Archive for the ‘Platforms: WebOS’ Category

Jobcuts at HP’s WebOS Division

February 29th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

As WebOS is transitioning into an open source operating system, HP has announced it will be letting go of another 270 employees that worked on the operating system. HP will try to place those employees at other parts of the company.

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HP Releases Sourcecode HP Touchpad Android Kernel

February 8th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

HP has announced the release of the sourcecode it has developed for the kernel of the HP TouchPad. HP initially released the HP TouchPad with their WebOS system on board. Since that failed, HP is clearly abandoning WebOS and allowing consumers to switch to Android.

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HP Makes WebOS Open Source

December 13th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

The soap around Palm’s good old WebOS seems to continue at HP. The company has now announced that it will make the WebOS platform open source. HP acquired Palm and WebOS about one and a half year ago in the hope that it would bring HP the cutting edge technology they needed to become a big player in the smartphone and tablet markets.

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Samsung Considers WebOS TakeOver!?

August 30th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

While Samsung’s Bada OS is slowly fading from our memories and the Korean government issued LG and Samsung to work on a new mobile OS to secure their markets, rumours now say Samsung is eyeballing HP’s WebOS division. A logical step as it would bring Samsung a well designed operating system.

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WebOS Hits Four New Markets

July 31st, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

WebOS keeps rollin’ on, though a bit slower than pretty much any other OS. HP now announced that developers can submit their WebOS apps for sale in four new markets.

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WebOS on Every PC in 2012

March 9th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

According to an interview with BusinessWeek, HP’s CEO Leo Apotheker claims the company will have WebOS running on every PC they sell in 2012.

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WebOS to hit PC’s

February 15th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

Big changes are happening over at WebOS land. HP has started to remove the Palm brand, showing it was really all about the OS and the hardware smarts and not the reputation of the company. It also said WebOS will come to PC.

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HP to Replace Mojo Framework

November 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

HP will be replacing the Mojo application development framework with Enyo. Enyo is better prepared for app development within different form factors like tablets.

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HP Makes WebOS 2.0 Official

October 20th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

As soon as SFR leaked the new WebOS 2 devices, rumors said an official introduction from Palm could not be far away. Yesterday, HP took the time to explain their next steps with WebOS and WebOS devices.

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