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Nexus 7 gets Open webOS port, still not a viable replacement

, Dec 31st 2012 Discuss [0]

While webOS is no longer officially around, thanks to HP's merciless hack and slash last year, developers are still keeping the operating system alive with the Open webOS initiative. We've already seen ASUS's Transformer Prime tablet boot up on Open webOS, but it looks like the Google's own Nexus 7 Android tablet has been given the webOS treatment as well. Read The Full Story

LG Open webOS smart TV planned for CES 2013 as Google TV sidelined

, Oct 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

LG is tipped to be developing a webOS-based smart TV, using the open source platform in favor of Google TV, after concerns about the Android-base OS' momentum. The deal has seen LG dispatch engineers and prototype hardware to HP's Sunnyvale Gram facility, webOS Nation's source claims, with the goal of showcasing the first models at CES 2013 in January. Read The Full Story

HP hiring 50+ developers for webOS

, Oct 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

HP's acquisition of Palm and its webOS mobile operating system may have turned out to be somewhat of a failed effort, but webOS is nowhere near extinct. They just brought open webOS out of beta a few days ago, and it sounds like they have some big plans for the now-open source mobile OS. It turns out HP is hiring over 50 developers to help out the open webOS movement. Read The Full Story

Open webOS 1.0 boots on Asus Transformer Prime tablet

, Oct 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

HP's purchase of Palm to get its hands on webOS was doomed from the start. HP was ultimately unable to do anything meaningful with the operating system. Rather than hold onto the defunct operating system, webOS went open source. Open webOS 1.0 is the open-source flavor of the operating system and it has been ported to boot on modern tablet hardware. Read The Full Story