of the HP Hurricane
making the rounds running
WebOS, HP has been very silent on what their game plan is regarding Slate and Tablet PC's.
And the fact that HP didn't
make any progress with its new
webOS phones, the Pre 3 and Veer, didn't help either.
We've always thought that
webOS would scale nicely from smartphones to tablets because the software
makes it easy to multitask.
If you have a
webOS handset such as the Pre 3, you can use the handset to
make calls over Bluetooth, and also have the tablet ask you what service you'd like to use (Skype or Bluetooth) before the call connects.
HP hasn't
made many changes to Synergy, which
webOS uses to aggregate multiple accounts to populate your contacts and calendar and keep everything in sync.
HP may be
making a comeback in the smartphone market, after failing to do anything with the $ 1.2 billion
webOS acquisition, and unlike then when they immediately ditched Android, this time they may be a... Read More»
But did HP
make the most of a tablet's increased real estate for
webOS 3.0?
WebOS has a number of factors going for it right out of the box, which
made it seem very intuitive and within ten minutes I was using it like a seasoned veteran.
But back in late 2011, Whitman did
make statements to the effect that HP could create
webOS - powered tablets again in 2013.
The biggest problem with
WebOS is that HP is going to be
making the hardware.
Just because
WebOS will be somewhere in the distance behind # 1 doesn't
make it a failure................
IMHO
WebOS was
made for a tablet and adopted to a phone....
I thought RIM
made a mistake when it didn't acquire Palm for the
webOs on blackberries and tablets.
On Friday, HP's brand new
webOS - powered TouchPad tablet will
make its debut in the United States.
I wish for HP to have finished polishing
WebOS by the time the tablet will have been launched but I don't think they'll
make it in time.
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.
They might even
make hardware that ships with Open
webOS already installed, though like the possibilities for the devices above, we wouldn't put all of our cards on that thought.
With the addition of card stacks in
webOS 2.0, Palm
made the decision to drop the easy -...
The port also supports the classic
webOS tablet keyboard, the
made - for - the - Galaxy - Nexus virtual gesture area, and forward - swipe - driven screen rotation.
HP has
made no secret of its interest in
WebOS or its plans to expand it beyond smartphones.
Reitzes added that HP's scale and considerable retail channel will work to its advantage - and that should a
webOS - powered HP tablet prove successful, it will
make the going that much tougher for Dell.
We found that
webOS does translate nicely to the larger screen, the rounded shape
makes it a bit easier to carry and that it is fairly intuitive to use.
Even more toe stubbing occurs when touch - to - share and other preferable features proven with the TouchPad will not be compatible with phones running earlier versions of
webOS,
making the $ 50 discount fairly unfulfilling.
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.